The bill could also lead to detailed examination of fiscal transfers between the state of Texas and the federal government.

Navarro is the sole Hispanic delegate to the Convention of 1845, where Texas accepts U.S. president James K. Polk'sproposal for annexation. Navarro helps to write the first state constitution ...

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Frustrated by living under the rule of President Santa Anna, Texians and Tejanos sought self-governance, culminating in the ...

The last act of Polk's predecessor, John Tyler, had been to annex the Republic of Texas in 1845. Polk wanted to lay claim to California, New Mexico, and land near the disputed southern border of ...

Texas nationalists scored another win at the ... as it was between 1837 and 1845. Their cause has been helped by a surge in tensions between Texan authorities and the federal government over ...