The court split 6-3 along ideological lines on a case from Tennessee. About two dozen states have similar bans in place.

The decision is the latest chapter in the decadeslong battle over what to do with the waste generated by the nation's nuclear power plants.

The Supreme Court ruled against Texas and landowners who challenged a plan to store thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste at a facility in the state.

Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers quietly stopped funding the project.

Andrew Mahaleris, a senior aide to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, told Newsweek efforts to secure the border have enabled the state to make adjustments.

Texas has stopped providing new funding toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall after lawmakers quietly approved a new budget that does not include funding for the project

Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting a new execution date for Robert Roberson, months after state lawmakers used an eleventh-hour tactic to stall his initial execution. Roberson would be the first person put to death for a murder conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome.