Several members of the new coalition are also part of a legal challenge to Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance.
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Health care
Federal appeals court finds Texas foster kids were endangered — but strikes down some attempts at reform
A 2011 lawsuit over Texas’ beleaguered child welfare system has ping-ponged back and forth between an appeals court in New Orleans and a district court in Corpus Christi.
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State Government
Austin urges an appeals court to allow its paid sick leave ordinance to take effect
Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance was supposed to go into effect Oct. 1, but was blocked in August after business groups filed a lawsuit saying the ordinance violated state law.
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Politics
Two conservative groups are suing Austin over its nondiscrimination ordinance. LGBTQ advocates say they’re not worried.
The advocates say lawsuits challenging the city’s code prohibiting employers from discriminating against an “individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability” won’t hold up in court.
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Criminal Justice
Five days to vacate: How a sudden setback can lead to an eviction
Since 2017, 12 families a day on average have been evicted from their homes in Travis County. Many people had lost a job, experienced a medical emergency or had a roommate leave without notice.
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Criminal Justice
Judge recommends new trial for Texas death row inmate Rigoberto Avila
The state’s highest criminal court will now weigh the recommendation.
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Criminal Justice
Texas court halts Juan Segundo execution amid questions of intellectual disability
For the second time this year, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted an execution based on a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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Politics
Federal judge in Texas strikes down Indian Child Welfare Act
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the law “elevates a child’s race over their best interest.”
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Politics
Sens. Ted Cruz, John Cornyn vote to advance Brett Kavanaugh nomination
Cruz said Friday that he thought Kavanaugh had the temperament to serve on the high court. Cornyn suggested that many of the people protesting the nomination were paid.
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Health care
The hospital says she’s brain-dead. Her parents say she’s alive. Who decides when to take her off the ventilator?
A North Texas family is fighting to keep their 9-year-old daughter on a ventilator, though her doctors have said she is brain-dead. But a controversial, unusual Texas law gives doctors and hospitals broad decision-making power.
