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1 week ago | statesman.com | Bayliss Wagner

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is again targeting Dallas-area firearms restrictions in two lawsuits filed Thursday that allege Fair Park's Music Hall and Majestic Theatre are unlawfully barring guns from their events. Filed in Travis County state District Court, the complaints say the arts venues at Fair Park turned away attendees who were licensed to carry concealed weapons.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bayliss Wagner

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is again targeting Dallas-area firearms restrictions in two lawsuits filed Thursday that allege Fair Park's Music Hall and Majestic Theatre are unlawfully barring guns from their events. Filed in Travis County state District Court, the complaints say the arts venues turned away attendees who were licensed to carry concealed weapons.

1 week ago | statesman.com | John C. Moritz |Bayliss Wagner |Keri Heath

The Texas House early Friday morning passed its version of the state's biennial budget, which would allocate $4 billion more for public education and an additional $1 billion for health and human services compared with the Senate's spending plan. Totaling $333.7 billion, and including more than $50 billion in property tax relief, the House budget proposal would allocate about $4.4 billion more than lawmakers appropriated in 2023.

2 weeks ago | statesman.com | Bayliss Wagner

The order cites a Monday U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said the feds must give timely notice before deporting people under a 1798 wartime law. Show Caption Hide Caption What to know about the Alien Enemies Act of 1798President Trump wants to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Here's what you need to know about the wartime law.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bayliss Wagner

Gov. Greg Abbott could soon control a new regulation-slashing state entity, the “Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office,” after a supermajority of the Texas House on Tuesday gave its initial approval to Senate Bill 14, a priority of the state's upper chamber.