Posted on · An attorney general’s opinion equating some medical care for transgender youth to child abuse has led to a growing list of local officials who condemn the interpretation as little more than political theatre.
Posted on · Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee spoke with Houston Matters about recent problems with mail-in voting and how money from a major opioid settlement will be distributed in Texas.
Posted on · The letter, directed to U.S. Attorney general Merrick Garland, points to "an alarmingly high number" of rejections after the passage of Senate Bill 1.
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: How local colleges and universities are dealing with the omicron surge, and a conversation with Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee about a new hiring policy and several lawsuits the county is involved in.
Posted on · The 8-1 decision came Wednesday from the all-Republican Court of Criminal Appeals.
Posted on · "It's just showing us that we don't matter," said organizer Shelly Baker. "We don't matter, the people that are fighting for us don't matter, and it gets very exhausting."
Posted on · The bill, filed by Houston Republican Paul Bettencourt, would allow county party leaders, candidates and political committees to seek an audit.
Posted on · The announcement of an audit came just hours after Donald Trump publicly called on Greg Abbott to add it to the latest special legislative session agenda, leading critics to accuse state leaders of playing politics.
Posted on · Conservative activist Steve Hotze and Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller were among those who tried to block the mailings, which they said flouted state law.
Posted on · The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday evening denied Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to stay temporary restraining orders blocking the governor's directive. At around the same time, the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against Abbott on behalf of San Antonio and Bexar County over their mask mandate in schools.
Posted on · Fighting among Texas officials over mask mandates has created muddled messaging, as the highly contagious delta variant is sending people to the hospital in numbers that rival the worst months of the pandemic.
Posted on · The HISD Board of Education's vote to support the superintendent's proposed mask mandate was the clearest sign yet that the state's largest school district was prepared to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott.
Posted on · Menefee's announcement follows lawsuits from Fort Bend, Dallas and Bexar counties.
Posted on · On Thursday's show: Harris County is joining other Texas municipalities in taking legal action against Gov. Abbott's executive orders banning mask and vaccine mandates, the latest salvo in a long-running battle over state and local control.
Posted on · The vote gives County Attorney Christian Menefee the authority to challenge Abbott’s executive order either in a standalone lawsuit or in a friend of the court brief to a lawsuit filed by another jurisdiction.