William Melhado, The Texas Tribune In the corner of the brightly lit, heavily bannered conference hall for this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, an empty jail cell sets the scene of a Make America Great Again performance art piece. A sign fixed to the exterior of the cell warns “#younext.” …
Read More »Gov. Greg Abbott Says Texas Is Now Busing Migrants To New York City
Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2022 Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that Texas is now busing migrants from the Mexican border to New York City, the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city over the influx at the border. Abbott’s office said the first bus to New …
Read More »“Systemic failures” In Uvalde Shooting Went Far Beyond Local Police, Texas House Report Details
Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune The 18-year-old who massacred 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde on May 24 had no experience with firearms before his rampage began. He targeted an elementary school with an active shooter policy that had been deemed adequate but also had a long history of …
Read More »Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Emergency Abortion Rule
By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune Texas is suing the Biden administration over guidance released Monday telling the nation’s doctors they’re protected by federal law to terminate a pregnancy as part of emergency treatment — and threatening to defund hospitals that don’t perform these procedures. The Biden administration’s guidance states …
Read More »Leaked Video Shows Texas Law Enforcement’s Long Wait To Confront Uvalde School Shooter
By Uriel J. García and Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune On the same day that a Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting announced plans to release footage of law enforcement response to the incident, a video showing police waiting for more than an hour in the school hallway …
Read More »How The End Of Roe And The Uvalde School Shooting Could Reshape The Race For Texas Governor
By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune A school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The end of a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion. A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race to lead …
Read More »Texas Can Enforce 1925 Abortion Ban, State Supreme Court Says
By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune Texas can enforce its abortion ban from 1925, the state Supreme Court ruled late Friday evening, a decision that exposes abortion providers to lawsuits and financial penalties if they continue to perform the procedure. The court overruled a district judge in Houston, who on …
Read More »Education Board Members In Texas Push Back On Proposal To Use “involuntary relocation” To Describe Slavery
By Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune A group of Texas educators have proposed to the Texas State Board of Education that slavery should be taught as “involuntary relocation” during second grade social studies instruction, but board members have asked them to reconsider the phrasing, according to the state board’s chair. …
Read More »Supreme Court Rules Biden Administration Can End “Remain in Mexico” Policy, Sending Case Back To A Texas Court
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Biden administration has the right to end a Trump-era immigration policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases make their way through U.S. immigration courts. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices ruled …
Read More »At Least 50 People Found Dead In Abandoned 18-Wheeler In San Antonio
By Jaden Edison and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune SAN ANTONIO — A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 50 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals, according to local officials in San Antonio and Mexican President Andrés Manuel …
Read More »Robb Elementary School In Uvalde Will Be Demolished, Mayor Says
Robb Elementary School, the site of the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, will be demolished. During a city council meeting Tuesday, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said it was his understanding that the elementary school would be demolished after speaking with the district superintendent. “We could never ask a child …
Read More »“If there’s kids in there, we need to go in”: Officers in Uvalde Were Ready With Guns, Shields And Tools — But Not Clear Orders
By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune The officers in the hallway of Robb Elementary wanted to get inside classrooms 111 and 112 — immediately. One officer’s daughter was inside. Another officer had gotten a call from his wife, a teacher, who told him she was bleeding to death. Two closed …
Read More »Biden Directs Federal Agencies To Protect LGBTQI+ Rights Under Attack In GOP-Led States
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday aiming to curtail conversion therapy, expand health care access and promote safe learning for LGBTQI+ people. The order is meant to counter laws in Republican-led states that restrict the rights of LGBTQI+ kids and their families. A senior administration official referenced Texas …
Read More »House Passes ‘red flag’ Gun Control Bill From Georgia Rep. McBath
by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House on Thursday passed a “red flag” gun control bill that would allow federal courts to temporarily remove a firearm from an individual who is adjudged to pose a threat to themselves or others. In a 224-202 nearly party line vote, the House passed …
Read More »Five Injured Victims Remain Hospitalized One Week After Uvalde School Shooting
By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune Five of the 17 children and adults injured in last week’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde are still being treated in hospitals across San Antonio more than a week after the massacre. As of Wednesday morning, a spokesperson at University Hospital …
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