To fight poverty, some Texas cities gave aid with no strings attached. Conservatives are pushing back. ( www.texastribune.org )
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To fight poverty, some Texas cities gave aid with no strings attached. Conservatives are pushing back. ( www.texastribune.org )
Guaranteed income programs let participants use funds however they see fit. Critics argue they're not a good use of taxpayer dollars....
Some Texas school officials are skeptical that a K-12 curriculum with Christian influences is the lifeline state leaders promise ( www.texastribune.org )
This is abhorrent. Fuck this Christian hellhole.
How shifting U.S. policies led to one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history ( www.texastribune.org )
Forty men were killed and more than two dozen were injured in one of the deadliest incidents involving immigrants in Mexico’s history. Investigators put the blame for the incident on the migrants who set the blaze and the guards who failed to help them. The United States urged immigrants to take heed of the tragedy and pursue...
Police arrest more than two dozen pro-Palestine protesters on UT-Austin campus amid tense standoff ( www.texastribune.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/30304802
Texas prosecutor disciplined for allowing murder charge against woman who self-managed an abortion ( www.texastribune.org )
Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez reached a settlement with the State Bar of Texas following an investigation. Ramirez agreed to pay a $1,250 fine, and his license will be held in a probated suspension for one year, ending on March 31, 2025....
Appeals court rules lawsuit seeking Jan. 6 emails from Texas governor, attorney general can move forward ( www.texastribune.org )
On Jan. 6, 2021, Ken Paxton spoke at a rally that preceded a mob of Donald Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol....
Texas woman asks judge to let her terminate pregnancy after lethal fetal diagnosis ( www.texastribune.org )
In an emergency request, the Center for Reproductive Rights is asking a judge to allow Kate Cox to terminate her pregnancy after she received a lethal fetal diagnosis.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate’s petition ( www.texastribune.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240703112930/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/02/texas-rodney-reed-supreme-court-petition-death-row/
Texas set to execute Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder ( www.texastribune.org )
Speakers pull out of prominent activist group’s pro-Christian nationalist conference ( www.texastribune.org )
On Wednesday, the Tribune reported that the conference lineup features figures with ties to antisemites and extremists, including Paul Gottfried, a far-right author who mentored neo-Nazi Richard Spencer. Since then, at least three of the 12 listed speakers have said they will no longer partake in the event, two of whom said they...
Texas education leaders unveil Bible-infused elementary school curriculum ( www.texastribune.org )
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Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office ( www.texastribune.org )
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Texas to pay landowners for damage caused by border crime | The Texas Tribune ( www.texastribune.org )
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Texans in Congress stay silent on Cuellar indictment, unlike with Santos and Menendez before him ( www.texastribune.org )
Police arrest more than two dozen pro-Palestine protesters on UT-Austin campus amid tense standoff ( www.texastribune.org )
How Texas’ cash bail system and under-resourced jails can wreak havoc on women who are poor ( www.texastribune.org )
About three in every four Texans in county jails are awaiting the resolution of their cases, according to data from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, the state agency that oversees local jails. That number has surpassed pre-pandemic levels and is 14% higher than in January 2017....
She was told her twin sons wouldn’t survive. Texas law made her give birth anyway. ( www.texastribune.org )
In December 2022, Miranda and her partner, Levi Langley, packed up the whole family, all their possessions and their pet chameleon and set out for Texas. It was time to come home....
In South Texas, one woman is leading an agricultural renaissance ( www.texastribune.org )
Texas National Guard is shooting pepper balls to deter migrants at the border ( www.texastribune.org )
Judge weighing whether to close El Paso shelter that aids undocumented immigrants ( www.texastribune.org )
“War on white America”: Influential Texas group hosting pro-Christian nationalism conference ( www.texastribune.org )
True Texas Project has for years worked with Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. Ted Cruz and other prominent Republicans....
Abbott appoints first judges to new appeals court for cases involving state government, businesses ( www.texastribune.org )
Some Texas school officials are skeptical that a K-12 curriculum with Christian influences is the lifeline state leaders promise ( www.texastribune.org )
Texas House runoffs bring wave of GOP incumbent defeats, give Abbott votes for school vouchers ( www.texastribune.org )
