Texas can enforce 1925 abortion ban, state Supreme Court says
The ruling Friday night exposes abortion providers to fines and lawsuits even before the state’s trigger law goes into effect. Full Story
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At a New Mexico abortion clinic, calls flood in from Texas and wait time for appointments grows
The University of New Mexico Center for Reproductive Health is one of only three clinics in the state that perform abortion procedures. The clinic’s doctors say people from Texas make up more than 75% of their patients. Full Story
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![An ambulatory patient services coordinator, answers calls and helps schedule procedures at the UNM Center for Reproductive Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Thursday morning, June 30, 2022. Due to an influx of calls and the need for procedures, the clinic is booked four weeks out.]()
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Texas STAAR results improve in math and reading after pandemic dips
There had been fear that after another school year of COVID-19 disruptions, scores would not improve. Full Story
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A “cloned” 18-wheeler made it easy for smugglers to pass through the border, say state officials vowing to crack down
A federal agency estimates that about 75 trucks are reported nationally each year with copied or stolen state and federal ID numbers, which industry experts say is likely a significant undercount. Full Story
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![A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 46 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals on June 27, 2022, local officials in San Antonio said.]()
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State education board members push back on proposal to use “involuntary relocation” to describe slavery
The Texas State Board of Education is fielding proposals to update the state’s public school social studies curriculum this summer. Full Story
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More Texas schools are investing in online student surveillance. But does it work?
Uvalde’s school district is one of several statewide using online monitoring of student writing and messaging. But it’s not a perfect solution. Full Story
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![North Side Independent School District in San Antonio has implemented a pilot program to track students while on campus, having them wear radio frequency identification (RFID) chips on cards around their neck which are scanned by hidden cameras in the ceilings as well as used for lunch and library. Many students personalize their tags as in a music class at Jones Middle School in San Antonio, on September 14, 2012.]()
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Abortion funds languish in legal turmoil, their leaders fearing jail time if they help Texans
It’s unclear whether Texas’ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services. Full Story
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![A sign advertising an organization that offers services to abortion patients is on the wall at Whole Woman’s Health of Austin on Wednesday, September 1, 2021.]()
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Texas will increase checkpoints for trucks crossing from Mexico after migrant smuggling deaths
DPS said the checkpoints won’t occur at the ports of entry, which is different than in April when Abbott mandated all commercial vehicles entering from Mexico be checked by state police. The order snarled trade with Mexico at the time. Full Story
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After Uvalde shooting, Texas leaders will spend more than $100 million on school safety, mental health
Almost half the money is going toward bullet-resistant shields for school police officers, a move that Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on fellow state leaders to support. Full Story
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![Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a press conference at Uvalde High School on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in Uvalde. Twenty one people were killed after a gunman after a high school student opened fire inside Robb Elementary School on Tuesday where two teachers and 19 students were killed.]()
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Butt family, H-E-B donate $10 million to replace Robb Elementary School in Uvalde after mass shooting
The timeline is still unclear for demolishing the school building. The district has plans to replace it with a memorial park. Full Story
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![People walk through the memorial set up for the 21 victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on June 13, 2022.]()
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Supreme Court sides with school coach who prayed at a game, offering more protection to public displays of religion
The court ruled a Washington state coach was praying as a private citizen when he knelt after a game on the field, not as an employee of the district. Full Story
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![Joe Kennedy, a Christian former public high school football coach in Washington state who sued after being suspended from his job for refusing to stop leading prayers with players on the field after games, poses at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in Bremerton, Washington, U.S. March 15, 2022.]()
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Pandemonium, then silence: Inside a Texas abortion clinic after the fall of Roe
Texas clinics immediately stopped providing abortions Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Then, they had to tell their patients. Full Story
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![Nurse Kristina Hernandez becomes emotional while remembering stories of previous patients she helped at the Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services abortion clinic before Roe v. Wade was overturned in San Antonio on June 24, 2022.]()
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Republican Texas House candidate in Collin County charged with impersonating public servant
Frederick Frazier’s runoff opponent accused him of posing as a city code compliance officer to get campaign signs taken down. Frazier said his opponent is to blame in the case. Full Story
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U.S. Supreme Court rules there’s no right to abortion, setting up Texas ban
The high court’s monumental ruling will have major impact on Texas, which has a trigger law banning abortions that goes into effect soon. Full Story
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![Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision, in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 2022.]()
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Sister of Uvalde shooting victim testifies before Texas lawmakers: “I’m terrified to go back” to school
Jazmin Cazares, 17, was one of several family members of shooting victims and experts testifying before Texas lawmakers on Thursday. Her sister, Jackie Cazares, 9, was one of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde. Full Story
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![Jazmin Cazares testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety at the state Capitol in Austin on June 23, 2022. Cazares' younger sister was one of the 21 victims of the recent school shooting in Uvalde.]()
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Watch live: Sister of a Uvalde shooting victim and others testify before Texas legislative committee
A joint committee of the Texas legislature is meeting to examine strategies to prevent acts of violence after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde. Full Story
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![The sister of Jackie Cazares, one of the victims of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, speaks during the Austin March For Our Lives rally on Saturday, June 11, 2022.]()
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Texas is unlikely to adopt key provision of bipartisan gun bill — a red flag law to take guns away from people deemed dangerous
Red flag laws likely remain a nonstarter among Republican leaders in Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott already faced a conservative backlash after he asked the Legislature to consider them four years ago. Full Story
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Texans tell environmental agency: Stop being reluctant to regulate industry
A report from the state Sunset Advisory Commission found that Texas Commission on Environmental Quality commissioners have become “reluctant” regulators and often encourage industry to “self police.” Full Story
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![Dozens of Houston residents arrived at the Texas Capitol to testify during a Sunset Advisory Commission meeting in Austin on June 22, 2022.]()
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Texas ag commissioner proposes armed guards at school cafeterias
Experts said the plan, announced at the state GOP convention on Saturday, is not realistic and possibly not legal. Full Story
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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez sues DPS for not releasing Uvalde shooting records
State and local Uvalde officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity on the botched emergency response to the shooting that killed 19 children and two educators. Full Story
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![State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, speaks during a Texas Senate Democratic Caucus press conference urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session to address gun violence in the wake of the recent mass shooting in Uvalde at the Capitol on Jun. 20, 2022.]()
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