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PHARR — As sober discussions on border security and immigration policy go, Wednesdays visit to South Texas by former President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott wasn’t a bad campaign rally. Dance music both welcomed the Republican political leaders to the stage in front of a section of unfinished border wall and ushered them off. There was enough red meat dished out to fill the bellies of just about everyone of the GOP elected officials from Texas and from out of state who made their way ...

AUSTIN — State leaders will reallocate $250 million of already-budgeted money for "a down payment" on barrier fencing to built along the Texas-Mexico border now that the Biden administration is not pursuing the wall promised by former President Trump. The announcement was made by Gov. Greg Abbott during a news conference in the Capitol where he was joined by more than two dozen Republican lawmakers and the leaders of the state House and Senate. The governor, who plans to seek a third term ne...

The race will be closely watched as former President Donald Trump considers who he will endorse.

The violators, both in Texas and across the nation, often faced few or any sanctions, the analysis showed.

The former state official and member of Donald Trumps administration said Texas energy sector can lead on reducing carbon in Texas.

Even as Greg Abbott and many fellow Republicans were still basking in what they called Texas "most conservative 48 hours" in history, a former one-term state senator announced he would challenge the governor from the right in next years GOP primary. Don Huffines, a scion of a Dallas family that made its fortune in the auto dealership business and a co-founder of a prosperous real estate development company, announced his candidacy in a series of tweets and retweets Monday. He promised "to fin...

Abbott spent 2 terms guarding his right flank, but a fellow Republican now sees an opening John C. Moritz, Corpus Christi Caller Times Even as Greg Abbott and many fellow Republicans were still basking in what they called Texas "most conservative 48 hours" in history, a former one-term state senator announced he would challenge the governor from the right in next years GOP primary. Don Huffines, a scion of a Dallas family that made its fortune in the auto dealership business a...

When it comes to Texas gun laws, the days of the wild, wild West were much more restrictive than they are now, when Texas may allow permitless carry.

A forced kiss by a male colleague. A catcall by a state trooper assigned to guard the Capitol. Late-night texts. A work meeting hijacked by a male legislative staffer: You are my ideal woman, he told his female interlocutor. The episodes illustrate what many women say is the biggest open secret at the Texas Capitol: That a culture of harassment persists despite repeated efforts to stamp it out. In interviews with the American-Statesman, multiple women described a work environment in which ...

AUSTIN — Late-filed legislation to require sexual harassment training for lobbyists will be heard in House and Senate committees on Thursday, suggesting the measures are being fast-tracked in the final weeks of the session. The measures, Senate Bill 2233, and House Bill 4461, come just days after the Texas Department of Public Safety launched a criminal investigation into whether a lobbyist gave a date-rape drug to a legislative staffer. It also comes on the heels of the speaker of the Hou...