The Texas attorney general’s office searched the home of Cecilia Castellano and a Democratic legislative aide. It said it’s investigating vote harvesting. Activists called it 'intimidation.'
Paxton's 'election integrity' probe largely targeted Latinos, including a Texas House candidate and an 80-year-old who registers people to vote, LULAC said.
Federal and state law already required voter roll maintenance. Experts warn the governor’s framing of this routine process could be used to undermine trust in elections.
By Juan Salinas II, The Texas Tribune, and Natalie Contreras, VoteBeat and The Texas Tribune
DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Gov. Abbott’s border crackdown, to 'disrupt potential domestic terrorism.'
The request by the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter to the Department of Justice follows a similar request by a Latino civil rights organization.
While many other states limit hunting of the apex predator, Texas is only now introducing rules to ban canned hunts and require reguar checking of traps.
By Jakob Maurer The Texas Tribune graphics by Elijah Nicholson-Messmer
Data shows that firearms were purchased in 212 Texas counties before being trafficked to Mexico and recovered as crime guns from 2015-2022, for a total of nearly 22,000 firearms.
Gonazales, who represents a Texas border district, tells a Tribune Festival audience that his own party will be to blame for defeats in the November election.
A jury will decide if a group of Trump supporters violated state and federal law when they allegedly harassed a Biden campaign bus on a Texas highway in 2020, frightening those on board.
Lawyers for Robert Roberson say the science used to sentence him to death is questionable and that prior health issues could explain the death of his 2-year-old daughter in 2002.
Singer-songwriter Greg Gonzalez and his ambient-pop outfit Cigarettes After Sex filled San Antonio's Frost Bank Center with hushed and ethereal tunes on…