TEXAS POLITICS
Biden praises longtime US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who died of cancer
| July 20, 2024
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas announced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis on June 2.
Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions
| July 1, 2024
The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children.
A Texas mom nearly died after an incomplete miscarriage. Were doctors afraid to treat her?
| June 24, 2024
Ryan Hamilton wonders if doctors were too afraid of Texas’ extreme abortion ban to provide adequate care to his bleeding wife in a post-Roe world.
Texas conservatives want to end countywide voting. The costs could be high.
| June 13, 2024
Eliminating county-wide voting has financial consequences and could disenfranchise voters.
Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledges he should have disclosed free trips from Texas billionaire
| June 10, 2024
The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men’s-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica last year. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas acknowledged for the first time in a new financial disclosure filing that he should have publicly reported two free vacations he received from Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow. The […]