The criminal trial for a Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) worker is set to start this week. The CPS worker has been charged with official oppression for subjecting a person under CPS investigation “to search and seizure that the defendant knew as unlawful.” Criminal charges against CPS employees related to their actions in child protective services cases are rare.
A federal judge appointed by President Obama has blocked detainment of Central American women and children on the U.S.-Mexico border who allege they are seeking asylum. The judge enjoined the government “from detaining class members for the purpose of deterring future immigration to the United States and from considering deterrence of such immigration as a factor in such custody determinations.”
Democrat Texas State Representative Ana Hernandez (D-Houston), has filed a bill that would require a Texas Supreme Court committee to develop an educational guide that would assist judges in determining which children are eligible for “special immigrant juvenile status” (“SIJS”). Federal law gives special protections to eligible unaccompanied immigrant children (“UACs”) who have entered the country illegally.
HOUSTON, Texas – An arrest was announced at 6 p.m. Monday night at the Houston Fire Department Arson Headquarters in connection with the February 13th Quba Islamic Institute fire. Darryl Ferguson, age 55 of Houston, has been charged with arson.
A District Attorney’s Office in Texas is facing multiple accusations of intentionally withholding favorable evidence from defendants, and the accusations could have major impacts on at least two cases. In the first, a former Nueces County prosecutor filed suit against the Nueces County District Attorney in mid-December claiming he was fired for refusing to withhold favorable evidence from the criminal defense. Then, late last month, defense lawyers for Hannah Overton urged visiting Judge Mario Ramirez Jr., of Edinburg, to drop the murder charge because the prosecutor in the 2007 trial intentionally withheld evidence that would have proved Overton’s innocence.
A bipartisan delegation of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) was at Anzalduras Park on the Rio Grande border on Saturday. Breitbart Texas was there when Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI), ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE), and committee member Ben Sasse (R-NE), finished their Rio Grande tour of the war-torn region near Reynosa and Matamoros.
In a case watched by journalists and legal bloggers all over the United States, the Supreme Court of Texas has been petitioned to reconsider its decision not to hear a case involving the free press rights of a blog site.
The owners of a 4,680-square-foot home in Arlington, Texas, have been ordered to cease-and-desist holding swingers club parties in the residence. According to NBCDFW and the Arlington Star-Telegram, the owners say they are not embarrassed and will continue to have “like-minded friends” in their home, advertised in their website as “Eutopia.” They will fight the City’s efforts to stop their weekend parties.
The “Future of Texas” inaugural black tie ball was held in the Austin Convention Center on the eve of the inauguration of Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. The inauguration was the first for a new governor in more than 14 years. Breitbart Texas was there to memorialize this glamorous event attended by an estimated 10,000 guests. The Texas Inauguration 2015 motif was used throughout the ballroom and it proclaimed “Even the future is bigger in Texas.” Those who attended the gala were filled with Texas-sized pride.
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Stuart W. Bowen, Jr. as Inspector General for the plagued Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The previous Inspector General stepped down on December 31st when Governor Rick Perry asked him to do so. The state agency has been in the midst of a controversy relative to an alleged no-bid contract given 21CT. State and federal probes have been initiated.
An estimated seventeen thousand Texans poured out to the west lawn of the State Capital to celebrate the inauguration of Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Spirits were high, and the stars were all aligned. The weather and barbecue could not have been better to celebrate the inauguration.
HOUSTON, Texas – Christine Weick was in Houston with others protesting the Stand with the Prophet event on Sunday. Weick told Breitbart Texas “churches need to wake up, and America needs to wake up.” She and the other protestors were fearful that unless something changes “[America] is going to be in big trouble.”
HOUSTON, Texas – Nine thousand workers are set to be laid off by Texas-based oil giant Schlumberger. The oil tool services company said it must fire 9,000 workers because of plummeting crude oil prices and a slow-down in 2015 production and exploration. The employee reduction comprises about 7.5 percent of the company’s 120,000 global labor force.
HOUSTON, Texas – Congressman Louie Gohmert was greeted to a war hero’s welcome by Tea Party Patriots in Houston on Saturday. The grassroots training meeting was planned before this week’s historic House of Representatives Speaker’s vote and Gohmert had agreed to be the keynote speaker. Gohmert received three standing ovations, one lasting over a minute long.
A Dallas County, Texas Assistant District Attorney has been arrested for alleged drunk driving. A sworn statement by officers said the prosecutor called the officers racist and members of the Ku Klux Klan. He is also accused of calling a supervising black officer an “Uncle Tom.”
HOUSTON, Texas — Congressman Ted Poe (R-Houston) was on AM 1070 The Answer with radio host Sam Malone to discuss the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker’s race. He told Malone “I have not decided [on the Speaker’s race], if I had, I would tell you Sam.”
Kathy Taylor, mother of six who was diagnosed with melanoma when pregnant but refused treatment, has died. Her husband, Nathan Taylor, posted his appreciation today to those who supported the family. His blog post on www.KathysMiracle.com said “Kathy’s desire was to make it past Christmas, for the kids.” He called her a “Woman of unwavering faith.”
HOUSTON, Texas – Elected officials all over the State were sworn-in January 1st. The message that County Judge Ed Emmett gave to Harris County elected officials at the Houston ceremony is one for all elected officials in the state. His lesson was one of humility, service to community, and joy while serving.
HOUSTON, Texas— An event billed as an “anti-police protest” in Houston, Texas planned by a group calling themselves “the voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA” was a complete dud New Year’s Eve night.
Kaufman County District Attorney Murderer Kim Williams pled guilty this morning to first degree murder in connection with the death of District Attorney Mike McLelland and prosecutor Mark Hasse.
Galveston County has been blue since the time of Reconstruction and has now turned solidly red. In fact, Galveston County is said to be one of the most solidly red counties in the State. The hard work of the county’s
Everything is bigger and better in Texas and the holidays are no different! Texas boasts some of the most spectacular and unique Christmas displays and events in the United States. Take a tour of the Christmas lighting trail in the
Crystal Bentley, age twenty-three, spent sixteen years in the Texas foster care system. Her testimony in a federal civil trial being held in Corpus Christi casts even more shadows on the embattled Texas Children’s Protective Services agency (CPS). The agency,
BRENHAM, Texas — State Representative Lois Kolkhorst celebrated her decisive victory in the Senate District 18 election with family and grassroots supporters in Brenham last night. A special election was called when Senator Glenn Hegar resigned after he won his
Fort Bend County is the most ethnically diverse county in Texasand the nation, but Republican efforts, led by Republican County Chair MikeGibson, has kept the county decisively red. Home of Republican Tom Delay, ithas been over 20 years since a
For the first time in its 144 year history, Texas’ San Jacinto County is now a red county. San Jacinto Republican Party Chair Dwayne Wright’s slogan is “Results, not Excuses.” Elected in the Republican Primary in 2014 when he ran
HOUSTON, Texas — The Obama Administration is attempting to back-door same-sex retirement benefits in conflict with a constitutional amendment passed by Texas voters. The IRS is requiring Texas businesses and non-profits to provide retirement benefits to partners married in states
A federal magistrate judge issued a preliminary injunction on November 12th, protecting Pastor Charles Swindoll’s ministry from the federal government’s Health and Human Services abortion mandate. Insight for Living Ministries (IFLM) filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas
The “Top Ten Percent” admissions rule in Texas has survived its latest attack but the plaintiff and the organization supporting her vow to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The Fifth Circuit issued an en banc order November 12, denying
HOUSTON, Texas — Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer told President Obama Sunday that Republicans have told the President, “Don’t do it.” The issue: his taking executive action on amnesty. President Obama told Face the Nation viewers that he does not
HOUSTON, Texas — Attorney General Greg Abbott encouraged a standing-room only gathering of the Kingwood Texas Tea Party to “Punch One and be done.” The candidate for Governor met with the patriots on Monday night, the first day of early
HOUSTON, Texas–The United States Supreme Court has denied the Application to Vacate the Stay filed by Texas Voter ID opponents. Senate Bill 14 Texas Voter ID requirements will be used in the November election. Justices Sotomayor, Ginsburg, and Kagan dissented.
Senator Ted Cruz gathered with Houston area pastors on Thursday to address the City of Houston and Mayor Annise Parker’s “unchecked government power” and “assault on religious liberty.”
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott sent a letter to Houston City Attorney David Feldman today asking him to immediately withdraw subpoenas sent last month to several Houston-area ministers. The subpoenas sought the production of sermons, private notes,
HOUSTON, Texas–The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has acted quickly to unanimously rule in favor of Texas, and the voter ID law will remain in effect for the November 2014 election. The decision stays the decision of Judge
HOUSTON, Texas — United States District Court Judge Nelva Gonzalez Ramos issued a permanent injunction on Saturday requiring Texas to return to enforcing the in-person voter identification requirements that existed before Senate Bill 14 became the law. Ramos is an
HOUSTON, Texas — Breitbart Texas News Contributor Bob Price appeared on the Kelly File Monday night. Price discussed the conversation he had with the mother of accused Islamic beheading suspect Alton Nolen. He also reminded Kelly’s audience that Nolen went
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry spoke to the Houston Realty Business Coalition on Thursday and Breitbart Texas was there. Berry said she serves as the chief election official for Texas, as well as an ambassador on
