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Bail organizations, immigrants targeted as Texas lawmakers consider bail reform legislation
Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...
Republican states claim zero abortions. A red state doctor calls that 'ludicrous'
State officials reported a sharp decline in the official number of abortions after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in ...
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Texas Senate sends $140k Homestead Exemption bill to the House for approval
The bill would increase the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000, and $150,000 for seniors, which is the largest ...
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Domestic violence is up in Texas. Survivors and supporters hope lawmakers will take action.
While this is an issue that spans Texas, a majority of those killed were either in Texas’ largest cities or in East Texas, ...
Texas touted a plan to expand family leave. Employers aren't rushing to sign up.
In 2023, shortly after state lawmakers began banning nearly all abortions, they passed what they called an innovative, ...
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Majority of Texas school districts aren’t in compliance with armed security requirement
House Bill 3 mandated armed security in each of the state’s more than 8,000 schools, but many districts say it didn’t come ...
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Critics of Texas House leadership spent big in this year’s speaker’s race. They fought years for that chance.
A pair of lawsuits filed by allies of West Texas megadonor Tim Dunn shut down laws that banned outside spending in the House ...
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Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Rube ...
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Texas’ Latest Porn Restriction Law Goes to SCOTUS
It’s already technically illegal to produce porn in Texas, as being paid for sexual conduct is against the state’s ...
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Texas appeals court hears attorney general’s arguments for questioning Catholic Charities director over migrant services
Three Republican judges heard oral arguments Wednesday after a lower court blocked Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to ...
'We will play hardball on this issue' | Texas GOP lawmakers push for passage of bail reform package
"We will play hardball on this issue," Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said during a news conference. At the event, Patrick ...
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In quest to infuse more religion into Texas schools, advocates say courts are now on their side
Past efforts to allow more religion in public schools have been hamstrung by legal challenges. But those on the religious ...