Texas Democrats See Hope In Kansas Abortion Vote, But Challenges Remain
Heading into a difficult election cycle, Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas were energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted...
“I Think Of Them Always,” Survivor Of El Paso Walmart Shooting Says Of Those...
EL PASO — An ominous cloud of white gun smoke, bloody police boot prints and an empty baby carrier on the body of Jordan...
Author Of “Critical Race Theory” Ban Says Texas Schools Can Still Teach About Racism
For the past year, Texas educators have struggled with a new law targeting how history and race are taught in the state’s public schools.
Some...
Almost 600 Texas Youth Are Trapped In A Juvenile Prison System On The Brink...
Texas’ juvenile prison system is nearing total collapse.
Its five lockups are dangerously understaffed, an ongoing problem that worsened dramatically last year when its turnover...
Legal Questions Shroud Gov. Greg Abbott’s Move To Bus Migrants Back To The Border
EAGLE PASS — On a cloudy recent Friday morning, the Moncada Baseball Park near the U.S.-Mexico border was empty, save for one young man...
Texas Troopers Are Causing Car Chase Fatalities And Racially Profiling Drivers Under Abbott’s Border...
At least 30 people have been killed in state police car chases connected to Texas’ expansive border security operation since it began last March,...
Ted Cruz Says Texas Should Repeal Its Now-Defunct Law Banning Gay Sex
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, one of the most socially conservative Texans serving in Congress, told The Dallas Morning News that Texas should...
Gun Sales Spiked During The Pandemic: What We Know About Gun Ownership In Texas
This story was published in partnership with The Trace, which contributed data analysis. The Trace is a nonprofit newsroom focused on covering the nation’s...
Homeless Texans Left With Few Places To Cool Off During Record Heat
DALLAS — By 5:51 a.m. on a recent Thursday morning in downtown Dallas, it was 76 degrees and getting warmer outside, and Michelle Smith,...
Texas Suing USDA Over Requirement To Add LGBTQ Protections To Nutrition Programs’ Nondiscrimination Policies
Attorney General Ken Paxton and more than 20 other attorneys general are challenging the federal Food and Nutrition Service’s new policy that recipients of...
