Tag: Texas state government
Texas Senate advance bill allowing handguns without license
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would allow people to carry a handgun without a license, and the background check and training that go with it,...
Pete Lammons, tight end on Jets’ Super Bowl team, dies at 77
<p>BROOKELAND, Texas — Pete Lammons, a tight end on the New York Jets' Super Bowl-winning team in 1969, died by drowning after he fell...
Pete Lammons, tight end on Jets’ Super Bowl team, dies at 77
BROOKELAND, Texas — Pete Lammons, a tight end on the New York Jets' Super Bowl-winning team in 1969, died by drowning after he fell...
Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — In Texas, where gun laws are among the loosest in the U.S., there is one line the state has long resisted...
Texas pushes closer to dropping handgun license requirement
AUSTIN, Texas — In Texas, where gun laws are among the loosest in the U.S., there is one line the state has long resisted...
Ex-New York power market CEO named interim ERCOT CEO
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — The former CEO of New York’s independent electricity marketer has been named interim CEO of the manager of the electric grid...
Ex-New York power market CEO named interim ERCOT CEO
AUSTIN, Texas — The former CEO of New York’s independent electricity marketer has been named interim CEO of the manager of the electric grid...
Pardon request submitted for George Floyd in 2004 Texas case
HOUSTON — A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that...
Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban
<p>WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Texas' challenge to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/b122faf138de4b6ebd646879ffcb04b8">California's ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other...
Texas Capitol staffer alleges being drugged by lobbyist
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — Allegations that a Texas lobbyist drugged a legislative aide shook the state Capitol on Monday, leading to some lawmakers restricting access...