As the state seeks to put guardrails around the fast-growing technology, some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect citizens while industry worries about stifling innovation.

Hawkins Mayor Deborah Lynn Rushing was arrested for allegedly creating a government record by recording city officials without their knowledge, giving the recordings to a resident "who posted clips of the video on his YouTube channel," and then denying the recordings' existence, according to a Tuesday affidavit supporting her arrest.

While these numbers at the border are sharply lower, the immigration courts are seeing historically high volumes of cases.

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Governor Abbott thanked the U.S. House for passing a bill allocating $12 billion for Texas border security expenses incurred due to previous federal policies.

The money was a major win for Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans who have been pushing for the money to be included in President Trump's tax

House Republicans were moving late Wednesday to include $12 billion in their One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would go toward reimbursing states for

Jane Doe, the legitimate winner of an $83.5 million Texas Lottery jackpot, has filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against Sergio Rey, the

Governor Greg Abbott of Texas was sworn into the new FEMA Review Council as Texas faces various natural disasters.

Today, you’ll read in the news that the establishment clause requires a strict “separation of church and state,” and that this supposed wall of separation is a “pillar of our democracy.” But the truth is, that phrase appears nowhere in our Constitution.