Tag: Texas

California-Based Voting Software Company Sends Texas Election Officials Scrambling with Sudden Surcharges

News  By The Associated Press  April 4, 2024 at 5:46pm A California-based election services company is charging several large Texas counties tens of thousands of dollars in additional fees, sending election officials scrambling to pay the surcharges to preserve a crucial system that manages their voter registration. The state’s primary runoff elections are next month. […]

Texas National Guardsman Arrested for Human Smuggling – HotAir

A Texas National Guard soldier was arrested Sunday for allegedly attempting to smuggle an illegal alien over the U.S.-Mexico border. He was deployed to Eagle Pass. The soldier, Savion Johnson, 26, is charged with evading arrest, smuggling of persons, and unlawful carry of a weapon, as confirmed by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Johnson’s […]

Texas defends border law before appeals court

Texas was back before a panel of federal judges Wednesday to defend its on-again-off-again border law, telling the court the state has marched right up to the line of what’s legal in dealing with illegal immigrants but has not crossed over it. The three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has already […]

Texas Egg Producer Halts Operations – HotAir

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced Tuesday. that a major egg producer has halted operations at a poultry facility in Farwell, Texas. It is a temporary stop in operations. Cal Maine Foods, a national egg producer with locations across the country, has multiple locations in Texas. The Farwell facility reported a positive test for bird […]