May 27, 2022 — Amy Chambers is planning a visit soon with the principal of her son’s elementary school in Joplin, MO. The grade level of the 19 children killed in the Tuesday school shooting in Uvalde, TX, was not unnoticed by her. Her son, the youngest of her three, is also a fourth grader. … Read more
A US appeals court panel on Thursday reinstated President Joe Biden’s executive order mandating that federal civilian employees be vaccinated against Covid-19. By a 2-1 vote, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction issued by a U.S. district judge in Texas in January that had blocked enforcement of the federal employee vaccine mandate. … Read more
March 11, 2022 — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found 230 pounds of pork bologna that people were trying to illegally smuggle into the United States last month at border crossings in Texas. Agents made two other bologna seizures in January, the CBP said. In one of those cases, the driver told authorities he … Read more
March 1, 2022 The parents of a transgender teenager in Texas filed a lawsuit to stop state agencies from investigating reports of gender-transition procedures on children as cases of possible child abuse. The parents, identified as John and Jane Doe, and their child, identified as Mary Doe, say in the complaint that an investigator from … Read more
Feb. 23, 2022 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to investigate reports of gender-transition procedures on children as child abuse, which could result in the criminal prosecution of teachers, doctors, and parents of trans children who don’t report the procedures. Abbott sent a letter to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services … Read more
Jan. 31, 2022 As the Omicron variant surges across Texas, students at public high schools are turning to petition drives and walkouts in an effort to get school districts to require more COVID-19 protocols, The Texas Tribune reports. The students are asking for a return to face mask rules or an expansion of virtual learning. … Read more
Dec. 10, 2021 — In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the controversial Texas abortion law that restricts the procedure to women pregnant for 6 weeks or less may continue to be enforced, but allowed for state and federal courts to hear challenges to whether it violates the Constitution. As … Read more
Nov. 1, 2021 — During 3 hours of oral arguments on Monday, a seeming majority of Supreme Court justices appeared receptive to blocking a Texas law that essentially outlaws abortion after 6 weeks. They seemed less certain about whether the federal government, which is also challenging the law, was within its rights to sue Texas. … Read more
One man died and nine other people were wounded in a shooting at a Halloween party in eastern Texas, police said. Gunfire erupted late on Saturday at an event center in Texarkana, police said in a news release. Police estimate that “at least a couple hundred people” were there. The 10 people who were shot … Read more
By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News Friday, October 29, 2021 (Kaiser News) — The Supreme Court on Nov. 1 will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of a new Texas abortion law — just days after agreeing to hear the case. That’s just one of many unusual things about the Texas law, which halted almost … Read more