Category: Texas

Texas GOP Supports a State Electoral College in Age of Polarization

Rising Star is a sleepy Texas town of 899 souls, surrounded by thousands of acres stretching to the horizon in a place that seems stuck in time. Cowboy hats are as common here as raising cattle, and the metallic clang of pumpjacks spitting out oil remains commonplace. Like many towns in West Texas, it has…


Five Texas Officers to Be Investigated Over Botched Response to Uvalde Shooting

Five Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be investigated over the mishandled response to a mass shooting in Uvalde, the state agency confirmed on Sept. 7. Ninety-one DPS troopers rushed to Robb Elementary School on May 24, as the shooting took place. Officials at various agencies have described the response, which saw officers stand for…


Texas Sees Record 25.6 Percent Tax Revenue Surge Amid High Inflation

Tax revenue in Texas grew by a record 25.6 percent for the 2022 fiscal year through August, according to the latest tax collection data released by the state Comptroller of Public Accounts, Glenn Hegar. All-funds tax collection for fiscal year 2022 until August came in at $77.2 billion, beating projections made in the Certification Revenue…


Texas Sees Record 25.6 Percent Surge in Tax Revenue as Inflation Soars

Tax revenue in Texas increased by a record 25.6 percent in the current fiscal year through August, driven by economic growth and inflation, according to state Comptroller Glenn Hegar. All funds tax collection for the fiscal year 2022 through August came in at $77.2 billion, topping projections made in the state’s Certification Revenue Estimate by…


Chicago Mayor Frustrated as Texas Busses More Illegal Immigrants to City

Chicago’s mayor on Sept. 4 said she was frustrated that Texas is bussing illegal immigrants to her city. Fifty immigrants, mostly part of families, arrived by bus in Chicago on Sunday from Texas. Two buses days earlier arrived in Chicago, dropping off over 95 immigrants. Authorities in Texas began transporting illegal aliens who accepted the…


Chicago Mayor Frustrated as Texas Buses More Illegal Immigrants to City

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot voiced her frustration on Sept. 4 that Texas has begun busing illegal immigrants to her city. Fifty immigrants, mostly part of families, arrived by bus in Chicago on Sept. 4 from Texas. More than 95 immigrants had arrived in the city on buses days earlier. Lightfoot, a Democrat, said that officials are…


Border Patrol Issues ‘Warning of Extreme Importance’ to Illegal Immigrants

The U.S. Border Patrol issued a warning to illegal immigrants who are trying to enter into the United States owing to severe weather conditions. Because of increasing rainfall, portions of the Rio Grande have become increasingly dangerous and resulted in several deaths in the past week, Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens said in a statement…


Border Patrol: 9 Migrants Found Dead in Rio Grande at Texas

At least nine illegal immigrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of people attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains that…


Border Patrol: 9 Illegal immigrants Found Dead in Rio Grande at Texas

At least nine illegal immigrants were found dead in the Rio Grande after dozens of people attempted a hazardous crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexican officials made the discovery Thursday while responding to a large group of people crossing the river following days of heavy rains that…


Border Patrol: 9 Migrants Die Crossing Rio Grande Into Texas

Officials on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border searched for more victims Saturday after at least nine migrants died while trying to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican officials discovered the victims near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday, following days of heavy rains. U.S. officials recovered six bodies,…