Tag: Texas

"[T]here certainly can be a softening because we're not looking to hurt people, we want people — we have some great people in this country," Donald Trump said about his meeting with Latino leaders. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump admits to ‘softening’ on immigration

Anna Giaritelli · August 24, 2016 2:29 am

$The gains from fracking have not only gone to natural gas producers, but manufacturers and consumers as well. (AP Photo)$ Energy and Environment

EPA says oil industry likely to blame for Texas tremors

John Siciliano · August 22, 2016 10:15 pm

According to the Houston Chronicle, roughly 20 White Lives Matter activists gathered before police began clearing them out at around 3:30 p.m. (Image courtesy screenshot)

‘White Lives Matter’ group protests outside Houston NAACP

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2016 7:38 pm

Federal judge blocks Obama transgender bathroom directive for schools

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2016 1:27 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz's speech called for Republicans to "vote your conscience" in November, which infuriated Trump supporters and RNC delegates, many of whom rained boos down on him. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Cruz poll numbers take hit in wake of convention speech

Al Weaver · August 18, 2016 9:08 pm

Texas insurer Scott & White said it will exit the Obamacare marketplace in the state next year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Texas insurer drops out of Obamacare

Robert King · August 17, 2016 7:11 pm

Clinton is also dominating among nonwhites in Texas, a state with increasing racial diversity. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Poll: Trump up just 6 points over Clinton in Texas

Kelly Cohen · August 16, 2016 4:43 pm

Abortion providers are criticizing more than $1.6 million in state funding that was allocated to the Texas pro-life Heidi Group. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Abortion providers: $1.6M grant to pro-lifers ‘lunacy’

Mairead McArdle · August 12, 2016 9:13 pm

This, he says, has "contributed to the modern day hostility we are witnessing." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Ethics Committee weighs probe of Texas lawmaker

Nicole Duran · August 12, 2016 7:32 pm

Texas and a dozen other states are set to ask a U.S. judge in Fort Worth to stop the implementation of recommendations put forth by the Obama administration on allowing transgender students to use bathroom facilities. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

13 states to ask court to stop White House transgender bathroom policy

Kelly Cohen · August 12, 2016 12:45 pm

The baby's mother was suspected of having been infected with the virus while traveling in Latin America during her pregnancy, officials in Harris County, Texas, said. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Second U.S. baby dies from Zika

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 9, 2016 3:10 pm

The family of Ahmed Mohamed, a Muslim teenager who infamously brought a homemade clock to school and had it mistaken for a bomb, filed a lawsuit against Texas school officials in federal court Monday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Clock boy returns to U.S. to sue former school district

Anna Giaritelli · August 9, 2016 1:20 am