Texas Senate Passes Bill Banning Sanctuary Cities
State senators gave preliminary approval to a ban on sanctuary cities. Senate Bill 4 went up for a vote in Austin today.
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State senators gave preliminary approval to a ban on sanctuary cities. Senate Bill 4 went up for a vote in Austin today.
The Texas Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Gov. Greg Abbott's three nominees for the University of Texas System Board of Regents by a 29-0 vote with two abstentions.
The Texas Railroad Commission is requesting nearly $45 million from the State Legislature to hire more inspectors, upgrade its technology and reduce its inspections backlog.
The Senate is working round-the-clock toward confirming President Donald Trump's close ally, Sen. Jeff Sessions, to become the nation's top law enforcement officer as attorney general.
President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its toughest test yet Tuesday as a panel of appeals court judges hammered away at the government's arguments that the ban was motivated by terrorism fears but also directed pointed questions to an attorney who claimed it unconstitutionally targeted Muslims.
Dallas County Commissioners adopted a resolution in support of immigrants and refugees.
The Texas Senate has preliminarily approved an anti-"sanctuary cities" bill punishing local governments that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
President Donald Trump told a North Texas sheriff they could "destroy" the career of a state lawmaker trying to reform asset forfeiture laws that critics say police abuse as a funding source.
The Texas Senate has begun debating a proposed ban on "sanctuary cities," capitalizing on President Trump's call for a crackdown on illegal immigration to muscle the contested proposal toward passage in record time.
The Texas Senate has unanimously approved a bill aimed at curbing conflicts of interest with elected officials, and adding new punishments for those who are convicted of crimes.
The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie.
Political "dark money" and the founder of an organization tied to President Trump's accusations of voter fraud will be at the center of a Texas Supreme Court case that could reshape state campaign finance laws.
The military services have delivered to Congress blueprints for increasing the defense budget by more than $30 billion to pay for new jet fighters, armored vehicles, improved training and more.
Sen. Cruz says he's glad that Congress is poised to repeal and replace Obamacare, pass tax reform and eliminate many Obama-era regulations.
During his speech Monday at U.S. Central Command, Trump said the media is dropping the ball on reporting extremist attacks.
