​Federal judge rules Texas GOP convention can proceed at George R. Brown in downtown Houston

A Houston federal judge on Friday ruled that Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston First, the city’s convention agency, must allow the Texas Republican Party to proceed with an in-person convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

Judge Lynn Hughes of the Southern District of Texas found that the city had infringed upon the Texas GOP’s constitutional rights by canceling the convention, which initially was set to run from Thursday through Saturday before Turner ordered Houston First to nix it.
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Hughes gave the party the option of using the convention center this weekend and next, according to Jared Woodfill, an attorney for Houston conservative activist Steve Hotze, who init... (Read more)