Court rules that challengers lack standing, vacating earlier panel decision

The Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling in Doe v. Abbott and PFLAG v. Abbott, challenging the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services’ mandate to investigate families with transgender children.

HOUSTON — Houston City Council voted Wednesday 13 – 4 to approve Item 11 on the Council agenda. The ordinance is an effective repeal of Proposition A and may allow for increased collaboration between ICE and the Houston Police Department.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld S.B. 10, a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom across the state.

The language for Item 11 on the Houston City Council agenda was released Tuesday regarding Houston's immigration ordinance. There will be a vote Wednesday on the future of the ordinance.

HOUSTON — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas has selected Round Rock, Texas-based musician, poet, and activist Dr. Robyn B. Adams (they/them) as its 2026-27 artist-in-residence.

HOUSTON — The governor's office said Monday that the state would withhold $110 million in public safety funding from the City of Houston — which includes funding for the Houston Police Department — unless the City of Houston repeals a newly passed city ordinance by April 20.

A statewide coalition of diverse organizations and Texans across the state successfully empowered Texas families to defend the religious freedom of millions of Texas public school students from Senate Bill 11, the state-organized prayer in school law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied a petition for rehearing in The Woodlands Pride v. Paxton and vacated the permanent injunction that has blocked this law for over two years.