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Texas’ New Abortion Regime Sends Shockwaves Through Neighboring States
By Kate Riga
10.30.21 | 9:00 am
AUSTIN, TX -  FEBRUARY  19:  Early voting began today across Texas ahead of the presidential primaries taking place on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (Photo by Ben Sklar/Getty Images) AUSTIN, TX -  FEBRUARY  19:  Early voting began today across Texas ahead of the presidential primaries taking place on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (Photo by Ben Sklar/Getty Images)
Exploding Latino Population Excluded From Texas GOP’s New Congressional Maps, Suit Says
By Matt Shuham
10.19.21 | 1:15 pm
Allen West Hospitalized With COVID, Tweets Through It
By Matt Shuham
10.11.21 | 11:18 am
‘Consider This A Light Warning,’ Alleged Arsonist Warned In Note To Texas Dems
By Matt Shuham
10.04.21 | 4:19 pm
AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 11: Abortion rights activists rally at the Texas State Capitol on September 11, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Texas Lawmakers recently passed several pieces of conservative legislation, including SB8, which prohibits abortions in Texas after a fetal heartbeat is detected on an ultrasound, usually between the fifth and sixth weeks of pregnancy. (Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images) AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 11: Abortion rights activists rally at the Texas State Capitol on September 11, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Texas Lawmakers recently passed several pieces of conservative legislation, including SB8, which prohibits abortions in Texas after a fetal heartbeat is detected on an ultrasound, usually between the fifth and sixth weeks of pregnancy. (Photo by Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)
24 Dem AGs File Amicus Brief Backing DOJ Challenge To Texas Abortion Ban
By Summer Concepcion
09.15.21 | 6:48 pm
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced new executive orders listing the US Army Corps of Engineers and the state are putting up a 250-bed field hospital at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas during a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Sunday, March 29, 2020. The space can expand to nearly 1,400 beds. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/Pool) Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced new executive orders listing the US Army Corps of Engineers and the state are putting up a 250-bed field hospital at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas during a press conference at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Sunday, March 29, 2020. The space can expand to nearly 1,400 beds. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/Pool)
Texas Vigilante Abortion Law Resurrects Jim Crow-Era Tactic That Gives States Legal Cover
The statute raises grave issues about how states go about enforcing their policies. Will Texas voters appreciate that the state has resurrected a Jim Crow-era mechanism to avoid legal responsibility for its policies?
By Stephanie Lindquist
09.13.21 | 12:09 pm
Abbott Torched For Bizarre Defense Of New Texas Law That Would Criminalize Rape Survivors
By Summer Concepcion
09.07.21 | 4:44 pm
SCOTUS Breaks Silence, Dashes Hopes As Conservatives Let Texas Abortion Ban Stand
By Summer Concepcion
09.02.21 | 6:38 pm
Rick Perry Tries Butting Into TX School Mask Wars … By Hawking Product He Has ‘A Part’ In
By Summer Concepcion
08.23.21 | 6:51 pm
TX Local Officials Go On With School Mask Mandates Despite State Supreme Court Decision
By Cristina Cabrera
08.16.21 | 10:54 am
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