Texas Gov. Greg Abbott floats building a wall on the Oklahoma border
It’s not the first time Abbott has engaged in Civil War adjacent rhetoric.
By Jesse Valentine - February 22, 2024It’s not the first time Abbott has engaged in Civil War adjacent rhetoric.
By Jesse Valentine - February 22, 2024Recent state and local legal maneuvers signal that Texas’ conservative movement could be wading into a complicated Constitutional morass the country hasn’t dealt with since before the Civil War.
By Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune and William Melhado, Texas Tribune - February 09, 2024Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023Lawsuits based on false claims about voting equipment could delay millions of dollars in cost of living increases for retired teachers expected to arrive in January. The lawsuits also threaten to hold up state property tax cuts for homeowners — arguably Republicans’ signature policy achievement this year. Voters widely approved both policies this fall. Now Texas lawmakers are scrambling in hopes of preventing further delays
By Natalia Contreras - December 04, 2023The latest news impacting reproductive rights around the country.
By Rebekah Sager - August 25, 2023The buoys are the latest escalation of Texas’ border security operation that also includes razor-wire fencing, arresting migrants on trespassing charges and sending busloads of asylum-seekers to Democratic-led cities in other states.
By Associated Press - July 25, 2023Democrats said the Schools Not Shelters Act would do ‘nothing to protect resources for students and schools or address physical safety.’
By Josh Israel - July 20, 2023Several Republican officials have encourage the public to support Daniel Penny, who has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely.
By Emily Singer - May 15, 2023Five people in a Texas town, including a 9-year-old boy, were shot to death in their home by a neighbor with an AR-15 on Friday.
By Emily Singer - May 01, 2023Daniel Perry compared Black Lives Matter supporters to 'a bunch of monkeys flinging shit at a zoo' and mused about wanting to murder protesters before he shot and killed a man.
By Emily Singer - April 14, 2023The White House condemned the ‘cruel’ and ‘dangerous’ action to leave more than 100 migrants, including children, outside the vice president’s residence on Christmas Eve.
By Oliver Willis - December 29, 2022A 10-year-old placed on a bus transporting migrants from Texas to Pennsylvania needed treatment at a hospital after reportedly suffering from dehydration and a high fever.
By Associated Press - November 16, 2022Dozens of asylum seekers say they were lured into boarding buses or planes headed to Washington, DC and Martha’s Vineyard with promises of jobs and housing.
By Oliver Willis - September 16, 2022‘The governor doesn’t make the law,’ said Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal. ‘The family code in fact says that parents should be providing medically necessary care to their kids.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 07, 2022‘They don’t really believe these things will solve the problem, the point is to distract us,’ said Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA).
By Emily Singer - June 03, 2022GOP lawmakers are politicizing the baby formula shortage with false accusations as President Joe Biden works to ease the problem.
By Emily Singer - May 13, 2022A bus carrying asylum-seekers from Texas arrived Wednesday outside Fox News headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By Emily Singer - April 13, 2022‘I am relieved that we are moving out of state and filled with anxiety for everyone who can’t escape this nightmare,’ one parent said.
By Casey Quinlan - March 03, 2022Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are targeting trans kids and their families.
By Casey Quinlan - February 28, 2022Resources for educators who want to help LGBTQ youth feel safe in schools have been removed from the Florida Department of Education’s website.
By Casey Quinlan - December 07, 2021The candidate, Allen West, recently resigned as Texas GOP chair after he was accused of using the post to promote himself.
By Josh Israel - November 23, 2021A Texas health program that offered mental health care and hormone treatments to trans kids has dissolved following attacks from anti-trans protesters who falsely claimed the program was ‘child abuse.’
By Casey Quinlan - November 22, 2021Advocates called the ruling a victory for students with disabilities and noted it could have implications beyond the Lone Star State.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - November 11, 2021New analysis shows non-Hispanic Black people will be disproportionately impacted if activists and legislators succeed at banning abortion entirely.
By Lisa Needham - November 03, 2021The lawsuit says Republicans passed an ‘absurd’ congressional map that gives white voters more power.
By Emily Singer - October 26, 2021Texas Democrats say the bill is cruel to transgender students and would lead to bullying.
By Casey Quinlan - October 15, 2021Some claim the Republican governor’s actions are more about politics than public health.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - October 13, 2021Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has barred private companies from requiring employees or customers to get COVID-19 vaccines.
By Emily Singer - October 12, 2021Texans are not on board with Gov. Greg Abbott’s actions against abortion rights and COVID safety measures, according to new Quinnipiac University polling.
By Josh Israel - September 30, 2021The GOP governor has referred to the death penalty as ‘Texas justice.’ Catholic activists say that puts him at odds with his own faith.
By Josh Axelrod - September 29, 2021