Rep. Jasmine Crockett is in hot water for her comments about Gov. Greg Abbott, whom she called “Governor Hot Wheels” in a speech on Saturday. Amid backlash, Crockett made a post on X claiming she meant to attack Abbott’s “terrible policies,” not his disability. “I wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition — I was thinking […]
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‘Draggieland’ Is Back: Federal Court Blocks Unconstitutional Texas A&M Drag Ban
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Texas A&M University System’s ban on on-campus drag shows on Monday morning, allowing a student group to carry out an upcoming drag event on the College Station campus. Texas A&M’s drag ban violated the First Amendment, according to a ruling from Judge Lee H. Rosenthal of the U.S. District […]
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Texas Prison Falsified Temperature Records Inside Inmate Housing Units, Investigation Found
The temperatures in some Texas prisons are much higher than staff record them to be, according to a court-requested investigation, reported by KUT News. According to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice internal investigation, employees from at least one Texas prison forged temperature records. The agency uses these records to decide what conditions are dangerous […]
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Texas Is Secretly Collecting Data on Trans Drivers
In another move to intensify the surveillance of transgender Texans, the state has been keeping tabs on drivers who’ve updated the sex listed on their identification documents, The Texas Newsroom reported. The Texas Department of Public Safety collected drivers’ information and sent it to an internal email account made to monitor these requests, according to […]
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Houston-Area Midwife Arrested After Allegedly Providing Illegal Abortions
UPDATE, March 18, 2025: A Houston-area medical assistant and nurse practitioner were also arrested in connection to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s arrests targeting abortion providers. Jose Manuel Cendan Ley, a 29-year-old medical assistant, was arrested for allegedly helping Maria Margarita Rojas perform what Paxton called illegal abortions. Rubildo Labanino Matos, a 54-year-old nurse practitioner, […]
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Texas Megachurch Pastor Will Turn Himself in on Child Sexual Abuse Charges
A former pastor of a Texas megachurch is set to surrender to officials on Monday on child sexual abuse charges that date back to the 1980s. Last week, Robert Morris was indicted on five counts of “lewd or indecent acts with a child,” according to the Office of the Oklahoma Attorney General. Mack Martin, Morris’ […]
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As If He Needed More of Our Money, Texas Gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX Another $17.3 Million
Elon Musk — cheater at video games, Austin-based father of (at least) 14 children, and apparent supervisor to President Donald Trump — is getting millions of dollars more from the state of Texas, all while he slashes government spending. A $17.3 million state grant will go toward Elon Musk’s SpaceX for the expansion of Starlink, […]
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A U.S. Citizen Child Seeking Brain Cancer Treatment Was Deported with Her Parents
A family living in Rio Grande City was on their way to Houston to see medical specialists for their 10-year-old daughter when they were stopped and arrested at an immigration checkpoint, NBC reported Wednesday. When the mother — who spoke to NBC and whose name is being withheld to protect the family’s identity — told […]
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Hundreds of Texans Had Thoughts on School Voucher Scheme at Tense 23-Hour Capitol Hearing
If Texas lawmakers want to use taxpayer money to fund private education, they’re going to hear from a lot of concerned citizens. A contentious public hearing on the issue lasted almost 23 hours this week, as hundreds of people spoke to lawmakers. About 330 people registered for public testimony at the House Education Committee hearing […]
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‘We Value Our Health’: Fort Worth Pastor Brags About Low School Vaccination Rates
A private school in Fort Worth is proud of its low vaccination rates — it even put it on a T-shirt. Mercy Culture Preparatory Academy had a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination rate of 14.29% among kindergartners in the 2023-2024 school year, the lowest in the state, according to Texas Department of State Health Services […]