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Willie Nelson and wife had ballot applications rejected under Texas’ GOP-championed voting law
The music legend faced the same ID confusion that led Texas to reject 23,000 ballots under the new law.
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Abortion funds bring new legal challenges to overturn Texas ban
Lawyers for abortion advocacy groups believe opponents may have given them an opening to challenge the law in a more friendly federal court.
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Appeals court reinstates block on Texas investigating parents of transgender children
The ruling is the latest turn in a lawsuit brought by parents who were investigated for helping their teen obtain gender-affirming care.
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Gov. Greg Abbott brags about his border initiative. The evidence doesn’t back him up.
The data that Texas leaders use to boast about Operation Lone Star raise more questions than answers.
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Texas’ traditionally sleepy school board races are suddenly attracting attention — and money
As conservative parents become more frustrated with how school boards handled the pandemic, once-ignored school board elections are becoming better funded.
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Group buys billboards in San Antonio, other Texas cities to fight governor’s anti-trans order
The billboards purchased by the Trevor Project will educate the public about life-saving crisis services while spelling out the importance of gender-affirming care.
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Texas continues imprisoning migrants without filing charges or appointing lawyers, court filings claim
Months after the problems became apparent, migrants are still being kept in prison in violation of state laws under Gov. Greg Abbott’s border crackdown.
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Analysis: When 1 in 8 Texas mail ballots gets trashed, that’s vote suppression
Some 23,000 Texans who tried to vote in this month’s primaries had their mail ballots rejected, an apparent aftershock from new state laws.
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National Guard troops were dispatched to famous Texas ranches with private security as part of border mission
The revelation raises more questions about the use of National Guard troops, who have decried the mission as pointless.
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Bad Takes: Texas’ Operation Lone Star victimizes immigrants already fleeing violence and persecution
Blurring the line between criminals and immigrants is at the core of Gov. Greg Abbott’s approach.
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Internet roasts Ted Cruz for his inability to get out of big rig during his trucker convoy ride-along
After riding in the so-called “People’s Convoy,” Cruz had trouble figuring out how to get out of an 18-wheeler.
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Satire site The Onion skewers Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he signed law banning consensual sex
The piece mocks Abbott’s repeated pandering to Texas’ far-right fringe.
