Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told CBS News Texas the state will do whatever it takes to secure the southern border. The Lt.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told CBS News Texas the state will do whatever it takes to secure the southern border. His comments follow a number of Executive Orders issued by Governor Greg Abbott for ...

Concerns about the future of American democracy dominate headlines worldwide — but Texas is already decidedly less democratic ...

Texas already has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. Anti-abortion advocates are working to close the ...

The number, possibly an undercount, underscores the effect of blocking the procedure for one of the state’s most vulnerable ...

According to the most recent state data, at least 100 children in Texas who were 17 years old or younger received abortions in other states during the first year after Texas implemented the ban.

A healthy democracy has free and fair elections, robust civil liberties, multiparty competition and minimal corruption. Does ...

This week, top Republican leaders expressed a desire to to amend the state's strict abortion laws to clarify when doctors can ...

It's part of the annual Texas Rally for Life, which falls on the week of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion; however, that has since been overturned, and Texas now has a ...

Around 4,000 anti-abortion demonstrators marched to the Capitol in Austin Saturday to celebrate the movement’s long-fought ...

The second option seems possible: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who leads the state Senate, has said the state can stop spending so much on the border wall as the federal government will now pick that ...

A proposal for San Antonio to spend $100,000 on reproductive services, including out-of-state abortion assistance, died in committee.