As the state seeks to put guardrails around the fast-growing technology, some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect citizens while industry worries about stifling innovation.

Hawkins Mayor Deborah Lynn Rushing was arrested for allegedly creating a government record by recording city officials without their knowledge, giving the recordings to a resident "who posted clips of the video on his YouTube channel," and then denying the recordings' existence, according to a Tuesday affidavit supporting her arrest.

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The money was a major win for Gov. Greg Abbott and other Texas Republicans who have been pushing for the money to be included in President Trump's tax

Governor Abbott thanked the U.S. House for passing a bill allocating $12 billion for Texas border security expenses incurred due to previous federal policies.

While these numbers at the border are sharply lower, the immigration courts are seeing historically high volumes of cases.

Texas could soon receive billions in federal reimbursements for border security expenses under a Republican-led bill that passed the U.S. House on Thursday.

House Republicans were moving late Wednesday to include $12 billion in their One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would go toward reimbursing states for

The city's financial commitment for this project, representing 20% of the total cost, is $510,000, according to the May 21 workshop agenda. The project is supported by a congressional earmark grant facilitated through Congressman Luttrell's office and administered by TxDOT under an 80/20 cost-sharing arrangement.

Today, you’ll read in the news that the establishment clause requires a strict “separation of church and state,” and that this supposed wall of separation is a “pillar of our democracy.” But the truth is, that phrase appears nowhere in our Constitution.