Allie Morris
The Dallas Morning News
Austin, TX, United States
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Texas’ teacher pension fund shed $500M in BlackRock investments over fossil fuel law
AUSTIN – The state’s biggest pension fund shed more than $500 million worth of investments in BlackRock – the world’s largest asset manager – to comply with a... → Read More
$3.3M whistleblower settlement with Ken Paxton’s office in jeopardy, lawyers say
A group of whistleblowers who sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office are calling off a $3.3 million settlement they reached after the state agency... → Read More
Texas GOP push to limit city ordinances could target rules from droughts to beekeeping
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott is throwing his weight behind a push to limit city ordinances that local officials say could undermine rules from beekeeping to... → Read More
Texas women with risky pregnancies sue over how state’s abortion ban forced them to flee
AUSTIN – Five women denied abortions in Texas despite having dangerous pregnancy complications sued the state in a lawsuit that could provide the first... → Read More
DPS notifies Texans affected by driver’s license breach
AUSTIN – The state is in the process of notifying Texans whose driver’s licenses were shipped to an international crime ring in a security lapse still under... → Read More
Texan young adults can now get licensed to carry handguns at college campuses, businesses
AUSTIN — A new kind of student is showing up in handgun instructor Michael Cargill’s classroom: teenagers. Earlier this month, Cargill said two 19-year-old... → Read More
Texas AG Paxton defends $3.3M whistleblower settlement before House budget writers
Paxton and his agency faced lawmakers for the first time Tuesday since agreeing to settle a whistleblower lawsuit with four former high-ranking employees who... → Read More
Texas AG Paxton faces lawmaker pushback over $3.3M whistleblower settlement
AUSTIN — A fight is brewing over whether the GOP-led Legislature will fund a $3.3 million settlement that Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office struck with a... → Read More
Texas Gov. Abbott’s emergency legislative items: property tax relief, border, bail, more
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott named seven priorities in his State of the State address on Thursday that he wants the GOP-led Legislature to fast track. Unlike... → Read More
Texas Gov. Abbott sets priorities in State of the State speech, including fentanyl crisis
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott named seven priorities on Thursday that he wants the Legislature to fast-track, singling out property tax relief, school safety,... → Read More
Texas AG Paxton says costs and ‘liberal’ judges led agency to settle with whistleblowers
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office settled a whistleblower lawsuit because he wouldn’t have gotten a fair shake from the courts in “super... → Read More
Who will pay for Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office $3.3M settlement with whistleblowers?
AUSTIN — What happens now that Ken Paxton’s office has settled the lawsuit filed by four whistleblowers who accused him of bribery and abuse of office? There... → Read More
Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office, whistleblowers reach $3.3M settlement in retaliation lawsuit
AUSTIN — The Office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a settlement agreement with whistleblowers who alleged retaliation after they accused him... → Read More
Texas DPS review of officer response to Uvalde shooting ends with no more discipline
AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety will not be disciplining any more of its officers over the botched police response to the Uvalde school... → Read More
Texas Gov. Abbott says DEI practices not welcome at state agencies, universities
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott says it is illegal for state agencies and universities to consider “diversity, equity and inclusion” in employment. In a recent memo... → Read More
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deliver televised State of the State speech on Feb. 16
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott is turning his State of the State speech into a primetime televised address. On Tuesday, the third-term Republican said he’ll... → Read More
Texas AG Ken Paxton enters into settlement talks with whistleblowers over retaliation suit
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is in settlement negotiations with a group of whistleblowers who sued the state’s top lawyer for allegedly... → Read More
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott taps former Border Patrol agent as state’s new border czar
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday named a new border czar, whose top priority is making Texas the “least desirable place” for migrant crossings. Mike Banks,... → Read More
Texas DPS stops enforcing handgun age limits for young adults
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety is no longer enforcing a state law that bars adults under 21 from carrying handguns in public. The change was... → Read More
Experts: Death of DPS agent at Texas-Mexico border was preventable
The account of what happened during the state’s multi-billion dollar border security operation is laid out in a DPS investigation that provides the most... → Read More