Month: July 2021

Attorneys in the lawsuit, which was filed in April, argued that being blocked from viewing Paxton’s tweets limited the rights of people to participate access statements made by the public official, therefore violating the First Amendment.

A majority of Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives plan to leave the state and fly to Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon in a bid to again deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass new voting restrictions with 27 days left in a special legislative session called largely for that purpose.

With a big endorsement and a record-setting fundraising period behind him, Texas’ governor is in a political sweet spot.

The State Republican Executive Committee met Sunday to pick a successor for Allen West, the chairman who resigned last month after a drama-filled tenure and is now running for governor.