Tag: Texas

Ken Paxton Impeachment Highlights Divisions Among Texas Republicans

The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has highlighted the divisions among members of the Republican Party of Texas. The Republican-controlled House on May 27 voted to impeach Paxton, sending 20 articles of impeachment to the state Senate. The House needed a simple majority of its 149 members to move forward with the impeachment,…


ANALYSIS: Ken Paxton Impeachment Highlights Divisions Among Texas Republicans

The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has highlighted the divisions among members of the Republican Party of Texas. The Republican-controlled House on May 27 voted to impeach Paxton, sending 20 articles of impeachment to the state Senate. The House needed a simple majority of its 149 members to move forward with the impeachment,…


Texas Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning Sexualized Drag Shows for Kids

Lawmakers in both houses of the Texas state legislature have passed a bill that would ban sexually charged performances in the presence of minors. On Sunday, the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 12 by a vote of 87-54. The bill has now cleared both the Texas Senate and House and goes on to…


Elizabeth Holmes Enters Texas Prison to Begin 11-year Sentence for Notorious Blood-Testing Hoax

BRYAN, Texas—Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. Holmes, 39, on Tuesday entered a federal women’s prison camp located in Bryan, Texas—where the federal judge who sentenced Holmes in November recommended…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (May 30): Wall Street Sees Debt Deal in Positive Light; Rural Pastors Address Farmer Suicide Crisis

Wall Street opened higher on Tuesday as lawmakers tentatively agreed to raise the nation’s debt limit. Market watchers are already expecting that the deal will ultimately go through, and investors are taking the news favorably. Rural pastors in states like Minnesota and South Dakota are being trained to help prevent suicide in the farming community….


NTD News Today (May 30): Wall Street Sees Debt Deal in Positive Light; Rural Pastors Address Farmer Suicide Crisis

Wall Street opened higher on Tuesday as lawmakers tentatively agreed to raise the nation’s debt limit. Market watchers are already expecting that the deal will ultimately go through, and investors are taking the news favorably. Rural pastors in states like Minnesota and South Dakota are being trained to help prevent suicide in the farming community….


Texas Legislature’s First Special Session to Focus on Border Security, Slashing Property Taxes

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on May 29 unveiled a long list of agenda items for the state Legislature’s upcoming special sessions, including bolstering security at the U.S.-Mexico border and slashing property taxes in the state. The Republican governor called an immediate special session the night of May 29, just hours after the state House and Senate adjourned from the 88th…


The Day Has Arrived for Elizabeth Holmes to Report to a Texas Prison

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to move to her new home—a federal prison where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley. The federal judge who sentenced Holmes, 39, in November recommended that she be…


Texas Senate Sets August Deadline for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Trial

The Texas Senate on May 29 adopted a resolution calling for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial to begin by August. The resolution, authored by state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, passed unanimously. Under the resolution (pdf) a seven-member committee will be appointed to prepare and present rules of procedure for consideration to the Senate…


Texas Senate Sets Deadline for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Trial

The Texas Senate on May 29 adopted a resolution calling for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial to begin by August. The resolution, authored by state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, passed unanimously. Under the resolution (pdf) a seven-member committee will be appointed to prepare and present rules of procedure for consideration to the Senate…