Texas sends ban on gender-affirming care for minors to governor’s desk
The Texas legislature Wednesday night voted to ban gender-affirming care for most minors, sending a bill to the governor’s desk that, if enacted, would put critical health care out of reach for transgender youth in America’s second-most-populous state.
State Rep. Suleman Lalani On Pending Bills in the Texas State Legislature
State Representative Suleman Lalani gives his opinion on the bill in front of the state Senate. He is the one of the first Muslim Americans to be elected into the Texas House.
State Rep. Penny Morales Shaw On Pending Bills in the Texas State Legislature
State Representative Penny Morales Shaw shares her views on the bills before the state Senate. She is an attorney in Houston, Texas, where she represents the 148th District in the Texas House of Representatives, which includes parts of Spring Branch, …
State Rep. Gene Wu On Pending Bills in the Texas State Legislature
State Representative Gene Wu gives his thoughts on bills facing the Senate. He serves the people of District 137 which encompasses parts of Southwest Houston.
Greg Abbott's gun law avoidance strategy
Steven Spainhouer is a Second Amendment supporter and a gun owner. But after pulling a bloody child out from under a dead adult -- one of eight killed at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday -- he's ready …
What you need to know about Title 42
For more than three years, the federal government has turned away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including those who are seeking asylum, using a public emergency health order known as Title 42. It was launched by the Trump administration at …
What we know about the North Texas outlet mall gunman and his online posts
A gunman who killed eight people at a Texas shopping mall purportedly wrote online of his support for Nazi ideology, authorities said.
Custody Case Over Newborn Shows How Blacks Are Criminalized
A Black Texas couple has been reunited with their newborn daughter after authorities removed the baby and placed her in foster care last month citing a doctor's concerns about how they were treating a jaundice diagnosis.
Hakeem Jeffries' 'vague recollection' of controversy surrounding his uncle undermined by college editorial defending him
For years, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has told a similar story: he was off at college and shielded from controversies surrounding his uncle, Black studies professor Leonard Jeffries, who eventually lost his job over incendiary comments about Jewish people. …
Texas officials will take over the state's biggest school district, raising questions about who controls America's classrooms
The fate of nearly 200,000 American students' education will soon be controlled not by locally elected leaders but by state-appointed managers yet to be named.
Houston schools takeover and red states vs. blue cities
Some of the facts about the state of Texas taking control of the Houston Independent School District make the decision seem baffling and unfair.
Texas takes control of Houston Independent School District
Leaders of the Houston Independent School District, the largest school district in Texas and one of the biggest in the nation, will be replaced by a new board appointed by the state commissioner of education, the district said Wednesday, raising …
Senator Borris L. Miles Statement on the State Taking Over Houston ISD
“TEA Commissioner Mike Morath announced today that the State of Texas would be taking over Houston ISD, and would be appointing a board of managers and a new superintendent.
Mayor Turner's Statement on TEA Takeover of the Houston Independent School District
Please attribute the following statement to Mayor Sylvester Turner. You can also listen to his additional comments made during a news conference earlier today.
Large group in Mexico attempted mass entry into US at El Paso, Texas, border crossing, officials say
A large group of people in Mexico approached a US border entry point in El Paso, Texas, Sunday in an attempt at mass entry into the country, causing disruptions along the border and authorities to erect barricades, US Customs and …
