The Trump administration filed an emergency relief request with the high court earlier in October asking for the construction to continue while a lawsuit over the plan moves forward.

Outgoing Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he supports Republican state senators changing the rules to strip powers from his Democratic successor after losing his reelection bid by nearly 600,000 votes.

Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa could appoint at least two new commissioners to lead the state’s top environmental agency. Plus, a new Democrat on the Texas Railroad Commission could be a deciding vote.

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones says DHS has agreed to an environmental review of a planned ICE detention facility following the city’s lawsuit.

Bexar County is welcoming three new Democrats to the state House. They’re all millennials and against school vouchers.

In addition to claiming the Texas governor’s mansion and a U.S. Senate seat, Democrats flipped an entire slate of statewide offices and judicial posts for the first time in decades Tuesday night. Texas elects nearly all of its statewide officials in the midterm cycle, with the exception of some judges and Texas Railroad Commission seats whose terms were staggered.

Democrat Nathan Johnson said his goal is to rebuild the office Ken Paxton held for 12 years.

Republican state Rep. Mark Dorazio (R-San Antonio) has long been part of the conservative wing that pushed out then-Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio), wanted only Republicans to chair committees in the Texas House and spent years working to cut Democratic colleagues out of the legislative process.

After Democrats swept all statewide offices in the Nov. 3 midterm election, San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is calling for the city to amend the City of San Antonio’s State Legislative Program for the 90th Texas Legislature.

A recent report to the City of San Antonio public safety committee shows progress in addressing dog attacks, but public safety advocates call for a stronger response to vicious dogs.