Texas’s Junk Science Law Was Supposed to Prevent Wrongful Executions. It May Fail to Save Robert Roberson.
A decade after Texas passed landmark legislation to address flawed forensics, the courts have refused to apply it as intended.
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Ken Paxton Doesn’t Want Citizens Registering To Vote—Sues Travis County
Ken Paxton and Texas Republicans REALLY don't want more voters. They filed a similar lawsuit earlier this week against Bexar County, which includes San Antonio.
Ken Paxton sues Bexar County over voter registration outreach effort
The move by Ken Paxton escalates Texas Republicans’ brewing fight with urban counties over proactively sent applications to unregistered voters.
Harris County voter outreach proposal sparks another fight with Texas Republicans
Texas Republicans are clashing again with the state’s most populous county over voting. The county plans to ID eligible voters and send them registration forms.
Abbott Highlights Names Deleted From Texas Voter Rolls
Abbott says a million names were removed. Most were people who died or moved out of state, but the he also highlighted some who were flagged as noncitizens.
Greg Abbott Makes Texas Housing Crisis Worse
The problem of affordable housing in Texas is out of control. The actions of Greg Abbott have made it even worse. He proves that he does not care about Texas citizens.
Texas Hospitals Refused To Treat Eptopic Pregnancies In 2 Women
The women filed complaints against the hospitals, citing federal law that says hospitals must provide abortions in medical emergencies.
As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities look to alternatives for water
The Rio Grande is no longer a reliable source of water for South Texas. Water levels at the international reservoirs that feed into the river remain dangerously low.
Greg Abbott Ditches Texas Residents In Catastrophic Decision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDOuQdGyuyI Texas Governor Greg Abbott leaves residents of his own state out to dry during Hurricane Beryl and continued to be out of state to go to RNC activities, while not tackling natural disaster consequences as millions of people were left without power in…
Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.
Now that abortion is largely illegal in Texas, lawmakers say they have shifted the purpose of the program, and its millions of dollars, to supporting families affected by the state’s ban.
In Texas, parents’ rights don’t extend to gender-affirming care, state Supreme Court says
The Texas Supreme Court found that parents in the state do not have the constitutional right to seek gender-affirming care for their children.
Texas Woman Tries to Drown 3-year-old Palestinian Girl
A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racist statements
Texas A&M Wants to Keep Emails About Leonard Leo’s $15 Million Gift Secret
The donation, one of the largest in the school’s history, was made as right-wing megadonor Leo shopped a new law school center.
Voter advocacy groups ask DOJ to step in after Texas allowed some voters’ ballots to be identified
The request for the U.S. Department of Justice to protect voters comes after Texas undermined ballot secrecy in the name of election transparency.
Top Texas election official acknowledges concerns about threats to ballot secrecy
A top state election official acknowledged that Texas’ efforts to increase election transparency have made it easier to learn how someone voted.
3 months after largest Texas Wildfire, Panhandle preparing for the next one
Residents who lost homes and livestock in the Texas wildfire are taking matters into their own hands to better prepare their property for a wildfire.
