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LGBTQ

Texas Supreme Court rules investigations into gender-affirming care can continue

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 13, 2022 · The state’s high court allowed the investigations to continue but said the Texas Department of Family Protective Services is not bound by Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton’s orders.

Tags child abuse gender-affirming care greg abbott ken paxton law LGBTQ texas supreme court

Immigration

Texas congressional Democrats ask Biden administration to review Operation Lone Star funding

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 11, 2022 · The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced last month that Texas would divert about $500 million from state agencies to fund the controversial border mission.

Tags border Gov. Greg Abbott operation lone star

Health & Science

Demand for emergency contraception surges after a leaked draft of Supreme Court opinion on abortion

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 6, 2022 · Since Monday’s leak of a draft order from the Supreme Court’s reported decision to overturn Roe v Wade, an Austin-based reproductive care and education agency reported more than 700 requests for emergency contraception kits.

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Health & Science

After leaked draft of Supreme Court opinion, abortion-rights supporters brace for total ban in Texas

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 3, 2022 · Texas is one of more than a dozen conservative-led states that have previously passed so-called trigger laws designed to end abortion access for nearly all residents if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

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Immigration

Texas AG sues Biden administration over proposal that would revamp the asylum process

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 29, 2022 · The lawsuit is the 11th Ken Paxton has filed over Biden’s proposed immigration or border policies. But the White House’s plans have also raised concerns from legal and immigrant rights groups.

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Politics

Texas sues Biden over plans to end pandemic health policy at the border

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 22, 2022 · The policy known as Title 42 is set to expire in late May but Paxton is asking for an immediate halt to the pending termination.

Tags biden COVID-19 ken paxton

Health & Science

Texas travelers greet end of masking requirements with a mix of optimism and apprehension

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 20, 2022 · A day after a federal judge ruled face coverings can’t be required on airplanes and other public transportation, some Texans cheered the decision. But others said they’re still on the fence as COVID lingers.

Tags COVID-19 houston airport system mask mandate metro

Immigration

First bus of migrants who crossed into Texas makes trip to Washington, D.C.

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 13, 2022 · The transport is part of Abbott’s plan to expand Operation Lone Star and came in response to the Biden Administration’s decision to end Title 42 – a pandemic-era rule that rapidly expels migrants from the U.S.

Tags border bus D.C. greg abbott migrants Texas border U.S.-Mexico border Washington

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Seven alleged members of prison gangs charged in Beaumont inmate killings

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 8, 2022 · The deaths of two inmates at the federal facility in East Texas led to a dayslong lockdown of the country’s prison system.

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Immigration

Texas will send migrants to D.C. and expand vehicle inspections at the border, Abbott says

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 6, 2022 · Gov. Abbott said the state's actions are in response to the Biden administration's plans to end a policy used to promptly expel asylum seekers at the border during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags greg abbott immigration Joe Biden migrants Texas border U.S.-Mexico border

Politics

Texas Senate committees ordered to review university tenure, public school library books

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 4, 2022 · Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s marching orders come after he threatened to revoke tenure for some professors who teach about critical race theory and its history at public universities.

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Immigration

On the Texas border, Democrats split on end to Title 42 policy

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on April 1, 2022 · The Trump-era policy has been used to expel asylum-seeking migrants since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some lawmakers hail its end, others have asked the Biden administration to hold off on ending the policy.

Tags asylum seekers Gov. Greg Abbott title 42

Politics

U.S. Justice Department sues Galveston County over new Commissioners Court maps

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on March 24, 2022 · The lawsuit marks the third time the Biden administration has targeted Texas over changes to political maps or voting laws.

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Politics

Democrats take redistricting challenge to Texas Supreme Court

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on March 24, 2022 · Attorneys for the Mexican American Legislative Caucus took their latest challenge to Texas’s new political maps to the state’s high court. They argue lawmakers violated the Texas Constitution when drawing state house districts in the Rio Grande Valley.

Tags greg abbott malc mexican american legislative conference REDISTRICTING tejano democrats

Law

Texas appeals court reinstates temporary ban of investigations into gender-affirming care

Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on March 22, 2022 · In an order late Monday, the Third Court of Appeals reinstated a statewide injunction into the practice that was previously granted by a state district judge earlier this month.

Tags gender-affirming care ken paxton texas department of family protective services third court of appeals transgender

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