Assclown Alert: Cramming the Ten Commandments down kids’ throats with Ken Paxton

Texas parents can all sleep easier tonight. Especially the ones who think the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause is just an inconvenient speed bump on the road to turning public schools into snake-handling revival meetings. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he’s launched

Texas Secretary of State sends scathing letter to Bexar officials, drags feet on new voting system

In February, Bexar County approved the contract for a new voter registration system after grappling for months with Texas’ lagging and glitchy system. However, one more roadblock remains before the county can free itself of the old system: the State of Texas itself. In an April 28 letter to Bexar Co

World Cup hotel bookings short of expectations in Texas amid anti-U.S. sentiment abroad

The World Cup only comes around every four years and regularly draws millions of spectators from across the globe. But expectations of a rush of international visitors and an accompanying economic boon — an estimated $3.5 billion in Texas  — are being tempered in Houston and Dallas, where 16 games w

Texas lawmakers move to weaken Clean Air Act, shield fossil fuel companies from climate suits

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Members of Congress from Texas and Wyoming introduced bills recently that would grant fossil fuel companies sweepin