The Latest Breaking News from Texas

League of Women Voters threatens to sue Texas over shortage of voter registration cards

AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said earlier this week that her office is rejecting an unusually high share of applications for mail-in ballots because they do not meet standards set under the state's new elections law.

Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2022

FBI treating Texas synagogue siege as ‘act of terrorism’ motivated by antisemitism

The agency had suggested that the hostage taker was motivated by an issue ‘not specifically related to the Jewish community’

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2022

With Roe in doubt, states act on abortion limits, expansions

State-by-state battles over the future of abortion are setting up around the U.S. Republican lawmakers are proposing new restrictions based on laws in Texas and Mississippi and some Democratic-led states are working to preserve access

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2022

Texas Supreme Court to hear state’s bid to toss political map challenge, but not until after primary

AUSTIN, Texas — The state’s bid to toss a legal challenge arguing last year’s GOP-led redistricting effort violated the Texas Constitution is headed to the state Supreme Court, which accepted the case Friday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2022

FBI fatally shot Texas hostage taker; top agent calls his actions ‘a hate crime’ and ‘terrorism’

DALLAS — The man who took hostages inside a Colleyville synagogue last weekend died after being shot by FBI agents following a nearly 11-hour standoff that authorities are calling an act of terrorism.

Tribune News Service · Jan 22, 2022

Texas man charged with election threats to Georgia officials

The Justice Department says a Texas man has been arrested on charges of posting threatening messages on Craigslist about killing government officials in Georgia following the 2020 election

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2022

Texas attorney general refuses to hand over Jan. 6 records

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rejected a prosecutor's demand for records of his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the assault on the U.S. Capitol a year ago

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2022

British police handed more time to quiz pair over Texas synagogue stand-off

The pair were arrested on Thursday in Birmingham and Manchester

Wales Online · Jan 21, 2022

Democrats Spar to Challenge ‘Trump’s Counselor’ Ken Paxton

The candidates debated worker protections and the incumbent's perennial legal woes.

Texas Observer · Jan 21, 2022

Logistics center will help abortion seekers get to Illinois

With abortion access increasingly restricted across much of the South and Midwest, two Illinois clinics near St. Louis on Friday announced a new logistics center to help abortion seekers get to their clinics

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022