Texas is set to remove one of its last major gun restrictions and allow residents to carry handguns without a license and the background check and training that go with it. The GOP-lede Senate passed a bill Monday that if enacted would make such changes. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the bill, despite previously voicing … Continued
The Texas legislature on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban abortion in the state if the U.S. Supreme Court one day overturns Roe v. Wade. The proposed legislation, HB 1280, would be enacted in the event that Roe v. Wade gets overturned. It would, 30 days after a Supreme Court ruling, make it illegal for a person in the … Continued
A bill to allow home-school students to compete in University Interscholastic League (UIL) public school activities has passed the Texas House on an initial vote after it met slight opposition voiced by some Republicans. The bill would allow home-school students equal access to UIL activities, a right home-school students in 35 states already have. If … Continued
A Texas judge’s practice of opening his court sessions in chaplain-led prayer violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on government establishment of religion, a federal district court ruled Friday. Judge Wayne Mack, a justice of the peace in Montgomery County, Texas, created a chaplaincy program in 2014 allowing volunteer chaplains to “assist the Court system and … Continued
Planned Parenthood has voluntarily dismissed its own lawsuit against the state of Texas regarding the state’s decision to defund the abortion giant from Medicaid. Planned Parenthood had been receiving $3.1 million a year in Texas Medicaid funding, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton, but undercover videos from the Center for Medical Progress’s investigation into the trafficking of … Continued
The Texas state Senate passed a bill on May 22 that prohibits schools from mandating the teaching of critical race theory (CRT). House Bill 3979 doesn’t mention CRT by name, but apparently aims to ban the quasi-Marxist ideology in public and open-enrollment charter schools. According to the bill text, teachers, administrators, and employees from state agencies, school districts, and open-enrollment … Continued
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Lubbock, Texas on Monday after the city declared itself a “sanctuary city for the unborn” ordinance that seeks to outlaw abortions. The ordinance was passed by local voters earlier this month over the opposition of City Council members who warned it would cause a costly legal … Continued
Maybe your job is like this, too: The Texas Legislature does most of its work on deadline. And here we are, with two weeks to go in the regular legislative session, and many of the big things that appeared on the to-do list back in January remain unfinished. The budget. New voting and election restrictions. Responses … Continued
“Avow,” a pro-abortion political action and education nonprofit formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice Texas, has created a benefit package that pays a yearly stipend for employees’ abortions. In an interview with ReproJobs, Avow executive director Aimee Arrambide explained the benefits package. “It was my goal upon starting this job to make sure the staff was whole,” … Continued
The National Association of Attorneys General had to urge Facebook to drop a potentially “harmful” project targeted at kids. Apparently, Facebook needs to be encouraged to protect children online. Attorneys general from 44 states and territories sent a letter to Facebook Chief Executive Officer and founder Mark Zuckerberg. The Attorneys General urged Zuckerberg to scrap plans to develop … Continued
Students in dozens of Dallas public schools will have access to a new after-school program next year to help them make up for learning opportunities lost to the pandemic. It’s part of an ambitious plan to expand tutoring and other enrichment activities as kids grapple with the academic and emotional reverberations of COVID-19. Dallas ISD … Continued
AUSTIN — As the Legislature entered the session’s homestretch Friday, many Texans were wondering how much of the conservative “red meat” agenda had passed. The House worked late Thursday and into Friday afternoon, after senators went home, because of deadlines it faced for passing its own bills. The flurry of activity rescued scores of bills … Continued
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