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Texas House elects Rep. Dustin Burrows

Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock elected as Texas House Speaker

The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing Rep. Dustin Burrows as their new speaker after a month-long divisive battle among Republicans. Burrows won the speaker's race by a vote of 85-55.

justthenews · 23h

Texas state House elects moderate Republican as speaker despite conservative objections

Texas state Rep. David Cook was voted the state GOP’s nominee for House speaker in December, but state Rep. Dustin Burrows won the speakership in an 85-55 vote on Tuesday with the help of the chamber's Democrats.

Newsweek · 7h

Dustin Burrows's Election As Texas House Speaker Sparks MAGA Anger

Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of our Republican grassroots. They chose Democrat chairs and Lobbyist buddies over their voters. I look forward to seeing if they're still laughing after the next round of primaries. The fight starts today."

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Dallas Morning News on MSN · 1h

U.S. Supreme Court weighs scope of Texas age verification law for porn sites

During oral arguments, justices grappled with questions of how to protect children while preserving free speech and privacy.

Newsweek · 3h

Texas Pornography Law Challengers Face Tough Questions From Supreme Court

The justices heard arguments about whether they should uphold Texas' law requiring age verification to access online pornography.

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FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth on MSN · 7h

LIVE UPDATES: Texas law requiring age-verification for porn sites heads before Supreme Court Wednesday

A Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify the age of users before allowing them access will go before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Texas AG sues Allstate, Arity

KSAT · 2h

Texas AG’s office sues Allstate for unlawful location, movement data collection

Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, are being sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly collecting, using and selling data from Texans' cell phones unlawfully.

Austin American-Statesman · 2d

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Allstate for collection, sale of driver data

Paxton accuses Allstate of collecting driver location and movement data without consent to raise insurance rates in the state.

USA Today · 1d

Texas sues Allstate for collecting driver data without consent

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Allstate created the "world's largest driving behavior database," with data on more than 45 million Americans, by paying mobile app developers millions of dollars to secretly incorporate tracking software.

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Allstate accused of secretly selling location data in Texas lawsuit

The legal action alleges violations of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), which requires companies to provide ...

Texas Attorney General sues TikTok over safety standards for minors

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said those in charge of the app lied about safety standards for minors. A photo shared by ...

Rumble Among 15 Targets of Texas Attorney General’s Child Privacy Probe

Texas has become a leading enforcer of internet rules. Its latest probe includes some platforms that privacy experts describe ...

KERA News20h

Paxton's office asks Texas Supreme Court to toss ethics lawsuit after assistant dodged similar suit

Both lawsuits stem from the attorney general's attempt to call into question the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Texas Supreme Court hears case on future of El Paso's largest migrant shelter network

The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the future of Annunciation House, El Paso's largest migrant shelter ...

FOX 26 Houston on MSN5d

Texas AG files another lawsuit against TikTok for deceptive promotion

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a second lawsuit against TikTok, accusing the company of falsely promoting their ...

Wall Street Banks Cleared by Texas AG After Leaving NZBA

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped his threat to cut off big US banks from municipal-bond deals after a slew of Wall ...

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Texas House of Representatives Kicks Off 89th Legislative Session with Public Support

Whoopi Goldberg showed some support to Carrie Underwood on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) amid backlash against the ...

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