Tag: Texas

"Any applicant that cannot certify that their office will honor all ICE detainers for criminal immigrants will be ineligible for [Criminal Justice Division] funding," Texas Gov. Greg Abott wrote in a letter to Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas to deny grants to sheriffs that ignore immigration law

Anna Giaritelli · November 4, 2015 9:34 pm

Cruz on Star Wars: Rebels Good, Empire Bad

Michael Warren · November 4, 2015 12:53 am

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who announced Monday he is relaunching his struggling campaign, may have find difficulty in securing a website to match his new slogan.Â (Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

JebCanFixIt.com is a website, but Jeb Bush doesn’t own it

Daniel Chaitin · November 4, 2015 12:20 am

Hope Pregnancy Centers of Brazos ValleyÂ says it's the first provider of "pro-life services" to repurpose a Planned Parenthood facility.Â (AP Photo/Laura Tillman)

Anti-abortion group repurposes Planned Parenthood center

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 28, 2015 9:55 pm

"I hope my colleagues in the Senate will support this bill and stand with the American people -- the people we should be protecting -- rather than convicted felons like the murderer of Kate Steinle," said Sen. Ted Cruz.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ted Cruz touts ability to fundraise like an insider

Ryan Lovelace · October 26, 2015 4:02 pm

The recently announced Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act is a wide-ranging piece of legislation that aims to reduce needlessly long prison sentences and correct the results of unjust public policy decisions of the past. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Conservative criminal justice reform is alive and well on Capitol Hill

Joe Luppino-Esposito · October 26, 2015 4:01 am

Erica Canaut, center, cheers as she and other anti-abortion activists rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, to condemn the use in medical research of tissue samples obtained from aborted fetuses. Texas announced Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, that it was cutting off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood clinics following undercover videos of officials discussing fetal tissue, potentially triggering a legal fight like the one unfolding in neighboring Louisiana. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas cuts funding to Planned Parenthood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · October 19, 2015 5:06 pm

Coburn blames ‘Cruz effect’ for disappointment in Congress

Becket Adams · October 16, 2015 11:59 pm

Texas Southern University in southeast Houston is on lockdown after two people were shot at an apartment complex.Â (WhisperToMe/Wikipedia)

Two people shot near university in Houston

Kelly Cohen · October 9, 2015 6:22 pm

New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson (82) carries past Dallas Cowboys strong safety Barry Church (42) in the first half of an NFL football game in New Orleans, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Texas governor compares Cowboys’ defense to the ‘porous’ border

Daniel Chaitin · October 5, 2015 5:41 pm

All of the bills to lower costs wereÂ filed earlier thisÂ year, but so far none hasÂ advanced out of their respective legislative committees.Â (AP Photo/Kelley McCall)

States try to rein in pricey drugs

Robert King · October 3, 2015 10:28 am

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump signs autographs as he arrives at a campaign stop, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trump beefs up state orgs as he fights to keep lead

Gabby Morrongiello · October 2, 2015 4:38 pm