Texas

Alabama Follows Texas, Sues US Government Over Refugee Program

Alabama governor files lawsuit against Obama administration. Governor wants details of refugees for ...

Jan 11, 2016 03:58 AM EST

Texas Governor accuses State Bar of religious discrimination in legal course accreditation battle

Texas Governor Greg Abbott accused the State Bar of religious discrimination following its refusal t...

Jan 09, 2016 06:56 AM EST

Obama administration opposes Texas abortion law

The Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Texas abortion regulations. The...

Jan 05, 2016 04:35 AM EST

Texas Supreme Court makes tough new abortion law more difficult for minors

The Texas Supreme Court implemented House Bill 3994. The state’s newly passed judicial bypass law ...

Jan 05, 2016 02:33 AM EST

New open-carry gun law in Texas allows people to carry handguns in visible areas

Texas passed a new open-carry gun law effective January 1, allowing licensed handgun holder to carry...

Jan 04, 2016 11:32 PM EST

U.S. appeals court rules against Wisconsin abortion doctor law

A Wisconsin law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hos...

Nov 23, 2015 08:57 PM EST

Supreme court to decide major abortion case for first time since 2007

The U.S. Supreme Court took up a major new abortion case on Friday, agreeing to hear a challenge by ...

Nov 14, 2015 07:31 AM EST

Texas defunds Planned Parenthood clinics, but Louisiana ordered to pay

Texas on Monday barred Planned Parenthood from receiving state Medicaid money, the latest setback fo...

Oct 19, 2015 08:59 PM EDT

Texas suspect's 13-year-old son among family of eight shot dead

A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after a family of six children, one of them his own...

Aug 10, 2015 11:29 AM EDT

Appeals court strikes down 'discriminatory' Texas voter ID law

A U.S. appeals court struck down a Texas law on Wednesday requiring voters to show authorized identi...

Aug 05, 2015 09:15 PM EDT

Family of woman found dead in Texas jail files wrongful death suit

The family of Sandra Bland filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against a Texas trooper, a sher...

Aug 04, 2015 09:04 PM EDT

Hundreds mourn for woman found dead in Texas jail cell

Hundreds of people on Saturday attended the funeral of Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a T...

Jul 26, 2015 05:42 AM EDT

Video shows that traffic stop of woman who died in Texas jail escalated quickly

Dashboard camera video released on Tuesday involving the traffic stop in Texas of a woman later foun...

Jul 22, 2015 06:03 AM EDT

Death of woman found hanged in Texas cell to be treated like murder probe: prosecutor

The death of an Illinois woman found hanged in her Texas jail cell in what local authorities said wa...

Jul 21, 2015 05:56 AM EDT

U.S. military drills stoke politics of suspicion in Texas

To hear the conspiracy theorists tell it, a labyrinth of tunnels is being built under Walmart stores...

Jul 13, 2015 10:03 AM EDT

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