After the Supreme Court declined to stop the new anti-abortion law in Texas, also known as Senate Bill 8, lawmakers around the country were quick to respond to the legislation that not only criminalizes abortion essentially after six weeks but allows any person to sue...
This week, Gov. Greg Abbott announced a third special session on redistricting set to begin Sept. 20. The new state and federal district lines will stand for a decade and have a lasting impact on who has power in the state and Congress. One report by the...
In May 2019, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) unveiled a $7.5 billion plan to expand the abhorred stretch of I-35 that snakes through the center of Austin. Dubbed the Capital Express Project, the proposal’s potential changes were drastic: In addition to...
On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott officially signed Senate Bill 1 in Tyler. The bill passed through the Texas Senate and House last week. At the signing ceremony, Abbott was joined by fellow Republicans State Senator Bryan Hughes, State Rep. Andrew Murr, and Lt. Gov....
On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) adopted an amendment barring states from using private funds to pay for National Guard deployments in other states. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) introduced the amendment during deliberations on the 2022...
The Republican-led Texas House advanced legislation this week that would ban abortion-inducing medication after seven weeks of pregnancy. The bill targets Mifeprex and misoprostol, a regimen of drugs used to end pregnancies early, as well as other generic versions of...
The Texas Legislature may be back for its second special session, but hundreds of new Texas laws — 666, to be exact — will go into effect tomorrow. Many of the new statutes focus on somewhat frivolous topics, like allowing beer and wine sales on Sundays. However, the...
On Wednesday, Senate Bill 8, a bill that bans abortion six weeks after pregnancy and allows citizens to sue abortion providers is set to take effect after a Texas court cancelled a hearing on halting the legislation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
The Texas Department of State Health Services warned Lone Star Residents this week to stay away from Ivermectin, a medicine often used to treat parasites in horses. Thanks to a pro-Trump telemedicine company, the drug has recently found fame as a self-medicated...