Lone Star Politics

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg stops by to talk to NBC 5’s Phil Prazan and The Dallas Morning News’ Gromer Jeffers about North Texas transportation issues, plus a closer look at concerns about artificial intelligence especially when it comes to  elections.

The Biden Administration’s Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg threw his support behind a high-speed train project between Dallas and Houston, kickstarting a project delayed for years.

SB4, Texas’ controversial immigration-enforcement bill, is back in a federal appeals court on Wednesday.

Tarrant County voters will see a change to their ballots in this November’s general election.

In Dallas, for the fourth term in the last twenty years, the city is turning to residents to ask for some major money.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will have charges dismissed in a settlement. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan talked to his attorney. Also this week on Lone Star Politics, take a look at the May election in Dallas worth more than a billion dollars.

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Richmond, is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee related to his campaign’s finances, his office says.

An analysis by NBC 5 found that more than $25 million was spent in total throughout the state for Texas House races from January through the first week of March.

A North Texas school teacher and U.S. Army veteran has legally changed his name to Literally Anybody Else and announced he is running for U.S. president.

The back-and-forth battle over an immigration law in Texas has left police and lawmakers wondering what’s next. Lone Star Politics explores how far the law goes. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan and Gromer Jeffers with The Dallas Morning News bring you the latest in Texas politics. 

Texas Rep. Tom Oliverson, a Republican from Cypress, announced Thursday he will run for Speaker of the Texas House challenging incumbent Dade Phelan from Beaumont.

It’s been decades since a Speaker of the Texas House has been forced into a runoff election and is in jeopardy of losing his seat. Speaker Dade Phelan, R – Beaumont, is mainly in that position because of the inner-party fight over the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

President Joe Biden is visiting North Texas Wednesday to participate in two private fundraising events for this year’s election.