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Complete Texas brisket smoking guide from trimming to final slice. Officials in Massachusetts respond after Trump threatens to remove World Cup games from Boston Supreme Court Appears Poised to Allow ...

You might think that as long as you’re not the one behind the wheel, having a drink in the car is no big deal. But Texas law doesn’t see it that way. It’s illegal to have an open container of alcohol ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Across the 140 days of the 89th Texas Legislature, lawmakers filed 11,503 Senate and House bills. By Sunday, June 22, which marked the final day for Gov. Greg Abbott to veto ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – At 4 a.m. on the Saturday before this year’s Austin marathon, Summer Willis began crawling. For the next 22 hours, she stayed on her hands and knees until she reached the halfway ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 3073, also known as the Summer Willis Act, closing a loophole in state sexual assault laws. The bill clarifies the definition of consent, making it easier to ...

Texas has recently overhauled its consent laws through the passage of House Bill 3073, now known as “the Summer Willis Act,” which is set to take effect this fall. The bipartisan measure, authored by ...

Texas has recently overhauled its consent laws through the passage of House Bill 3073, now known as “the Summer Willis Act,” which is set to take effect this fall. The bipartisan measure, authored by ...

HB 1738, state Rep. Venton Jones’ bill to remove language criminalizing consensual sexual contact between adults of the same gender, passed the House on a third reading on Friday, May 16, by a vote of ...

UPDATE: The 72-55 vote on Thursday in the Texas House to remove Section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code which criminalizes private, consensual conduct between adults of the same gender came on the ...