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In this July 13, 2013 file photo, abortion rights advocates, left, protest in the State Capitol as anti-abortion rights supporters pass them in Austin, Texas. A coalition of national advocacy groups sued Texas on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, seeking to block Texas' soon-to-be-implemented rules mandating the burial or cremation of fetal remains.
Texas health officials have adopted a new rule that would require burials after many abortions conducted in the state - a decision that could have a profound effect on providers there. The rule, which was submitted to the Texas secretary of state by the Texas Department of Health Services last Monday, changes the manner in which fetal tissue can be disposed of following an abortion at a clinic, hospital or other medical setting.
In this Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, file photo, Energy Transfer Partners CEO Kelcy Warren reviews documents at his office in Dallas on the Dakota Access oil pipeline that is mired in controversy after thousand of protestors have sought to block its expansion underneath a water source close to the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in North Dakota. President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump's investments could undercut any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president.
NOVEMBER 21: Former Texas Governor Rick Perry leaves Trump Tower on November 21, 2016 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration.
Donald Trump held court from his perch high above Manhattan on Monday, receiving a line of former rivals, longtime allies and TV executives while overseeing a presidential transition that at times resembles a reality show like the one he once hosted. Trump met with nearly a dozen prospective hires, all of whom were paraded in front of the cameras set up in the Trump Tower lobby as they entered an elevator to see the president-elect.
This spring, the staff of a legislative body that periodically reviews state agencies recommended a variety of major reforms to the entity that's supposed to regulate the oil and gas industry in the state. Among the proposals: Changing the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas to the "Texas Energy Resources Commission" so the public would have a better idea of what the 125-year-old agency actually does.
Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. DALLAS As the surprise settles in, Texans are taking a closer look at how a Trump administration will affect this state.
For an even better view of "Texas sizing," check out the following maps to see just how big the state is compared to other landmasses around the world. In June 2011, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation signed a state contract for the "Sarmat" missile, developed as a nuclear deterrent, according to a translation of a Russian publication.
Al Kauffman, one of the attorneys for MALDEF in the Lulac case, is a professor at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio. Al Kauffman, one of the attorneys for MALDEF in the Lulac case, is a professor at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at the Republican Party of Texas State Convention at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, on May 12 in Dallas. He has called for a cut in what he says is a back-door tuition hike - a move that will affect financial aid for disadvantaged students.
Texas has a long and complex history with the issue of abortion and reproductive rights. Click through to see more about how it has played out over the last four decades.
A federal judge has scheduled oral arguments for Jan. 24 to determine if the Texas Legislature approved a voter ID law in 2011 with the intent to discriminate against minorities. The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that Texas' voter ID law had a discriminatory effect, but said a lower court judge overreached in finding that lawmakers had a discriminatory intent in passing the measure.
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, is not ruling out challenging U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2018, but he's emphasizing that he is not focused on it for now. "Like Reagan said, never say never, but it's not something I'm spending a whole lot of time thinking about right now," McCaul told reporters Wednesday in Austin.
It took seven years of organizing to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline from being built up-and-down the U.S. - and now a new mega-pipeline "has quietly received full regulatory permission to begin construction," reports Mother Jones. Known also as the Bakken Pipeline, the project is slated to run 1,172 miles of 30-inch diameter pipe from North Dakota's northwest Bakken region down to a market hub outside Patoka, Illinois, where it will join extant pipelines and travel onward to refineries and markets in the Gulf and on the East Coast.
The first night of the Republican National Convention is focused on national security, with presumptive nominee Donald Trump designating the theme as "Make America Safe Again." The highlight of the evening will be when Trump's wife, Melania, speaks, with her husband slated to introduce her in his first public appearance in Cleveland.
Long wait times for abortions and lengthy drives to abortion clinics are likely to continue in Texas for months and maybe years despite the U.S. Supreme Court striking down restrictions that drastically reduced the number of providers statewide. Texas lost more than half of its 41 abortion clinics in the three years since former Republican Gov. Rick Perry signed a sweeping anti-abortion law that justices largely dismantled in a 5-3 ruling Monday.
The Supreme Court struck down Texas' widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics Monday in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century. The justices voted 5-3 in favor of Texas clinics that had argued the regulations were only a veiled attempt to make it harder for women to get abortions in the nation's second-most populous state.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has alienated himself even from Republican campaign staff who refuse to work for him. Photo / AP Donald Trump has finally acknowledged that to best compete against Hillary Clinton he needs more than the bare-bones campaign team that led him to primary success.