Texas judge temporarily blocks anti-abortion group from suing Planned Parenthood abortion providers under new law
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) talks with CNN about her opposition to Texas’ restrictive abortion…
Continue ReadingRep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) talks with CNN about her opposition to Texas’ restrictive abortion…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A state judge has shielded, for now, Texas abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion group under a new state abortion…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new law prohibiting…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says the National Guard troops that she deployed to the…
Continue ReadingEl PASO, Texas — Preparing for the worst, without traumatizing students. That’s the goal of a new Texas law, Senate bill 168, sponsored by El Paso…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN An abortion fund that helps hundreds of women in the southernmost region of Texas each year has stopped answering its hotline…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — A judge Thursday afternoon granted the City of El Paso’s request for a temporary injunction, blocking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — A new Texas law that effectively bans most abortions prompted President Joe Biden on Wednesday to use a word he’d…
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is denouncing the Supreme Court’s decision not to block a new Texas law…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Starting Wednesday, more Texans will now be eligible for low-THC after a new law taking effect extends the state’s medicinal…
Continue ReadingTierney Sneed, CNN Access to abortion was curtailed significantly in Texas on Wednesday, with the state’s extreme and novel ban on abortions at…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday sent legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott committing nearly $2 billion in additional funds for border…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme…
Continue ReadingUPDATE, Aug. 31: At a heated El Paso City Council meeting Tuesday, council overrode a mayoral veto of nearly $100 million in non-voter approved debt…
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas — A total of 666 new Texas laws will go into effect this Wednesday. Debated, passed and signed during the 87th Texas Legislature,…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Legislature has signed off on a sweeping GOP rewrite of…
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN A Texas state law that bans abortion after as early as six weeks into the pregnancy could provide the playbook for red states…
Continue Reading(Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a bi-national partnership of news organizations in Ciudad…
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Commissioners on Monday lowered the property tax rate with the goal of charging homeowners the same amount of taxes…
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Moon and Eric Levenson, CNN Griddy Energy customers won’t be financially responsible for the sky-high electricity bills charged during…
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