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Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man’s execution

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers is urging Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt an execution.

Texas chief who called Uvalde response ‘abject failure’ but defended his state police is retiring

Texas governor criticizes Houston energy as utility says power will be mostly restored by Wednesday

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power after Beryl

The request for federal aid after Beryl opens a rift between the White House and Texas

Houston prosecutors find no evidence of efforts to sway 2022 elections but charge a county worker

Prosecutors in Texas’ largest county say an investigation found no evidence of intent to influence 2022 election outcomes. But they will pursue criminal charges against a county employee who was allegedly working a second job. (AP video by Lekan Oyekanmi)

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A migrant encampment sits beside a vacant motel near Seattle, highlighting strain of asylum crisis

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor’s pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator

Protesters march against Texas immigration law SB4

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El Paso County officials say it’s time the state of Texas pays for Operation Lone Star arrests

El Paso County leaders say a recent surge in migrant arrests by the state has cost the border county millions of dollars and spurred them to issue a disaster declaration this week — a move they have avoided for more than two years.

At half a mile a week, Texas border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion to build

Three years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would take the extraordinary step of building a state-funded wall along the Mexico border, he has 34 miles of steel bollards to show for it.

Texas court denies request to reconsider governor’s pardon in BLM demonstrator’s killing

A Texas appeals court denied a request to consider whether to reverse Gov. Greg Abbott’s pardon of a man who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter demonstrator.

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor’s pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator

A prosecutor says he is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator.

At least 15 dead after severe weather carves path of ruin across multiple states in the South

Powerful storms have killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Texas primary runoffs

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are looking to settle political scores within their own party in the upcoming primary runoff elections, in which voters will decide nearly three dozen unresolved races from the state’s March 5 primary.

Fate of lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle in hands of federal judge

A federal judge has not issued an immediate ruling after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student in Texas over his hairstyle.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave few pardons before rushing to clear Army officer who killed a protester

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s pardon of a former Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of a Black Lives Matter protestor was a case of the Republican pushing a limited executive power to its absolute limit to get a desired outcome in a politically charged case.

Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned a white ex-Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial injustice.

Floodwaters start receding around Houston area as recovery begins following rescues and evacuations

Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas are starting to recede, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall.

Texas’ diversity, equity and inclusion ban has led to more than 100 job cuts at state universities

Texas’ ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has resulted in more than 100 job cuts at University of Texas campuses across the state.

Texas’ migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling

Texas’ plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order.

Gov. Abbott says Texas wildfires may have destroyed up to 500 structures

Gov. Greg Abbott says wildfires may have destroyed as many as 500 structures in the Texas Panhandle.

Judge blocks Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants who illegally enter US

A federal judge has blocked a Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants suspected of entering the U.S. illegally. The decision Thursday by U.S.

Texas ban on university diversity efforts provides a glimpse of the future across GOP-led states

As Texas public university students returned to the classroom in January, a new law in Texas banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from state funded higher education institutions took effect.

GOP governors back at Texas border to keep pressure on Biden over migrant crossings

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott returned to the Eagle Pass border to highlight his escalating attempts to curb illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border.

What to know as Republicans governors consider sending more National Guard to the Texas border

As tensions grow between Texas officials and the federal government over who can enforce immigration policies and how, some Republican leaders are pledging their support to the Lone Star state.

Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border

A divided Supreme Court is allowing Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border while a lawsuit over the wire continues.

The Biden administration escalates its border dispute with Texas after 3 migrants drown

The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

Migrant deaths in Rio Grande intensify tensions between Texas, Biden administration over crossings

The White House says U.S. Border Patrol agents need access to the border after officials say three migrants drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande near the Texas border city of Eagle Pass.

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to tell Texas to stop blocking US border agents from patrols

The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.

Snow, ice, wind and bitter cold pummels the northern US in dangerous winter storm

A dangerous winter storm swept the northern U.S. on Friday, with blinding snow in some places, freezing rain in others, and bitter cold temperatures and whipping winds across several states.

Mayor says Texas closed park without permission in border city where migrant crossings had climbed

The mayor of a Texas border city at the center of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s aggressive measures to curb migrant crossings says state troopers have closed a large public park along the Rio Grande.

New York City is suing charter bus companies for transporting migrants from Texas

New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for their role in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s operation to send tens of thousands of migrants to urban areas.

Justice Department sues Texas over law that would let police arrest migrants who enter US illegally

The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new law that would allow police in the state to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally.

Suburbs put the brakes on migrant bus arrivals after crackdowns in Chicago and New York

Some officials in suburbs and outlying cities near Chicago and New York are giving migrants arriving from the southern border a cold shoulder amid attempts to circumvent restrictions on dropping migrants in those two cities.

Texas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high

Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants while also allowing local judges to order them out of the U.S. under a new law signed by Republican Gov.

Democratic mayors renew pleas for federal help and coordination with Texas over migrant crisis

The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver have renewed pleas for more federal help and coordination with Texas over the growing number of asylum-seekers arriving in their cities by bus and plane.

Texas begins flying migrants from southern border to Chicago

Texas has begun flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago. Gov. Greg Abbott’s office says the first flight carried more than 120 people and took place Tuesday.

What we know about Texas’ new law that lets police arrest migrants who enter the US illegally

How far can a state go to keep migrants out of the U.S.? The answer may soon come out of Texas. A new law signed by Republican Gov.