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Houston must allocate more money for drainage projects after Texas Supreme Court rejects appeal
The state's high court effectively upheld a 2024 appellate court ruling that found the city had been short-changing a special ...
Supreme Court could revive lawsuit against Texas officer who shot motorist stopped for unpaid tolls
The Supreme Court seems inclined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas police officer who shot a man to death ...
Porn case in the Supreme Court this week is about protecting children, says Republican AG
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to uphold a Texas law he says is keeping the pornography industry from ...
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Texas' bar drops lawsuit against AG Ken Paxton over 2020 election challenge
The move comes a month after the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Paxton's top deputy could not be sanctioned over similar accusations. A disciplinary commission for the state bar cited that ...
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The Supreme Court says domestic abusers shouldn’t have guns. Is Texas listening?
The Supreme Court upheld the federal law that bans domestic abusers under protective orders from having guns in the Rahimi ...
Supreme Court weighing new use-of-force national standard prompted by Harris County police case
The Supreme Court will consider whether to order new nationwide precedent about how lower courts will consider facts over ...
Supreme Court Considers Reviving Lawsuit Over Fatal Traffic Stop Shooting
The justices suggested a lower court used the wrong test in deciding a Texas officer did not use unconstitutionally excessive ...
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FinCEN Issues Further Guidance on Pausing CTA Compliance in Response to Supreme Court Ruling
Update: On January 24, FinCEN published updated reporting guidance in which it announced that reporting companies are not ...
Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Teenagers
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit applied the Supreme Court’s “historical tradition” test.
Supreme Court questions standards for use of deadly force by police in Texas case
A routine traffic stop in Texas turned deadly within seconds when a police officer shot and killed 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes ...
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Corporate Transparency Act Remains Subject to Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Despite Supreme Court Ruling
On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a nationwide preliminary injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act ...
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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.