Jeremy Wallace

1 day ago | statesman.com | Jeremy Wallace

Texas’ bat population stands to get new protections under a bill moving through the state Legislature. Under a bill that is scheduled for a vote as early as Tuesday in the Senate, it would be illegal to entomb live bats in an unoccupied structure to kill them. Already, Texas bars people from hunting, killing, possessing or buying and selling bats. “We’ve seen instances where people will come in and spray foam insulation and entomb the bats and then just sweep them out,” state Sen.

1 day ago | expressnews.com | Jeremy Wallace

Texas' bat population stands to get new protections under a bill moving through the state Legislature. A year after a San Antonio apartment complex tried sealing an entire bat colony inside a building to leave them to die slowly, lawmakers are seeking to bar that practice in the future. Under a bill that is scheduled for a vote as early as Tuesday in the Senate, it would be illegal to entomb live bats in an unoccupied structure to kill them.

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Jeremy Wallace

Republicans in the Texas Legislature are moving ahead with plans to erectan eight-foot bronze statue on the grounds of the State Capitol to celebrate the anti-abortion movement in Texas that successfully banned almost all abortions in the state with few exceptions.

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Jeremy Wallace

Congress is considering opening up nearly $800 million in reimbursements that could go to Texas for Gov. Greg Abbott's border security tactics during the Biden administration. While it is a fraction of the $11 billion that Abbott and Republicans from Texas in Congress have been seeking, the money would be a significant boost to the state.

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Jeremy Wallace

New internal polls by both major parties show U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is in big trouble as he faces the toughest GOP primary opponent of his political career in 2026. A Republican poll obtained exclusively by the Houston Chronicle show Cornyn is down against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton among likely GOP primary voters by 17 percentage points. A Democratic poll shows him downmore than 20 percentage points.