AUSTIN, Texas–Texas Attorney General and Republican candidate for Governor,Greg Abbott, appeared on the Fox News program Fox & Friends on Saturday to discuss the border crisis, and was also asked for his reaction to Friday’s indictment of current Texas Governor
AUSTIN, Texas — This afternoon, in a ballroom at the InterContinental Stephen F. Austin hotel in downtown Austin, a press conference was held by the legal team that will represent Texas Governor Rick Perry regarding the indictments entered against him
AUSTIN, Texas — In a brief press conference at the Capitol this afternoon, Texas Governor Rick Perry responded to the indictment issued against him by a Travis County grand jury Friday. The governor was confident and optimistic, but also revealed
AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury indicted Governor Rick Perry Friday for his attempts to remove Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg from office after she was arrested for driving while intoxicated last year in a case that made national headlines.
AUSTIN, Texas — Earlier this week, the Texas House of Representatives Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations voted 6-1 to issue a “motion of admonishment and censure” against Wallace J. Hall, Jr., a University of Texas Regent. Hall
AUSTIN, Texas — Planned Parenthood has launched a new series of web ads attacking Republican candidate for Texas Governor Greg Abbott that echo a controversial ad by his Democratic opponent, Wendy Davis. The ads began appearing on websites that run
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives’ Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety held a public meeting yesterday, and one of the key topics addressed was the deployment of National Guard troops to the Texas border, as well
AUSTIN, Texas — Attorneys for Michael Quinn Sullivan, the head of the Empower Texans organization, have filed a legal challenge against the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) regarding the complaint filed against him alleging that he had improperly failed to register
AUSTIN, Texas–Attorneys for Abigail Fisher have filed the next round of appeals in her challenge to the University of Texas system’s use of race in their undergraduate admissions. Fisher, who is white, first filed suit in 2008 after she was
AUSTIN, Texas–The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which has the responsibility for all “unaccompanied alien children” (or UACs, as they are called under the Homeland Security Act), released statistics regarding the number of children who had been released to family
AUSTIN, Texas–The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reversed its ban on American flights to Israel shortly before midnight Eastern time, almost as suddenly as the ban had been put into place. The reason given by the FAA was a rocket launched
AUSTIN, Texas–Yesterday afternoon, Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst joined Governor Rick Perry, Attorney General Greg Abbott, as well as leadership from the Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) for a press conference at the Capitol to
AUSTIN, Texas–Using tactics reminiscent of the Obama Administration’s habit of timing the release of questionable information when it is least likely to have an impact on the news cycle, the Texas Ethics Commission (TEC) issued their “Final Order in the
AUSTIN, Texas–In a standing-room-only press conference today at the Capitol, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he was deploying 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the border to support the Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) current law enforcement surge,
AUSTIN, Texas–A coalition of conservative, tea party, and grassroots activists–along with other Texans concerned about the situation at the border–gathered at the Capitol for a press conference this week. Despite the conservative leanings of the speakers, some of the harshest
AUSTIN, Texas–Texas Senator John Cornyn launched a new campaign website in Vietnamese, the third most common language spoken in Texas after English and Spanish. The site builds on his campaign’s efforts to reach out to different communities across Texas and the
AUSTIN, Texas–In response to the recent surge of children crossing the border, President Obama delivered a speech earlier this week from the Rose Garden announcing new plans for immigration reform. Blaming inaction by House Republicans, Obama stated that he would take
AUSTIN, Texas–At the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas, the booth operated by Texas State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer (D-San Antonio) is causing controversy for mocking Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Republican nominee for Governor. Fischer’s booth, which he has been
AUSTIN, Texas–Analysis continues of yesterday’s Texas Ethics Commission (“TEC”) hearing regarding a complaint filed against Breitbart contributor Michael Quinn Sullivan. The complaint alleged that Sullivan was required to register as a lobbyist for activities he conducted with his Empower Texans
AUSTIN, Texas–Yesterday, the Texas Ethics Commission (“TEC”) held a public hearing regarding a complaint against Breitbart contributor Michael Quinn Sullivan and Empower Texans, the organization he leads, alleging that Sullivan improperly failed to register with the State of Texas as
AUSTIN, Texas–This week, after a joint investigation between federal agencies, military intelligence, and local Central Texas law enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested two Central Texas men on terrorism charges. As KXAN reported, the first arrest was Tuesday,
During his radio program yesterday, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh spoke at length about the border crisis, calling it an “all-out assault on what this country used to be,” and specifically cited reporting by Breitbart Texas on this issue.
AUSTIN, Texas–Following the contentious debates at the Texas State Republican Convention earlier this month over the content of the official Republican Party of Texas Platform, key leaders in the state’s Young Republican and College Republican organizations have spent the past
Concerns over America’s immigration policies reached a fever pitch this month, as new reports surfaced about a surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America flooding into border states. Breitbart Texas Managing Director Brandon Darby set off a firestorm after publishing
FORT WORTH, Texas–During the Texas State Republican Convention, Breitbart Texas interviewed Congressman Blake Farenthold, a Republican representing Texas’ 27th Congressional District, about criminal justice reform, an issue that has been gaining prominence recently among conservatives, and earning bipartisan support in
FORT WORTH, Texas–During last week’s Texas State Republican Convention, Rafael Cruz, father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz and an evangelical pastor in the Dallas area, spoke with Breitbart Texas about his outreach efforts in the faith community and the role
FORT WORTH, Texas–Some of the most combative debates at this week’s Texas State Republican Convention have focused on proposed amendments and additions to the official Republican Party of Texas Platform. The Platform Committee met for hours on Wednesday night, and
