Federal Employees In North Texas Rally To End Government Shutdown
In Dallas members of the American Federation of Government Employees and workers from other affected agencies are protesting against the government shutdown.
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In Dallas members of the American Federation of Government Employees and workers from other affected agencies are protesting against the government shutdown.
The government has started surveying land along the Texas border, but rather than surrender their land, some property owners are digging in.
Governor Greg Abbott said they were united to solve a voter mandate: increasing state funding for public schools while lowering property taxes. "It's something we have to get done."
Texas Republican leaders are signaling that a failed "bathroom bill" in 2017 that targeted transgender individuals and upended the legislature isn't coming back.
"We have tried to be fiscally responsible so we have cash reserves to carry us through several months," said Lisa Schaub.
President Trump reiterated there is a "crisis" at the southern border but offering no new policy or approach. He did not declare a national emergency, as he has been considering.
The new Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen and Governor Greg Abbott told lawmakers they must pass property tax reform and change how the state pays for public schools.
Tarrant County Republicans are set to decide if they should remove a Muslim vice party chairman following allegations that he prefers Islamic over U.S. law.
The Texas Legislature opens today with lawmakers expected to tackle such matters as fixing the state's school finance system, cutting property taxes and paying for Hurricane Harvey recovery.
Texas lawmakers will be sworn in Tuesday for the 86th legislative session and the House will elect a new Speaker.
Texas' top financial official says heightened economic "uncertainty" involving everything from rising interest rates to unsettled trade policy is clouding the spending picture.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month.
As the government shutdown drags into its third week with no solution in sight, the prolonged stalemate is nearing several major turning points.
Sick calls have increased by 200 percent to 300 percent at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport according to a local TSA official familiar with the situation.
Betsy Price formally announced another run for the position Thursday. First elected in 2011, a win would make her the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.
