Tag: Texas

Zika cases in Texas prompt warning

Robert King · December 15, 2016 12:10 am

Residents and businesses have been voting with their feet in favor of economic freedom. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Federal government should follow states’ example on economic freedom

Dean Stansel · December 15, 2016 12:01 am

Energy and Environment

Trump nominates Perry to lead agency he famously forgot

John Siciliano · December 14, 2016 11:42 am

This project is the embodiment of free market principles. (ABC 7 Chicago via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why conservatives should support high-speed rail in Texas

Holly Reed · December 14, 2016 12:00 am

Texas court says Obama's expansion of a rule governing labor lawyers is unconstitutional. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Court scraps Labor Department’s ‘persuader’ rule

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2016 8:43 pm

Oklahoma's state Supreme Court unanimously struck down a law requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Court strikes down Oklahoma abortion law

Robert King · December 13, 2016 7:36 pm

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry smiles as he leaves Trump Tower, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Energy and Environment

Trump expected to pick Perry to lead energy department

Anna Giaritelli · December 13, 2016 4:34 am

The judge's decision came amid reports that President-elect Trump is considering making Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson his secretary of state. (AP Photo/Mike Stone)

Energy and Environment

Judge cancels hearing in Exxon Mobil climate case

John Siciliano · December 13, 2016 12:04 am

An inspection of the van yielded 1,380 pounds of marijuana, which have an estimated U.S. street value of more than $1 million, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (Customs and Border Protection)

Mexican teenager driving minivan arrested with 1,380 pounds of marijuana

Anna Giaritelli · December 12, 2016 10:17 pm

The lawsuit is on behalf of several Texas abortion providers, including Whole Women's Health, a clinic that last summer won a Supreme Court case knocking down requirements for abortion doctors to get hospital admitting privileges and for clinics to meet stricter facility standards. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas abortion clinics sue over fetal burial law

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 12, 2016 4:53 pm

A Mexican male tried to smuggle the prohibited pork product into Texas, but got caught. (Photo: www.cbp.gov)

Border officials seize 132 pounds of contraband bologna

Anna Giaritelli · December 9, 2016 3:58 am

President-elect Donald Trump asked why the United States and "all countries" have not joined the fight against religious terrorism. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Texas elector won’t vote for Trump, calls him enemy of the Constitution

Caitlin Yilek · December 6, 2016 4:01 am