DALLAS — The Texas attorney general has opened an investigation into a key Boeing supplier that is already facing scrutiny from federal regulators over quality of parts that it provides to the aircraft maker. The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said it began looking into Spirit AeroSystems because of “apparent manufacturing defects” in […]
A Texas appeals court has overturned a Fort Worth woman’s voter fraud conviction and five-year prison term for casting an illegal provisional ballot. Crystal Mason did not know that being on probation for a previous felony conviction left her ineligible to vote in 2016, the Second District Court of Appeals in Fort Worth ruled on […]
NEW YORK — A Texas federal judge on Thursday accused the major banking industry groups and U.S. Chamber of Commerce of venue shopping in their lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a major win for the federal regulator. The bureau had argued the only reason banks filed their lawsuit in Texas was to increase […]
Authoritarian climate crusaders most likely regard themselves as too enlightened, important and virtuous to heed cautionary tales about green energy. For everyone else, however, those tales remind us why we did not trust the crusaders in the first place. According to ABC13 in Houston, a violent hailstorm on March 16 caused significant damage to the […]
An event took place in Southeast Texas between the evening of March 15 and the early morning of the 16th that is only now coming to light. As is often the calling card of early spring, some mighty thunderstorms marched their way across the country, dropping tornadoes, drenching rains, and hail of every size in […]
A federal appeals court renewed an injunction Wednesday blocking Texas’ tough new immigration law, delivering a significant victory to immigrant-rights advocates and President Biden. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the law is likely to be found unconstitutional and therefore cannot go into effect while the legal challenges are ongoing. Chief […]
The Biden administration scored another victory in its fight against Texas SB 4 taking effect. The new immigration law would allow law enforcement to arrest suspected illegal aliens in Texas. Texas SB 4 was to go into effect on March 5 but it has been blocked from doing so as legal challenges play out. It’s […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed to a last-minute deal with prosecutors that allowed the dismissal of almost 9-year-old criminal charges on Tuesday. The 18-month intervention agreement was announced in a pretrial hearing that had been delayed from last week. The agreement includes 100 hours of community service and 15 hours of legal education classes […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas law that allows the state to arrest and deport migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold for now, a federal appeals court ruled. The order late Tuesday from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals followed a March 20 hearing by a three-judge panel of […]
A 21-year-old Honduran is the first and only person so far to be charged with assault on a Texas National Guardsman during the stampede in El Paso last week. Federal authorities think that a few ringleaders orchestrated the uprising. Junior Evaristo-Benitez was taken into custody and charged with assault on a public servant, a 3rd […]
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