Tag: Austin
Delta offering non-stop flights to Austin from Harlingen
Valley International Airport is putting Delta Air Lines on the tarmac, offering non-stop flights to Austin.
Judge orders halt to Texas mask mandate ban in schools
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to the enforcement of Texas' ban on mask mandates in the state's...
Feds sue Texas over new voting law
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Texas over the state's new voting law, arguing that the some measures...
State’s new House map challenged in court
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
Opening a second front in widening legal wars over redistricting, a coalition of mostly Hispanic, Democratic members of the Texas...
Voters weigh new rights on food, worship and elderly visits
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
Pandemic policies were being put to the test Tuesday in several states where ballot measures sought to rebuke or...
Man convicted of killing Texas officer found dead in cell
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 33-year-old man sentenced to death in the 2012 fatal shooting of an Austin police officer at a Wal-Mart has...
Voting rights advocates sue Texas over maps redrawn by GOP
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/ Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Voting rights advocates are suing Texas again, this time with support from a...
Republicans say Texas’ political maps are ‘race blind’
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
As they devised political maps to maximize their hold on power for another decade, Texas Republicans laid the foundation...
Appeals court allows whistleblower lawsuit against Paxton to proceed
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
A state appeals court found Thursday that former deputies of Attorney General Ken Paxton who were fired after accusing...
Texas’ new elections chief joined Trump’s challenge in 2020
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday picked as the state's new elections chief an...