Sarah Rumpf

Police officers in the small North Texas town of Pelican Bay were busy pulling over drivers all day on Christmas, but they were acting more like Santa Claus than traffic law enforcers.

The flow of families and unaccompanied alien children (UACs) illegally crossing the border into Texas appears to be increasing again.

The following Christmas wishes were authored and provided to Breitbart Texas by Texas State Senator Charles Perry.

Several police chiefs in the Dallas, Texas area have stepped forward to voice their support for the increased use of police body cameras. As national headlines during the past few weeks have been filled with stories about protesters angry about the deaths of

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended eight previously convicted criminal illegal aliens who had secretly crossed the porous U.S.-Mexico border in recent days. The aliens all had previous convictions for serious crimes, including sexual offenses and violent crimes, or had

AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) is defending a religious liberty bill he filed, saying that critics who claim that it is intended to discriminate against gays are misinterpreting the bill. The bill in question, HJR 55, proposes an amendment

AUSTIN, Texas — True the Vote, a Houston, Texas-based non-profit organization focused on “voters’ rights and election integrity,” has appealed a U.S. District Court’s order dismissing their lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Breitbart Texas has learned. The lawsuit had alleged that the

As President Barack Obama announced  on Wednesday that his administration had struck a deal to secure the release of Alan Gross, an American aid worker who had been held in captivity in Cuba for five years, in exchange for three

AUSTIN, Texas — When Breitbart Texas reported last week that University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall, Jr. had accused Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) of attempting to influence Governor Rick Perry to ask for Hall’s resignation, Straus’ office denied it,

AUSTIN, Texas — The decision by voters in the North Texas oil and gas city of Denton to pass an ordinance that would ban fracking could cost their city millions of dollars a year, with several lawsuits already filed and

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will “actively explore” running for President in 2016, according to announcements that he posted on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on Tuesday. I am excited to announce I will actively explore the possibility of running

AUSTIN, Texas — Reports that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the front-runner to replace Bill Powers as the President of the University of Texas are not true, according to Larry Faulkner, a former UT President who is co-chairing

AUSTIN, Texas — The San Antonio City Council voted on Thursday to impose new regulations on ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft. About sixty people signed up to participate in public comment, the majority of whom said they were in

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ gay marriage ban will remain in effect while the litigation challenging its constitutionality continues, a U.S. District Court judge in San Antonio has ruled.  Judge Orlando Garcia had previously ruled back in February that the law

AUSTIN, Texas — In a narrow 216-209 vote Thursday night, the House of Representatives passed a “CRomnibus” spending bill, despite sharp criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. In Texas, where Republicans swept the statewide offices by double digit margins of

AUSTIN, Texas — University of Texas Regent Wallace Hall, Jr. delivered a fiery speech at a conservative gala last weekend, detailing the efforts of Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) and others to force him to resign, and thanking those who

AUSTIN, Texas — Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has wielded immense influence nationally among grassroots conservatives since his 2012 election, and now, thanks to his mentoring of several key staffers, he is poised to have a significant role in shaping the

AUSTIN, Texas — The San Antonio City Council is considering regulations that may force ride-sharing company Uber to cease its operations in the city, according to a letter Uber emailed to the City Council on Sunday. According to a report

AUSTIN, Texas — Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced on Wednesday that two of his staffers had accepted leading positions in the Office of the Texas Attorney General, taking the opportunity to follow in his footsteps and serve their home state.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Executive Committee of the Harris County Republican Party (HCRP), representing the largest county in Texas, has voted to endorse State Representative Scott Turner (R-Frisco) in the race for Speaker of the House over the incumbent, Speaker

AUSTIN, Texas — After a contentious debate Monday evening, the City of Plano, Texas passed an “Equal Rights Policy” ordinance with a narrow 5-4 vote, “prohibiting discrimination in places of public accommodation, employment practices, housing transactions and city contracting practices,” but which

AUSTIN, Texas — Greg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General and Governor-elect, will stay out of the 2016 Republican Presidential race, and will not endorse any candidate during the primary, even those with a Texas connection. In an appearance on NBC’s

AUSTIN, Texas — In a press conference at the Capitol Monday, Texas Governor-elect Greg Abbott announced key staff hires and outline his top priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Now that the elections are over, Abbott called this a time

AUSTIN, Texas — State Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) has filed a bill to prohibit the sale and use of synthetic drugs in Texas. “Synthetic drugs” are chemical compounds that are designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of an illegal drug, often