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The Texas House passed House Bill 7, which severely limits access to medication abortion by restricting the manufacture, prescription, and distribution of abortion-inducing drugs in Texas and out-of-state.
The Texas House passed Senate Bill 8, which bans transgender and intersex people from accessing restrooms and other multi-user facilities (e.g. domestic violence shelters, jails, prisons) that align with their gender identity in government-owned buildings.
Civil rights organizations sent a letter to public school superintendents across Texas, warning school districts not to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
The Texas House today gave initial approval of new congressional maps in a mid-decade redistricting effort. Despite widespread outcry, state lawmakers advanced the latest maps without providing an opportunity for public input.
A federal district court issued a preliminary injunction today in Rabbi Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, prohibiting the school district defendants from implementing a Texas law that requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced today that it is detaining people at Fort Bliss as part of its mass deportation campaign. The military base – which has land across El Paso, Texas, and Doña Ana and Otero Counties in New Mexico – will detain up to 5,000 people, making it the country’s