The Latest Breaking News from Texas

What is 'Reasonable Doubt' in Texas Criminal Law?

Having probable cause gives law enforcement grounds for an arrest. However, an arrest does not always mean an easy day for the prosecution in court.

inkl · Jun 3, 2025

Texas lawmakers voted to ban consumable THC products. Will Gov. Greg Abbott sign — or veto — the bill?

Abbott faces pressure from both sides of the aisle. The prohibition was a priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, but some hemp farmers and veterans want it killed.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 2, 2025

In final act, Texas Legislature boosts judges’ pay and lawmaker pensions

House and Senate members agreed that judges needed a pay raise. But they spent the final hours of the legislative session debating whether Texas lawmakers should also benefit from the boost.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 2, 2025

Legislature Mandates Sheriff-ICE Cooperation in Jails or Streets

Texas lawmakers are ordering all counties to seek federal agreements that may be limited to jailhouses—or may convert deputies into roving immigration agents.

Texas Observer · Jun 2, 2025

Inside Houston’s Trump Burger restaurant: Where a Tower is 1lb of beef and its owner is a migrant

MAGA fast food chain expands across Texas – just don’t order the Biden Burger

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025

Delaware lawyers are winning fee 'multipliers' as high as 66 times their hourly rate, study reveals

Could that bring about a corporate DExit from the state?

Fortune · Jun 2, 2025

Jeremiah Smith and Ryan Williams Are on the Cover of NCAA ’26. Where Do They Rank in the Top 10 Sophomores in College Football?

For College Football 25, the cover athletes were all experienced college ballers. Quinn Ewers was headed into his senior year with Texas, as was Michigan’s Donovan Edwards. Travis Hunter — the two-way extraordinaire — was the least experienced on the cover, and was about to be a junior with Colorado…

Operation Sports · Jun 2, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear GOP activist’s lawsuit challenging Texas Ethics Commission’s lobbying fine

Former Empower Texans leader Michael Quinn Sullivan has challenged a $10,000 fine from the Texas Ethics Commission for failure to register as a lobbyist for more than 10 years at nearly every level of the state court system.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 2, 2025

SI:AM | Mayhem at NCAA Baseball Tournament as Two Top Seeds Go Down

For just the second time ever, the two top seeds have been eliminated in the regional round.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 2, 2025

Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts

National Weather Service offices in hurricane-prone areas are reeling from job cuts and a hiring freeze imposed by Trump

The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2025