Peaceful Protests For Trayvon Martin in Dallas
Thousands of peaceful protestors rallied Saturday in downtown Dallas at the Trayvon Martin Rally For Justice.
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Thousands of peaceful protestors rallied Saturday in downtown Dallas at the Trayvon Martin Rally For Justice.
There is a legal showdown going on in court between Dallas County's top prosecutor and a judge who held him in contempt.
The Routh Street Women's Clinic off the North Central Expressway is one of many local abortion clinics, which will shutter if and when HB2 takes effect.
The state senator who became a national sensation for staging a marathon filibuster is calling sweeping new restrictions on abortion "a clear break with Texas families."
Just minutes ago Governor Rick Perry signed into law a piece of legislation that will make abortions after 20 weeks illegal and essentially will shutter the doors of almost every abortion clinic in Texas.
The Texas House is expected to work towards approving a new funding mechanism that would make about $900 million a year available for highways and bridges.
Before a standing room only crowd in his hometown of Duncanville, Greg Abbott repeated what he started Sunday -- he's running for Governor. "I'm fighting for everyday, hard-working middle-class Texans who work on Main Street."
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is wasting no time in beginning his official campaign to succeed Rick Perry as governor.
The House has given preliminary approval to a proposed constitutional amendment letting voters decide whether to provide about $900 million annually in additional funding for road building.
President Barack Obama welcomed President George H.W. Bush to the White House on Monday in a salute to public service and to the drive for volunteerism.
State Senator Wendy Davis, who staged a filibuster that helped delay approval of sweeping abortion restrictions, says she raised nearly $1 million in the final two weeks of June.
George P. Bush is raising money for his Texas land commissioner campaign at a clip befitting his famous political pedigree, saying Monday that he collected $2 million during the first six months of the year for a race that looks to be a slam dunk.
District Attorney Craig Watkins came to court as a defendant -- facing a criminal contempt of court charge. But Watkins and his legal team soon left after winning a stay of the order.
The Dallas County district attorney on Monday won an unexpected stay of an order holding him in contempt of court, after his attorney's highlighted problems with the order.
It would seem that Texas Republicans have never been stronger. Behind the scenes, however, anxious Republicans and hopeful opponents are poring over data suggesting that the GOP hegemony may end.
