Every week, Eye on Politics breaks down some of the biggest political stories grabbing headlines in North Texas and beyond.

The weekend that was • Some of Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections — including Pete Hegseth for secretary of Defense and Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence c

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, arguing it violates state law.

Republican Jay Furman said he did not appear on some voters' ballots in Texas' 28th Congressional District election against Henry Cuellar.

In November elections, states that approved measures around the right to abortions were Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York. Nebraska voters rejected a measure to establish the right to an abortion and approved a ban on second- or third-trimester abortions except in medical emergencies or cases of rape or incest.

The 2024 election ended badly for Texas Democrats. They were at a disadvantage from the start and it got worse, one election analysis reveals.

Texas Democrats are sorting through what went wrong for them after their shining hopes turned to ash in November — and what it means for their long-term plans to take power. The party was

That means that Texas could pass school choice legislation as early as January or February 2025. Texas's legislative session begins Jan. 14, and while normally new bills can't pass within the first 60 days of the session, Abbott could name school choice an " emergency item " to allow it to pass sooner.

The Texas General Land Office is offering President-elect Donald Trump a 1,400-acre Starr County ranch as a site to build detention centers for his promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, according to a letter the office sent him Tuesday.

Trump's incoming "border czar" has said the new administration "absolutely will" use Sheerin Ranch in Texas for migrant deportations.

Texas' highest court for criminal matters will have three new Republican members, all backed by AG Ken Paxton. Two of them have no judicial experience

With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto the leadership role and a North Texas Republican tries to win it. Speaker Dade Phelan of Beaumont and Rep. David Cook of Mansfield are running for the post, as is Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, a Richardson Democrat.