“Should we be worried?”: Another well blowout in West Texas has a town smelling of rotten eggs

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• South Texas congressional races remain the most competitive — but this time Democrats are playing offense

  By Matthew Choi Oct. 14, 2024

  The same candidates will be running in Texas’ 15th and 34th Congressional Districts, though the presidential and Senate races could mix things up. Full Story 

• This mobile clinic is bringing birth control to rural South Texas

  By Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News Oct. 14, 2024

  IUDs and other hormonal implants require training to administer and are expensive to stock, making them hard to come by in rural Texas. Full Story 

• 5th Circuit Court orders federal judge removed from Texas foster care lawsuit

  By Terri Langford Oct. 11, 2024

  U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, the state’s de facto foster care czar, has been overseeing the case since 2011. Full Story 

• Judge strikes down strict voter assistance rules in Texas’ 2021 rewrite of election laws

  By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune Oct. 11, 2024

  Texas Republicans passed the legislation known as Senate Bill 1 after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and spread lies about it. Full Story 

• Judge reportedly strikes down Texas law that Ken Paxton frequently uses to investigate companies and nonprofits

  By Alejandro Serrano and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune, and Vianna Davila, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica Oct. 11, 2024

  A federal judge said Texas’ “request to examine” statute amounts to unconstitutional search and seizure, Bloomberg reported. Full Story 

• Robert Roberson loses one of his final appeals to stop Texas execution

  By Kayla Guo Oct. 11, 2024

  The state’s highest criminal court’s refusal to stay the Oct. 17 execution leaves the Palestine man with few options amid widespread support for clemency. Full Story 

• Texas students can now see which state public universities would accept them before they apply

  By Kate McGee Oct. 11, 2024

  Students can enter their class rank, grade point average, and standardized test scores to get a list of universities to which they’d be admitted. Full Story 

• Galveston man drops wrongful death claims against women who allegedly helped his ex-wife get an abortion

  By Eleanor Klibanoff Oct. 11, 2024

  Marcus Silva and the women agreed to drop lawsuits against each other just days before they were set to go to trial. Full Story 

• Can ire over abortion ban finally put a Democrat on the Texas Supreme Court?

  By Eleanor Klibanoff Oct. 11, 2024

  Three Republican incumbents are being targeted for their role in recent abortion rulings by a new Democratic political action committee. Full Story 

• In Texas’ biggest purple county, this far-right Republican is creating a playbook for local governing

  By Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune, and Jeremy Schwartz, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica Oct. 11, 2024

  From cutting social services to changing election rules, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach. Full Story 

• Ken Paxton’s voter registration suit against Travis County returned to state court

  By Kayla Guo Oct. 10, 2024

  A federal court’s decision is the latest development in a bitter pre-election brawl between Republican state officials and Democratic county leaders. Full Story 

• Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller subpoenaed to testify in his former political consultant’s criminal trial

  By Juan Salinas II Oct. 10, 2024

  Todd Smith was indicted in 2022 on felony charges of theft and commercial bribery related to taking money in exchange for hemp licenses that are issued by Miller’s office. Full Story 

• Immigrants brought to the U.S. as children ask judges to keep protections against deportation

  By Kevin McGill and Jack Brook, Associated Press Oct. 10, 2024

  Texas and other GOP-led states filed the lawsuit seeking to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which gives protection to more than 500,000 immigrants. Full Story 

• Here are the Texas House races that Democrats and Republicans think they can flip

  By Jasper Scherer and James Barragán Oct. 10, 2024

  Democrats — riding a wave of enthusiasm sparked by Kamala Harris’ nomination — think they can flip just enough House seats to stop Republicans from passing school vouchers. Full Story 

• Texas lawmakers signal openness to expanding film incentive program

  By Pooja Salhotra Oct. 9, 2024

  Directors, producers and actors say better incentives in other states pull projects away from Texas, which is losing out on millions of dollars. Full Story 

• Fight over West Texas nuclear waste plan to hit U.S. Supreme Court

  By Travis Bubenik, Marfa Public Radio Oct. 9, 2024

  A company has long pursued the plan to move “high-level” nuclear waste from power plants across the nation to a storage facility in Andrews County. Full Story