NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas hospitals accumulated more than $1 billion in healthcare costs for illegal immigrants during fiscal year 2025, the first year the state began tracking the figures. The data, compiled by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and obtained by Texas Scorecard, shows hospitals logged 313,742…
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Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. President Donald Trump could send 400 members of the Texas National Guard to…
The expression “stay woke” started out as an affirmation for African Americans. In the past decade it has been used by some Republicans — and some Democrats — as a pejorative for people thought to be too “politically correct,” another term that took on negative connotations as it gained wider use. “Woke” has come up…
A Texas law restricting property ownership and leasing by Chinese citizens came into effect this week, thrusting affected residents into legal limbo with no path to relief before November. The law, which restricts real estate purchases by companies, individuals and government entities linked to countries that the federal government deems a threat to the US,…
A federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery issued a preliminary injunction in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, ruling that Texas Senate Bill 10, set to…
Texas Republicans on Monday aimed to resume pushing through redrawn U.S. House district maps that would carve out a bigger GOP advantage in the 2026 midterm elections after state Democrats indicated they were ready to end a two-week walkout. The redrawing began in Texas but has been stalled since dozens of Democrats, who are the…
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Texas Democrats, along with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the Democratic National Chair Ken Martin, are meeting Tuesday to continue the fight against a redistricting plan to add five seats favoring Republicans. The Texas Legislature attempted to meet Monday to consider a bill…
Democratic lawmakers who fled Texas speak out after being threatened with arrest – CBS News Watch CBS News Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the arrest of Democratic state lawmakers who fled the state in order to block a vote on a congressional map that favors Republicans. Ed O’Keefe reports. Source link
Texas Republicans returned to the state Capitol this Monday for the House session — likely without Democratic lawmakers who have left the state in a bid to block a vote on a heavily GOP-favored congressional map. Gov. Greg Abbott said he’ll begin to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they don’t return after dozens of…