Over the weekend Angela West, wife of the gubernatorial candidate Allen West, was arrested for allegedly driving while under the influence. After spending hours detained, Mrs. West took to social media to provide her side of the story.
Sunday morning, back from the Dallas County Jail, Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen West said his wife was a victim of overzealous policing encouraged by a state grant to increase DWI arrests.
The wife of Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West remains incarcerated in the Dallas County Jail after Dallas police arrested her for suspected driving while intoxicated. Allen West said the accusation is baseless.
Enough lawmakers were present in the Texas House on Thursday for the chamber to conduct business — opening the door for the passage of the GOP priority elections bill that prompted Democrats to flee the state in July.
Office of the Governor Communications Director Mark Miner today issued a statement after Governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 late Tuesday afternoon, August 17.
There are nearly 600 Afghan pilots, servicemembers, and their families stranded in Uzbekistan, including family members of our Texas Congressional District 11 constituents.
Garcia, who started his career in journalism as a college student covering the police beat for the San Angelo Standard-Times in the late-1960s was best known for the position from where he retired, the opinion page editor of the Austin American-Statesman.