US Supreme Court turns down challenge to Texas book bans
| December 23, 2025
On Dec. 8, the US Supreme Court refused to hear a Texas case that could have stopped a Republican crusade to ban books in public libraries.
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
| June 27, 2025
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A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.
Texas State Veterans Home named for Tuskegee Airmen opens in Fort Worth
| March 31, 2025
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A project long championed by the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce to honor the area’s Tuskegee Airmen came to fruition March 22, as Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham hosted the grand opening of the Texas State Veterans Home in Fort Worth that bears their name.
Forced to carry a dying baby, this Texas mother of four says she didn’t think it could happen to her
| March 14, 2025
“I had been born and raised a Catholic, so the word abortion was never allowed in my house. I didn’t even know what abortion was until I was about 20 years old and already had my first two kids. I’m almost 31 now.”
Gina Ortiz Jones’ crusade to elect 3 Democrats to the Texas Supreme Court
| October 24, 2024
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Ousting anti-abortion extremists from the state's highest court is within reach, Jones says.