Ten days after Lubbock took the same action, its northward neighbor Abernathy passed a local law banning abortions in town limits.
The list of America's "founding documents" swelled as the night went on, eventually including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Huffines has been a longtime critic of Abbott's pandemic response, especially his cessions to local governments and statewide mandates.
A fellow Democrat had killed Dutton's education bill the night before, motivating Dutton to not only layout the bill again but move it forward.
The bill's path looks clear, though the House slowed its momentum by leaving the Senate version in committee.
Heartbeat legislation bans abortions after a heartbeat can be detected, typically occurring around 6 to 12 gestational weeks.
Procedural tactics meant to get the bill past the committee fizzled out. One Republican who would have been the swing vote was absent.
Attorneys, local politicians, Planned Parenthood, and ordinance herald Mark Lee Dickson chime in on the landmark vote.
Nirenberg will stay at the helm for a third term after a markedly unaggressive campaign strategy contrasted his 2019 run.
The measure passed overwhelmingly. It allows the living kin of aborted children to sue their abortionists and those who aided the procedure.
This latest relief package, the largest of three, will beat the previous one to Texas public schools thanks to fewer "strings attached."
Like other similar bans, Senate Bill 1646 would officially count puberty blockers and gonadectomies as child abuse.
Miller claims that the USDA has violated the Civil Rights Act by only giving certain federal aid to nonwhite farmers and ranchers.
The legislation would also apply to fostering blame or guilt based on sex. It targets teacher training as well as the classroom.
From Mission Indians to Sons of the Confederacy, the hearing revealed the continued life of feuds as old as Texas itself.
The rules the district adopted say "should," not "must." Two trustees and some parents say principals are enforcing an empty protocol.
As a city councilman in El Paso, O'Rourke fought police union contracts he considered excessive. He joins Julian Castro in supporting Prop B.
A conservative-leaning justice split from the majority out of fear that taking up the case violated the court's constitutional duty.
“These individuals still can compete, and they can do it under their biological sex,” Perry said before the Senate took a final vote.
“I mean, this is not like we’re giving an antidepressant or an antipsychotic or a mood stabilizer," state Rep. Tom Oliverson said.
