Texas was already among 29 states that had not adopted a red-flag law for firearms before state Rep. Cole Hefner (R), who sponsored the bill, pitched it as a bulwark against “law-abiding ...

Some voters also have secession on their minds. "We should secede," Don Rhodes, a 63-year-old veteran, told Insider, referring to Texas becoming a sovereign nation — as it was before its annexation in ...

Flags are flying at half-staff across Texas today, following Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to honor the victims of the state’s catastrophic floods. The Fourth of July flash flood — which killed ...

Texas bans red-flag laws that allow guns to be taken from owners in crisis The state also relaxed restrictions on owning short-barrel guns, including sawed-off shotguns.

Flags across Texas and the United States were lowered to half-staff last week in honor of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 on April 21. As of early Monday, the governor’s office still ...

Texas flags are flying at half-staff across the state through this weekend to honor the people who died in the devastating floods in Central Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott wrote a letter Wednesday ...

Republican Sen. Bryan Hughes’ Senate Bill 1362, a ban on red flag laws, has already passed the Senate. As of writing, a Texas House committee had green-lit the bill to advance to the full chamber.

In late June, Texas preemptively banned the creation or enforcement of red flag laws, also called extreme risk protective orders or ERPOs, which allow courts to temporarily remove firearms from ...