Texas Supreme Court to hear legal challenge to ban on transition-related care for kids

A fight over allowing transgender children to access puberty blockers and hormone therapies could hinge on justices’ interpretation of parental rights.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune January 30, 2024June 25, 2024

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Texas Medical Board remains silent on abortion laws, despite calls for more guidance

The Texas Supreme Court has asked the licensing board to offer doctors guidance on how to interpret the medical exception to the state’s abortion ban. Some doctors say that wouldn’t be enough reassurance.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 21, 2023March 22, 2024

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Ted Cruz, John Cornyn dodge questions about Kate Cox abortion ruling

Even though the two have been outspoken abortion opponents, both refused multiple times to answer NBC News’ inquiries about the Texas Supreme Court ruling.

by Sanford Nowlin December 14, 2023March 14, 2024

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Kate Cox’s case reveals how far Texas intends to go to enforce abortion laws

The Dallas mom’s case drew national attention and forced the abortion issue before the state Supreme Court. She ended up traveling out of state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 13, 2023April 18, 2024

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Texas Supreme Court overturns order allowing Kate Cox to get abortion

The all-Republican court ruled that doctors, not judges, must use ‘reasonable medical judgment’ to decide when a patient qualifies for the procedure.

by Sanford Nowlin December 12, 2023May 31, 2024

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Texas woman who sued over abortion ban leaves state for procedure

The Texas Attorney Genera’s office won an emergency stay from the Texas Supreme Court on Friday, leaving Kate Cox and her terminally ill fetus in limbo.

by Michael Karlis December 11, 2023March 17, 2024

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Texas judge allows Kate Cox to abort fetus with lethal abnormality

Cox, 31, at 20 weeks pregnant, has learned her fetus has a lethal abnormality that is almost always fatal at birth.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 7, 2023September 23, 2024

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Texas woman asks judge to let her terminate pregnancy after lethal fetal diagnosis

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.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune December 6, 2023January 18, 2025

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Texas Supreme Court considers abortion challenge

In August, a judge ruled that the state’s near-total abortion ban should not apply to medically complicated pregnancies. The state appealed that ruling to the Texas Supreme Court, putting it on hold.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune November 29, 2023January 13, 2025

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Texas judge’s refusal to marry gay couples goes before state supreme court

Texas Supreme Court justices heard arguments Wednesday in the case of a Waco judge who refused to marry same-sex couples. It is unclear when the high court will issue a ruling.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune October 26, 2023December 12, 2024

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Lawsuit by Attorney General Ken Paxton’s accusers can continue, Texas Supreme Court rules

The whistleblower lawsuit, which argues that four senior staffers were improperly fired in retaliation for reporting Paxton to the FBI, returns to a Travis County trial court for action.

by Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune September 29, 2023November 23, 2024

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‘Heartbreaking’: Anti-trans healthcare law takes effect in Texas

Despite ACLU win in lower court, an appeal by the state means transgender kids and their families will feel the devastating effects of the ban.

by Kit O'Connell, The Texas Observer September 3, 2023December 22, 2024

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Steve Toth, Unpaid Overtime: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Plenty of readers also checked out a piece on the GoFundMe account set up to aid a child critically injured by a fallen tree branch at the San Antonio Zoo.

by San Antonio Current Staff March 24, 2023March 28, 2025

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Ken Paxton’s whistleblowers ask Texas Supreme Court to take up their case as $3.3 million settlement in jeopardy

Lawyers for four former employees who accused the attorney general of firing them for reporting alleged crimes to authorities say Paxton won’t agree to finalizing the deadline by the end of this legislative session.

by James Barragán, The Texas Tribune March 9, 2023August 3, 2023

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San Antonio City Council approves pot- and abortion-decriminalization measure to go before voters in May

An anti-abortion group filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court this week arguing that the proposed initiative is illegal.

by Michael Karlis February 16, 2023June 18, 2024

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Attorney General Ken Paxton agrees to apologize and pay $3.3 million to whistleblowers in settlement

Paxton and the four whistleblowers asked the Texas Supreme Court to defer consideration of the case until they can finalize the settlement, after which they’ll move to end the case.

by James Barragán, The Texas Tribune February 12, 2023July 2, 2025

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How the debunked conspiracy film 2000 Mules became Texas Republican orthodoxy

Watchdog groups fear the film will fuel chaos in the upcoming midterm elections and could be a pretext for more restrictive voting laws in the future.

by Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune October 9, 2022February 26, 2024

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Texas’ child welfare agency blocked from investigating many more parents of trans teens

Friday’s injunction applies to all members of PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy group with more than 600 members in Texas.

by Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune September 18, 2022August 17, 2023

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Texas charity that backs Trump’s stolen-election lie has deep ties to Ken Paxton

The Texas attorney general would be the one to hold True the Vote accountable on allegations that it swindled a $2.5 million donor. But the nonprofit’s founder has been a friend and an ally.