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Texas GOP Chair Faces Scandals Over Ties to Extremists and White Supremacy
Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi faces backlash within the party over his connections to extremists and white supremacists.
After Hottest Summer on Record, Local Governments Are Underreporting Deaths
San Antonio's medical examiner blames lack of data for the decision not to list heat as a cause of any deaths.
Lubbock Becomes Fourth Texas County to Enact Abortion Travel Ban
The ordinance bars pregnant Texans from traveling out of state to access an abortion.
Republicans Preserve Their Gerrymandered Electoral Maps by Claiming Privilege
As states craft new maps out of public view, fights end up in drawn out court cases, with major consequences for voters.
El Paso Residents Say “Border Crisis” Is Manufactured, Reject Militarization
Border militarization, not immigration, is what is making El Paso unsafe, residents say.
Texas School Suspends Black Student Over His Dreadlocks
“I want them to stop being discriminatory against Black and Brown kids,” the student's mother said of the policy.
Supreme Court Let Texas Execute a Man Sentenced on Allegedly Faulty Evidence
A stay issued by an appeals court could have saved Jedidiah Murphy, but justices voted 6-3 to waive it.
Architect of Texas’s “Bounty Hunter” Abortion Ban Demands Patient Information
“This is yet another scare tactic to try and threaten our community,” reproductive advocates said.
Gas Storage Plant and New Pipeline Threaten Health of Black Houston Community
As climate crisis threatens Texas's energy grid, the government's response is putting Black communities at greater risk.
Judge Blocks Texas’s Anti-Drag Show Law, Citing First Amendment Speech Rights
“Drag shows express a litany of emotions and purposes” that warrant protection, the judge wrote.