The fate of the statute remains uncertain. An appeal to the ruling is already underway, and an opinion on the law from the U.S. Supreme Court is still pending.
Courts
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Redistricting Texas
Analysis: Texas’ population has changed much faster than its political maps
Texas’ population has grown 40% this century, and 91% of the new Texans are people of color. Federal judges now have to decide whether those monumental changes are reflected in the state’s political maps.
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Health care
The Supreme Court appears open to rolling back abortion rights. Here’s what that means for Texas.
Texas has passed legislation that ensures abortion would be made a felony if Roe v. Wade is overturned “wholly or partly,” as the court considers Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.
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State Government
Federal judge blocks Texas law that would stop social media firms from banning users for a “viewpoint”
The law was passed this year after outcry from Republicans over perceived anti-conservative bias among major tech companies.
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State Government
Texas’ ban on mask mandates in public schools back in place after federal appeals court ruling
Three-judge panel finds no “concrete, or actual or imminent, injury” caused by Abbott’s ban on mask mandates.
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Texas Abortion Restrictions
Texas abortion funds struggle to meet demand for out-of-state abortion assistance
But some Texas nonprofit groups dedicated to paying for the medical costs of abortion say they have more money than patients to give it to — a likely symptom of fewer people being able to access the procedure because of the new law.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Judge blocks Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers after Texas, other states sue
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had called the mandate “an unprecedented federal vaccine decree” on health care workers.
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Health care
Fewer patients, smaller staff, an uncertain future: abortion providers await court decision on Texas law
For two months, providers have had to work in a sort of limbo as they wait to see if the new law passes the Supreme Court’s review.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Texas schools can again set their own face mask rules after federal judge overrules Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban
The judge said the governor’s order impedes children with disabilities from the benefits of public schools’ programs, services and activities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Courts
A state district court judge hears over a dozen challenges to Texas’ abortion law Wednesday
Abortion rights groups are asking the court to declare Texas’ law unconstitutional. It’s unclear what the outcome of this latest challenge against the controversial law will be or what weight it could hold overall.
