Texas

More than 60 anti-Trump protests are planned in major cities across the state this weekend, including Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.

“Everything’s bigger in Texas, absolutely. We really wanna overstate the obvious.”

Advocates say the bills will give parents more power over their children's schools. Critics say they don't give parents anything they didn't already have and will only strain their relationship with teachers.

Their filing says the lawsuit that struck down in-state tuition for undocumented students was "contrived" to keep their voices out.

The Texas governor signed a $50 million bill into law on Wednesday to help bring ibogaine through FDA-approved clinical trials for opioid use disorders and other neurological and mental health conditions. Advocates said the legislation is the largest state-funded psychedelic research initiative in history.

Far from the Capitol, students at Texas Tech spend time examining the quality of beef for meat judging competitions.

It's an unusual situation for the lieutenant governor, long viewed by GOP activists as a stalwart conservative responsible for driving the Legislature rightward.

The cases were in El Paso and Midland counties.

While protests in Houston, San Antonio and Dallas remained mostly peaceful, tensions flared in Austin Monday evening.

The state's contribution brings the Juneteenth museum's funds to $50 million — more than two-thirds of its $70 million goal.