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Feds launch fair housing probe into North Texas development marketed to Muslims
HUD is investigating whether the project that had been called the East Plano Islamic Center City discriminated based on race or national origin.
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4mTexas' mail ballot ID requirements restored by federal appeals court
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rebuked the lower court’s 2025 ruling that struck down nine provisions of a sweeping election law related to voter assistance.
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7mBaby at center of surrogacy rights case is born in Dallas
The biological parents won a temporary restraining order against the surrogate, who tried to claim parental rights, and are with their baby, their attorneys say.
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7mCorpus Christi voters to decide if industry should pay sharply higher water fees during droughts
Activists gathered nearly 13,000 petition signatures to place the measure on the November ballot. Legal challenges are expected.
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12mAs Big Bend wall outcry builds, Paxton does not say whether construction should proceed
The attorney general’s campaign said he wants strong border security that considers Big Bend’s “unique characteristics” — but did not say whether he supports building a wall there.
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16mTrial lawyers, once a force for Democrats, reclaim political clout in Texas GOP’s MAGA wing
Texas plaintiffs’ lawyers are bankrolling populist GOP insurgents. Tort reform groups like Texans for Lawsuit Reform are aghast.