Tag: Texas
Texas drops masks mandate ban enforcement in public colleges
In an emergency order issued final month, Abbott reiterated his ban on masks mandates by any authorities entity, though federal businesses have ma [...]
Struggle Over Voting Rights in Texas Nears Finish as Democrats Return
HOUSTON — A 38-day walkout by Democrats within the Texas Home of Representatives successfully ended on Thursday as three beforehand absent members [...]
Dems fracture, and Texas state Home regains quorum
The state Home needed to have 100 current representatives to satisfy quorum up till Thursday morning, when state Rep. Leo Pacheco’s resignation gr [...]
Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans’ battle on governing
Republicans in Texas are on a warpath.
They’re preventing to fortify their trifecta management of state authorities regardless of a quickly dive [...]
Abbott deploys 2,500 out-of-state medical employees as youthful sufferers crowd hospitals
Dr. Joseph Varon, proper, and Jeffrey Ndove, left, carry out a process for hypothermia therapy on a affected person within the COVID-19 intensive c [...]
Texas state senator ends 15-hour filibuster; voting invoice passes
She hugged her Democratic colleagues after lastly placing down the microphone. Minutes later, the invoice handed 18-11 within the Senate, though t [...]
Covid outbreak sideswipes Texas lawmakers’ D.C. tour
Some conferences have continued: Members met with Home Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Tuesday — however it was held over Zoom.
"We had been planning [...]
Trump endorses scandal-plagued Ken Paxton for Texas lawyer basic
However Trump’s antipathy for 3 generations of Bushes surfaced as soon as once more on Monday night time, as he selected to endorse Paxton in what [...]
Texas Dems to huddle with Clintons, Abrams as they bid to regain momentum
Members say that after the preliminary spherical, no different Texas lawmaker examined optimistic over the past week. The Texans have began taking [...]
Texas and Florida become involved in Israel’s struggle with Ben & Jerry’s over West Financial institution boycott
A view of the doorway of the ice-cream store contained in the Ben & Jerry's manufacturing facility in Be'er Tuvia in southern Israel, on July 2 [...]
Right here’s how arduous it’s to vote in Texas
Texas already has among the most restrictive voting legal guidelines within the nation, however that hasn’t stopped Republican state legislators [...]
Texas Dems urge voting rights motion in D.C. amid threats of arrest for skipping city
“We've got a brief window right here,” state Home Democratic caucus chair Chris Turner advised reporters at a press convention exterior the U.S. C [...]
Texas Democrats fled the state over a GOP voter suppression invoice. Right here’s why.
In a last-ditch effort to dam laws making it tougher to vote, Texas Democrats resorted to a tactic they haven’t deployed because the George W. B [...]