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Texas bill to allow unlicensed handgun carrying 'a recipe for disaster,' firearms trainers say The Texas House could vote Thursday on a bill to drop training and licensing requirements from carrying handguns in public. By John C. Moritz, USA TODAY NETWORK As a combat veteran, former police officer and now certified firearms instructor, Jorge DeLeon says Texas lawmakers are gambling with innocent lives if they remove the requirement that people who carry handguns in public be properly trained. "If you take away the only training we get as a civilian right now, it's going to be worse." DeLeon s...

Texas continues to see robust demand for the vaccine to lessen the spread of the virus that so far has claimed about 46,000 lives in the state.

Why Texas secession would be as much a logistical nightmare as a romantic fantasy The Texas Constitution Replay Video UP NEXT AUSTIN — The first line of House Bill 1359 could almost serve as the preface to the opening credits of a western movie from a bygone era as the image of a scrappy garrison of patriots gazing over the rugged frontier of the Hill Country fills the screen. Music from a harmonica and an acoustic guitar swells in the background as the words come into view. "An act relating to proposing a referendum to the people of the State of Texas on the question of whether this...

Where will Trump be speaking in Texas?  Trump is set to land at Harlingen's Valley International Airport. From there he will drive to Alamo, about 30 minutes away. The city of Alamo issued a press release Monday saying that the city had not been "officially contacted regarding this visit and therefore, have NO DETAILS regarding his itinerary." The press release asked that any demonstrations surrounding Trump's visit be kept peaceful and said that despite "many phone calls and emails" inquiring about the trip they would not be able to issue any further comment. When is Trump's speech today?�...