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Texas law now restricts transgender athletes in school sports

October 26, 2021 5:57 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender…

Texas governor approves state voting maps redrawn by GOP

October 25, 2021 2:59 PM Associated Press, KVIA ABC-7

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer path for the GOP’s slipping majority. Abbott signed the…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s anti-migrant plan: Many arrested, many detained, few prosecuted

October 24, 2021 7:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Rosa Flores, CNN The 27-year-old man tried to hold it together as he walked to his cell. It was weeks since he had been arrested. Weeks with no…

Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticizes colleagues for allowing Texas abortion ban to remain in effect

October 22, 2021 5:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Sonia Sotomayor sent a strong reminder Friday that she is not a justice looking to carve out…

U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t block Texas abortion law, but will hear case

October 22, 2021 11:00 AM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court is not immediately blocking the Texas law that bans most abortions, but has agreed to hear arguments in the…

Texas urges Supreme Court to leave abortion law in place

October 21, 2021 10:07 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas is urging the Supreme Court to leave in place its law banning most abortions and telling the justices there’s no reason…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed John Scott

Texas Gov. Abbott appoints new secretary of state who briefly represented Trump in PA election challenge

October 21, 2021 11:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Dianne Gallagher and Wesley Bruer, CNN John Scott, the newly appointed top election official in Texas, briefly represented President Donald Trump…

Canutillo ISD seeks voter approval on multi-million dollar bond measure

October 18, 2021 12:04 PM Brianna Perez

EL PASO, Texas– Early voting for the Canutillo Independent School District’s multi-million dollar bond is underway this week. If passed, the bond…

Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps bolstering GOP

October 18, 2021 10:06 PM Associated Press

By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor…

Biden team asks Supreme Court to pause Texas abortion law

October 18, 2021 11:02 AM Associated Press

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to block the Texas law banning most…

Texas bill targeting transgender student athletes expected to gain final approval by Tuesday

October 17, 2021 12:59 PM El Paso Matters - Rene Kladzyk

AUSTIN, Texas — Legislation barring transgender children from participating in K-12 public school sports on teams that align with their gender…

DOJ will ask Supreme Court to halt Texas abortion law

October 14, 2021 9:48 PM Associated Press

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration says it will turn next to the U.S. Supreme Court in another attempt…

Appeals court lets Texas continue banning most abortions

October 14, 2021 7:45 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court is once again allowing Texas to continue banning most abortions. The decision Thursday night keeps the law…

Texas school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with ‘opposing’ views

October 14, 2021 6:41 PM KVIA ABC-7

SOUTHLAKE, Texas — A top administrator with the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake advised teachers last week that if they have a…

Texas urges appeals court to keep abortion ban in place as legal challenges play out

October 14, 2021 11:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a powerful federal appeals court on Thursday to allow a state…

Texas youth lockups are target of federal probe for sex abuse, staff misconduct

October 13, 2021 12:21 PM Jim Parker

AUSTIN, Texas — The scandal-plagued Texas Juvenile Justice Department is the target of a new federal civil rights investigation, the four U.S.…

Texas florist becomes 100th US Capitol rioter to plead guilty

October 13, 2021 2:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Texas florist became the 100th person to plead guilty in connection with the January 6 insurrection, a…

Texas House votes to put Fort Bliss back in Fierro’s district

October 5, 2021 4:44 PM Brenda De Anda-Swann

UPDATE, Oct. 12: The Texas House unanimously approved an amendment Tuesday evening to the state’s redistricting map to include most of Fort Bliss in…

Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law

October 11, 2021 9:56 PM Associated Press

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is again urging courts to step in and suspend a new Texas law that…

Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate

October 11, 2021 5:54 PM Associated Press

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including…

New Mexico governor settles harassment claim for $150K

October 11, 2021 9:46 AM Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The final price tag for a settlement reached by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and a former campaign spokesman is now…

Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen West says he has Covid-19

October 9, 2021 7:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Andy Rose and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Allen West, Republican candidate for governor of Texas, is being treated at Medical City Plano, he said…

Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims

October 9, 2021 7:25 AM Associated Press

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Executions in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state face delays amid legal questions…

Appeals court puts temporary hold on judge’s order blocking Texas 6-week abortion ban

October 8, 2021 2:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court on Friday night put a temporary hold on a judge’s order that had blocked Texas’ six-week…

Blanco fails to halt GOP redistrict map that splits El Paso, Ft. Bliss

October 8, 2021 12:04 PM Rosemary Garcia

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate approved a GOP redistricting map Friday which alters El Paso’s two congressional districts. The proposed map…

EPPD to ask City Council to spend $360,000 in tax money on marijuana testing

October 7, 2021 7:58 PM JC Navarrete

EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Police Department is looking to ask City Council to raise its budget by $72,000 next year to allow the department to…

Abortions resume in some Texas clinics after judge halts law

October 6, 2021 9:59 PM Associated Press

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortions have resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge…

January 6 committee issues new subpoenas for 2 leaders of ‘Stop the Steal’ group

October 7, 2021 2:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles and Whitney Wild, CNN The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol issued a…

WATCH: Escobar meets with Afghan refugees, soldiers at Fort Bliss

October 7, 2021 12:22 PM KVIA ABC-7

FORT BLISS, Texas — On Thursday, El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar toured the Afghan refugee camp at Fort Bliss’ Doña Ana Village. Escobar,…

Federal judge issues order blocking Texas’ 6-week abortion ban

October 6, 2021 7:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas issued an order Wednesday blocking the state’s six-week abortion ban. US District Judge Robert…