AUSTIN, Texas — As Ebola continued to ravage communities in West Africa this summer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced “immigration relief measures” for citizens of three countries affected by the
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrat Wendy Davis remains not only unapologetic, but defiant, in the face of a national wave of criticism against her recent ad attacking her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott. As Breitbart Texas reported, the ad uses
AUSTIN, Texas — Houston Mayor Annise Parker has backed down from the subpoenas the City of Houston issued to several area pastors, Breitbart Texas has learned. Breitbart Texas reported earlier about the controversy, stemming from litigation challenging the city’s anti-discrimination
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Senator Ted Cruz has weighed in regarding the controversial subpoenas that the City of Houston sent to several Houston area pastors, demanding copies of their sermons and speeches, as well as communications with church members. As
AUSTIN, Texas — A statewide poll obtained exclusively by Breitbart Texas is providing the first detailed picture of how seriously Texans are concerned about the threat from Ebola, and their opinion of the Obama administration’s response. The poll, conducted by Wilson
AUSTIN, Texas — As news broke Wednesday of a second health care worker reported to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus from Thomas Eric Duncan, a shocking detail emerged: she was on a plane on Monday, the day before she
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AUSTIN, Texas — The battle over Houston’s non-discrimination ordinance has moved from the ballot box to the church pulpit, as a group of pastors fights efforts by the city to subpoena their sermons and private communications with church members. The
AUSTIN, Texas — The wild pendulum swings of the litigation regarding Texas’ abortion law, HB 2, continued Tuesday as the United States Supreme Court issued a short, five-sentence order ruling that parts of the law could not be enforced while
AUSTIN, Texas — An appeals court ruled today to allow Texas’ Voter ID law to be enforced for the November 4th election. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a stay today, stopping the ruling issued
AUSTIN, Texas — In a special video segment for CNN, CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta discussed the protocols for caring for patients infected with Ebola, as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Texas Christian University
AUSTIN, Texas — With early voting set to begin on October 20, both supporters and opponents to SB 14, Texas’ Voter ID law, which was ruled unconstitutional earlier this month, filed a flurry of motions arguing about whether the law
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott launched an online video today, summarizing the negative backlash to the ad from his Democratic opponent, Wendy Davis, in which Davis uses the image of an empty wheelchair to attack Abbott. Breitbart Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Democrat Wendy Davis held a press event in Fort Worth Monday, after her campaign has been bombarded for days with criticism of her ad attacking Republican Greg Abbott with the image of an empty wheelchair, to double
AUSTIN, Texas — After hearing the news shortly after midnight early Sunday morning that a second Ebola case had been diagnosed in a Texas Presbyterian Hospital nurse, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings stayed up through the night putting together an action plan. In contrast, President
AUSTIN, Texas — As news has spread Sunday about the second Ebola case in Texas, a nurse at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who treated Thomas Eric Duncan before he died earlier this month, questions have arisen about how the deadly disease
AUSTIN, Texas — Dr. Richard Besser, the chief health and medical editor for ABC News, told WFAA-Dallas on Sunday that he found the second Texas Ebola case “very concerning.” As reported by Breitbart Texas, the latest patient diagnosed with Ebola
AUSTIN, Texas — A northeast Dallas neighborhood is on edge after it was revealed that one of its residents was Texas’ second Ebola case. As Breitbart Texas reported previously, the new Ebola case is the first to be transmitted within
AUSTIN, Texas — Sunday, officials with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia and addressed concerns arising after a second case of Ebola was diagnosed in Texas, the first case transmitted within the
AUSTIN, Texas — This week, Democrat Wendy Davis’ campaign for governor launched her latest ad, “Justice,” using the image of an empty wheelchair to attack her Republican opponent, Greg Abbott, and was hit with a swift and sharply negative backlash
AUSTIN, Texas — Underdog candidates often will make risky, long-shot strategic moves in the final weeks of a campaign, attempting one last “Hail Mary” pass to shake up the race, but Democrat Wendy Davis’ latest ad attacking Republican Greg Abbott not only
AUSTIN, Texas — On Friday Texas Senator John Cornyn and Representative Michael McCaul sent a letter to R. Gil Kerlikowske, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner, asking for more information about the agency’s plans for enhanced screening procedures for Ebola.
AUSTIN, Texas — Now that the latest campaign finance reports have been posted, an examination of State Senator Wendy Davis’ records shows that, once again, she has artificially inflated her fundraising totals. On October 6, the San Antonio Express-News reported that “Davis,
AUSTIN, Texas — A United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, Nelva Gonzalez Ramos, has struck down Texas Senate Bill 14, the 2011 voter ID law, in an opinion released tonight. The Court’s finding was
AUSTIN, Texas — State Senator Wendy Davis has a new radio ad recorded by First Lady Michelle Obama in support of her campaign for Texas Governor, and the script of the ad comes close to suggesting previous misrepresentations Davis was
AUSTIN, Texas — Honor Flight Austin, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing trips for veterans to visit their memorials in Washington, D.C., is focused on a special mission for the next few months: reaching out to any survivors of the
AUSTIN, Texas — Shortly before noon today, Manuel Velez was a free man for the first time in nine years, leaving a Huntsville prison after being sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. Velez, 49, was arrested
AUSTIN, Texas — The question of how best to address the threat from the terrorist group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, (sometimes referred to as ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant) was a
AUSTIN, Texas — As polls continue to show Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott with a sizable lead over State Senator Wendy Davis, his Democratic opponent in the Governor’s race, Abbott is poised to become one of the first governors in
AUSTIN, Texas — In an interview on MSNBC Monday afternoon, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis, the Democrat nominee for Governor, attacked Texas women who have refused to support her campaign. Host Alex Wagner remarked on the number of abortion clinics
AUSTIN, Texas — In a press conference today at the Capitol, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced the formation of the Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, to “assess and enhance the state’s existing capabilities to prepare for
AUSTIN, Texas — In a recent appearance at the University of Texas at Austin for the annual Texas Tribune Festival, Texas Senator John Cornyn voiced his frustration with a “dysfunctional” Senate “relegated to show votes” because of Senate Majority Leader
AUSTIN, Texas — Political commentators are wondering if there is anything at all that Davis could do to rescue her floundering campaign. One factor that may be dooming Davis is her poor showing with Texas women voters. When her filibuster
AUSTIN, Texas — As tens of thousands of unaccompanied alien children (UACs) have surged across Texas’ border with Mexico and amid concerns about ongoing violence from drug and human trafficking by cartels, immigration is all but guaranteed to be an
AUSTIN, Texas — Breitbart Texas contributors Kristin Tate and Sarah Rumpf live-blogged Monday nights debate between the two major party candidates for Texas Lieutenant Governor, State Senators Dan Patrick (R-Houston) and Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio), their first debate since
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas State Senators Dan Patrick (R-Houston) and Leticia Van de Putte (D-San Antonio) meet tonight for their first debate in the race for Lieutenant Governor. The debate kicks off at 7:00 p.m. Central Time at the KLRU
AUSTIN, Texas — Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Republican representing Texas’ Fifth Congressional District, gave an interview to Breitbart Texas at the Defending the American Dream Summit organized by Americans for Prosperity last month in Dallas, to share his thoughts on the crisis
AUSTIN, Texas — Wendy Davis, the Democrat nominee for Texas Governor, is running a race that no one thinks she can win. Correction: no one thinks she can win except Joe Biden, but the Vice President’s peppy declaration that “She’s
AUSTIN, Texas — Breitbart Texas Reported earlier this week that the Texas State Auditor’s Office has conducted an audit of the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF), a business development fund frequently touted by Governor Rick Perry as a helpful asset in spurring
AUSTIN, Texas — Last month, a Travis County grand jury indicted Texas Governor Rick Perry on two charges, abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant, which stemmed from his veto of the funding for the Public Integrity
AUSTIN, Texas — Last weekend, Texas Governor Rick Perry defended his support for a 2001 bill that granted in-state tuition to illegal immigrants for Texas colleges and universities. As reported by Breitbart Texas, in a keynote conversation at The Texas
