New food, new renovations and new rules — all to be expected over the next 24 days at the The State Fair of Texas in Dallas, with its first day on Friday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/09/26/531978/2025-state-fair-of-texas-opens-friday-in-dallas-with-new-foods-and-policies/

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Texas Rep. Briscoe Cain (R) has filed a bill that, if passed, would make it illegal to prohibit licensed gun owners from carrying firearms on government owned property.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/01/03/509620/after-state-fair-controversy-texas-rep-seeks-to-prevent-gun-bans-on-government-property/

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The Texas Supreme Court denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to overturn the State Fair’s gun ban — the night before the fair opens.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/09/27/501232/state-fair-to-open-with-gun-ban-as-texas-supreme-court-denies-ken-paxtons-final-appeal/

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has withdrawn a 2016 legal opinion that said local governments are not liable when private businesses ban guns on government-owned property — an opinion that contradicted his stance on the State Fair's ban on firearms.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/09/16/500007/ken-paxton-withdraws-legal-opinion-contradicting-his-current-stance-on-state-fair-of-texas-gun-ban/

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Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Dallas and the State Fair of Texas over the fair's new gun ban for this year's event.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/08/30/498268/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-dallas-and-state-fair-of-texas-over-gun-ban/

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Can the State Fair of Texas ban guns on government property? The answer is complicated

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/gun-control/2024/08/19/497186/can-the-state-fair-of-texas-ban-guns-on-government-property-the-answer-is-complicated/

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State Fair of Texas faces backlash from NRA, Republican lawmakers over firearm policy

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/gun-control/2024/08/13/496468/state-fair-of-texas-faces-backlash-from-nra-republican-lawmakers-over-firearm-policy/

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