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US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the lawsuit on Monday, alleging that Texas is in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits voting measures that discriminate based on race.  According to DOJ officials, recent redistricting in Texas has the effect of restricting ballot access to minority …

If the Oscar-winning actor and producer goes beyond just flirting with the idea of running for governor in Texas, he may have a shot of winning, a fresh survey published by the University of Texas and the Dallas Morning News indicates. The idea itself was supported by 40% of people …

“I’ve moved on from the vice president to say, ‘OK, let’s work with the ambassadors and let’s work with the State Department. Let’s work with the Homeland Secretary’,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told reporters on Wednesday.  “I wish we had a border czar. We’ve had border czars under different administrations,” …

Guillen revealed on Monday that he would seek re-election in 2022 as a Republican, announcing that his “fiscally conservative, pro-business, and pro-life values are no longer in-step with the Democrat Party of today.” He added that the values of the Democrats sitting in the capital were not the values of …

In a ruling on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Lee Yeakel said that Abbott’s May executive order – which barred government agencies, including public schools, from mandating face masks – was at odds with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and put children with health conditions at higher risk. “The …

The commission wrote that Tesla Energy Ventures is now allowed to “provide retail electric services throughout the area served by ERCOT [Electric Reliability Council of Texas].”  In August, Tesla Energy officially filed an application with the Texas Public Utility Commission to sell power in the Lone Star State.  The application …

While the United States descends deeper into the quagmire of woke insanity, where school students are being inundated with mask mandates, sexed-up studies and critical race theory, the residents of the nation’s second largest state have a message for Joe Biden and the Democrats: ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’. Ever since …

“Am thinking of starting [a] new university: Texas Institute of Technology & Science,” Musk tweeted in the early hours of Friday, adding that it would have “epic merch” and be “universally admired.” One didn’t have to be an engineer to get the joke with the acronym, but it did take …

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Stotomayor dissented from the decision not to halt the law – known as SB 8 – in the meantime, ahead of November.  Justices will next be deciding whether the federal government can challenge the law and “obtain injunctive or declaratory relief against the State, state court …

The Justice Department is seeking to block the law from coming into effect while the fight over its constitutionality continues in the courts. It has been statutory since September, excepting a 48-hour period ordered by a district court. The Biden administration filed on Monday to reverse a ruling by the …