Security

While protecting academic freedom and public employees’ right to free speech is important, the judge wrote in his opinion, the state ban did not violate those rights.

Security found 150 firearms in carry-on luggage at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 2022. If travelers are caught with a firearm in their carry-on, local police are called and a fine of up to $15,000 could be administered.

After last week’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, security is a much bigger concern than it has been in recent memory. State lawmakers are having to consider what was unimaginable a week ago — that demonstrations outside the Texas Capitol could become something much worse.

The computer hack of Austin-based Stratfor in 2011 resulted in credit card numbers and damaging emails being leaked online. A new investigative report…