Tag: Texas
North Texas jury sentences Tanner Horner to death penalty
In a significant development within the Texas judicial system, a Tarrant County jury has issued a death sentence to former FedEx delivery driver Tanner...
Ken Paxton narrowly leads John Cornyn in new poll of Texas’ Senate GOP runoff
In a closely watched Republican runoff for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton currently holds a narrow lead over incumbent...
Nearly 96,000 students receiving Texas school voucher award notices
By May 6, approximately 96,000 students in Texas will be notified about their eligibility to join the state’s school voucher program, as stated by...
How the unreported killing of an American by ICE shattered two Texas families
The last words Joshua Orta heard his childhood best friend utter were “I’m sorry.” Then Ruben Ray Martinez, a slender 23-year-old, slumped back in...
How the Voting Rights Act reshaped Texas’ electoral maps by empowering voters, candidates of color
In 2002, U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla, a Republican, nearly lost his South Texas seat to Democrat Henry Cuellar. So when the GOP used its...
Dan Patrick eyes closing ‘gambling loophole’ for prediction markets. The feds stand in Texas’ way.
In a significant legal development, an agency from the Trump administration has initiated a lawsuit against several states attempting to regulate prediction markets such...