Judge orders release of Alamo Heights family detained by ICE at school bus stop

An Alamo Heights family detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will head home after a federal judge ordered their release from the South Texas Family Residential Center. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia on Wednesday ordered the federal government to release Maria Betania Uzcategui Ca

Cornyn and Paxton bury each other in negative ads as Senate GOP runoff enters final stretch

From the jump, the battle for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination has featured a massive cash imbalance, with incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and his allies in Senate GOP leadership unleashing millions in ads to pull him to a first-place finish in the March primary over Attorney General Ken Paxton

Parts of Texas immigration law are likely unconstitutional, federal judge signals

Parts of Texas immigration law are likely unconstitutional, federal judge signals During a hearing to block parts of a Texas law that would let state police arrest people suspected of having crossed the border illegally, a federal judge asserted he believed parts of it were unconstitutional. U.S. Di

Texas county pauses data center construction in rural areas for a year

A rural Texas county on Tuesday approved a one-year pause on the construction of new data centers in unincorporated areas, citing public safety and public health concerns. The 3-2 vote by county commissioners in Hill County, roughly 55 miles south of Fort Worth, appears to be the first by a Texas co