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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…

Federal judge orders Texas to suspend the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which banned most abortions statewide

October 6, 2021 6:51 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal judge orders Texas to suspend the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which banned most abortions…

WATCH: Herrell discusses Afghan refugees following Fort Bliss tour

October 6, 2021 12:52 PM KVIA ABC-7

FORT BLISS, Texas — Southern New Mexico GOP Congresswoman Yvette Herrell toured Fort Bliss’ Dona Ana Complex on Wednesday where thousands of…

WATCH: GOP governors join Abbott for Texas border tour

October 6, 2021 11:19 AM ABC News, Associated Press

MISSION, Texas — Eight Republican governors traveled to Texas to join Gov. Greg Abbott for a Wednesday tour of the border with Mexico. The…

Fate of George Floyd pardon request now with Texas governor

October 4, 2021 4:18 PM Associated Press

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas agency has approved a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004…

Donald Trump ratchets up demands on Gov. Greg Abbott to review Texas election results

October 2, 2021 1:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Fredreka Schouten Former President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to allow an election review bill to move forward…

Judge questions Texas abortion ban’s controversial enforcement mechanism

October 1, 2021 10:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed A federal judge Friday questioned the controversial enforcement mechanism of Texas’ six-week abortion ban and asked whether…

Texans are leaving the state for abortions after Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood clinics say

October 1, 2021 9:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Planned Parenthood clinics have seen dramatic increases in the number of people from Texas going out of state to seek…

Texas House map would pit El Paso Dems against each other

September 30, 2021 6:23 PM El Paso Matters - Molly Smith

AUSTIN, Texas — The first draft of a new Texas House map gives El Paso County less representation in the state Legislature’s lower chamber and…

Supreme Court agrees to hear Ted Cruz’s challenge to campaign finance reimbursement rules

September 30, 2021 8:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case concerning Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2018 campaign and consider…