The children were sexually abused and neglected while at The Refuge, a facility located in Bastrop contracted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, according to a report from a current employee.
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Transgender Texans
Texas sues to prevent losing federal funds over its investigations of trans children’s families
Texas is worried it could lose over a billion dollars in federal funding over Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive requiring medical professionals to report gender-affirming care for minors as child abuse.
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Transgender Texans
Court upholds order stopping child abuse investigation into Texas trans teen’s family
The appeals court’s decision allows a lower court to hold a hearing on whether Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate certain gender-affirming care as child abuse can stand.
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Higher Education
Third fired professor claims in federal lawsuit that Collin College is censoring political speech
The professor alleges the school violated his First Amendment rights when he advocated for the removal of Confederate statues and criticized the college’s COVID-19 plans.
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Politics
State bar complaint against Attorney General Ken Paxton to proceed after key deadline passes
Paxton is accused of professional misconduct for suing to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
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Criminal Justice
Texas man guilty on all counts in first Capitol riot trial
Guy Reffitt of Wylie was found guilty of five felonies committed during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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LGBTQ+ Texans
As Texas targets trans kids, their families scramble to find lawyers
Ever since Gov. Greg Abbott directed the state’s child welfare agency to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their children, LGBTQ-affirming family lawyers statewide have been deluged with calls.
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Criminal Justice
Texas defendant in first Jan. 6 Capitol attack trial “lit the match” of breach, DOJ says
In opening statements for the first trial related to the 2021 riot, prosecutors said Guy Wesley Reffitt, a member of Texas Three Percenters, spearheaded those near him to charge police. His defense said he was engaging in “hyperbole.”
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LGBTQ+ Texans
Texas investigates parents of transgender teen, prompting the ACLU to sue
The ACLU suit looks to block Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigate parents seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children.
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Congress
Cruz and Cornyn already voted against Ketanji Brown Jackson last year when she was confirmed to a lower court
President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning. If confirmed, she’d be the nation’s first Black woman to sit on the high court.
