Paul J. Weber

Texas governor鈥檚 decision: Whether to pardon George Floyd

December 21, 2021 at 7:19 a.m.

Doling out pardons is a holiday tradition for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who around every Christmas grants them to a handful of ordinary citizens, typically for minor offenses committed years...

FILE – Democrat Beto O’Rourke listens ...

Democrat Beto O鈥橰ourke running for Texas governor in 2022

November 15, 2021 at 3:22 p.m.

Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him closer than...

U.S. appeals court lets Texas resume ban on most abortions

October 8, 2021 at 9:47 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas 鈥� A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics began racing to serve patients again for the...

FILE – In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo, women protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. A federal judge on Wednesday, Oct. 6 ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which since September has banned most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law

October 7, 2021 at 5:09 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions quickly resumed in at least six Texas clinics on Thursday after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., but other...

Judge blocks Texas troopers from stopping migrant transports

August 3, 2021 at 7:03 p.m.

A federal judge Tuesday blocked Texas from allowing state troopers to stop vehicles carrying migrants on the grounds that they may spread COVID-19 as worries and new cases are rising...

Tasha Arevalo, right, laughs with Joseph ...

Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings

March 2, 2021 at 3:40 p.m.

Texas on Tuesday became the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite...

Donated water is distributed to residents, ...

Cities slammed by winter storms face new crisis: No water

December 23, 2021 at 7:09 p.m.

States slammed by winter storms that left millions without power for days have traded one crisis for another: Broken water pipes brought on by record-low temperatures have created a shortage...

Some electricity restored in Texas, but water woes grow

February 18, 2021 at 7:47 p.m.

Power was restored to more homes and businesses Thursday in states hit by a deadly blast of winter that overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold...

100 million Americans brace for more cold, ice and snow

February 17, 2021 at 7:10 a.m.

Winter weather that has overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change and left millions without electricity in record-breaking cold kept its grip on the nation's midsection Wednesday.

A woman walks through falling snow in San Antonio, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Snow and ice blanketed large swaths of the U.S. on Sunday, prompting canceled flights, making driving perilous and reaching into areas as far south as Texas’ Gulf Coast, where snow and sleet were expected overnight. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

“Things will likely get worse”: Cold disrupts power in Texas

February 15, 2021 at 7:05 p.m.

A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. plunged Texas into an unusually snowy emergency Monday that knocked out power for more than 2 million people, shut down grocery...

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