“I am proud to welcome Leprino Foods and their new manufacturing facility, and hundreds of new jobs and investment, to West Texas," said Abbott.
The ordinances in participating Texas "sanctuaries" have evolved and possibly culminated in the small town of Sterling City.
The diocese's handling of an alleged sexual misconduct instance is a matter of ecclesiastical rather than civil law, the court decided.
“Plaintiffs admit that this Court cannot force the city to revoke or amend its ordinance," Judge Hendrix wrote.
Planned Parenthood claims the Lubbock ordinance runs afoul of both the U.S. and Texas Constitutions, echoing concerns of city leaders.
Ten days after Lubbock took the same action, its northward neighbor Abernathy passed a local law banning abortions in town limits.
Attorneys, local politicians, Planned Parenthood, and ordinance herald Mark Lee Dickson chime in on the landmark vote.
The measure passed overwhelmingly. It allows the living kin of aborted children to sue their abortionists and those who aided the procedure.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced last week that Texas may completely reopen — at least as far as the state is concerned.
After a year of restrictions, Governor Abbott announced that businesses would be permitted to reopen next Wednesday. The statewide mask mandate will also be lifted.
The ordinance holds the abortion provider — not the mother — liable to the living relatives of the aborted child.
The Diocese of Lubbock defended their choice to publish the name of a credibly accused sex abuser yesterday before the court.
Though the City of Lubbock avoided the proposal, a petition has forced the "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" ordinance onto the agenda.
The city says the ordinance would violate the Texas Constitution. A petition may force the city council to vote publicly.
Morton is the 16th city to pass an ordinance deeming itself a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn." Supporters hope Lubbock is next.
State legislators and activists have urged Lubbock to become a "Sanctuary City for the Unborn" before a Planned Parenthood facility is built.
Calls for defunding police departments are gaining traction across the country, including in some of Texas' most prominent cities.
Gen. Charles Q. Brown was unanimously confirmed to be the next chief of staff for the U.S. Air Force by the Senate, making him the first African-American to be confirmed as a military chief.
A Lubbock man has been charged for making interstate threats after allegedly shouting "President Trump must die," and suggesting that he planned to obtain gun parts to "off racists and MAGA people."
The Clintsmans met 20 years ago working in a bar they now own, but are struggling as establishments like theirs have been excluded from Texas' reopening plans.
