The trooper was relieved of his game day duties and DPS OIG is investigating.

At a Texas Tribune Festival event, former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred called out state Rep. James Talarico for accepting donations from casino magnate and megadonor Miriam Adelson while railing against billionaires’ influence in politics. #TribFest25

Texas A&M regents preview course review after gender identity instruction controversy

Texas, where 1 in 4 ICE arrests have occurred, has experienced widespread economic consequences from the draconian immigration policies of the Trump administration. And things for the state economy could get worse.

Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"

"The proposal appears to be the first time that a Texas public university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted."

INBOX: On the first day for candidate filing in the midterm elections, State Rep. @jon-rosenthaltx.bsky.social officially files to run for Texas Railroad Commissioner

Candidate filing for the 2026 midterm opens tomorrow (Sat. 11/8) in Texas - and we’re still waiting to hear from the 3-judge panel on requests by Black and Latino voters to block the new Texas congressional map.

And in an update, Harris County House candidate and Dem consultant Odus Evbagharu explains how they won all three seats: www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl... #txlege

New: Texas can enforce a 2023 law that restricts some public drag shows, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. Senate Bill 12 prohibits drag performers from dancing suggestively or wearing certain prosthetics in front of children.

Big update to the third-largest school district in the state (and follows a trend that started happening in North Texas last year)

Checking in on Tarrant County and the special election to fill a state senate seat (which Trump won by over 17 points in 2024) and Democrat union leader Taylor Rehmet is leading the way and headed to a runoff

Pretty clear response to the redistricting that took place earlier this year in Texas -->

In Fort Worth, Democrat trade unionist Taylor Rehmet is ahead in the race for Texas Senate District 9 over his two Republican opponents, former Southlake mayor John Huffman and the chief comms officer of Patriot Mobile, a Christian right wing cellphone company, Leigh Wambsganss

It appears we are headed to a runoff in the special election for TX-18 with current Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former council member Amanda Edwards

BIG news for Texas. State troopers in Texas will now have the authority to make immigration arrests, same as ICE and Border Patrol. Whether this means all state troopers, or only a subset of officers, will get trained and authorized to carry out this duty remains to be seen.

For most of Texas, today is all about constitutional amendments. But there are also some key special races happening throughout the state.

"A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the state’s “shield law” designed to protect providers."

While many Texas political observers were tuned into the redistricting fight over the summer, Republicans in the state house and senate passed yet another anti-abortion bill. This one targets abortion medication, and it will very likely impact the national debate over abortion access.

Happy Halloween! We've had a lot of ~~spooky~~ content this month, including a great roundup of werewolf novels from the lone star state.

Dallas lawyer Tony Box says a near-death experience as a teenager drove him into law enforcement, public service and now a campaign for Texas attorney general.

"The report also found that Texas ranks second in the country for the number of children impacted by immigration enforcement, with nearly 1 million children across the state living with a parent who is in the United States without legal status."

I wrote the first version of this draft almost exactly a year ago, but I wasn’t ready. I am now. thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/27/t...

"This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen"

The Menil Collection in Houston is celebrating one hundred years of Robert Rauschenberg, originally from Port Arthur, with a blockbuster fabric and textile exhibit

The move comes as officials began notifying Texans that benefits from Supplemental Food Assistance and Nutrition Program, or SNAP, will be cut off in November if the government shutdown continues.

Amid a state crackdown on rainbow crosswalks, signs, and other displays showing support and solidarity for the LGBTQ+ community, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas has opted to paint the town -- literally

With Halloween around the corner, there is no better time to delve into the world of werewolf fiction -- which is something Texas excels at.

Texans will encounter seventeen different constitutional amendments on their ballot. But the fifteenth is the one that has brought together an array of repro and LGBTQ+ organizations to warn voters about a measure they say could further erode Texas public education and access to health care.

"The Texas Education Agency will remove the Fort Worth Independent School District’s elected board members and may appoint a new superintendent to oversee its operations, Commissioner Mike Morath announced Thursday morning."

"TCU will close its women and gender studies department and comparative race and ethnic studies department after this school year, with plans to fold instruction of the subjects into the English department."

Feds revoke Dallas activist’s DACA status, detain him over social media posts: Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre was a fixture at Dallas-area pro-Palestine protests, filming with his camera. Now, he faces deportation over social media posts the govt claims glorify terrorism. www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

More than a decade after being shelved, a horror film about the social media age from Houston director Marcus Sabom is finally being released this week

"Some yelled that the crosswalk wasn't just a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community and Houston's queer history, but that it was a memorial to a young man who had been killed in a hit-and-run at the intersection."

Good morning! Today is the first day of early voting for the Texas Constitutional Amendment Election. Early voting runs until Friday, October 31 (Halloween!) and Election Day is Tuesday, November 4.

The FDA approved the first at-home cervical cancer screening in May. Texas is the eighth state to have access to the test as Teal Health rolls the product out state-by-state.

More scenes and photos from yesterday's No Kings protests that took place all over Texas

"State Rep. Venton Jones said Abbott's directive is part of the state's larger effort to target the LGBTQ+ community. 'This is not about roads," he said. "This is about our very existence.'"

Excellent footage from the crowd marching in Dallas #NoKings

Great scenes from #NoKings Boerne!

San Marcos brought out all sorts of folks and creatures for their #NoKings

For those of you outside of Texas, A&M is literally the training ground for the Texas GOP. The overwhelming bulk of Republican lawmakers are Aggies. This is unprecedented.

Positively buzzing in San Antonio for #NoKings

Quite the crowd in Flower Mound! #NoKings

Taylor, Texas clocking in! #NoKings

Thanks to a reader for sending us these photos from Fort Worth! #NoKings

Dallas it looks like y'all got a little soggy, but had a persistent crowd braving the elements #NoKings

Arlington, Texas getting into the #NoKings action

Quite the turnout in Austin for #NoKings

The crowds are amped up in Plano, Texas for their #NoKings protest