Tag: Texas
Tina wanted another baby. She also needed an abortion. Texas made...
She endured eight hysteroscopies and years of IVF, turning to surrogacy to grow her family. When she unexpectedly became pregnant herself, the state's abortion ban made her next decision far more complicated.
Homeland Security Opens Child Exploitation Probe Into Banned Texas Volleyball Coach
An agent said he began looking into Ryan Richardson after ProPublica and The Washington Post reported that the coach was still working with teens after a sports oversight group found that he had engaged in sexual misconduct.
Texas frees ICE agent charged in Minneapolis shooting after judge rejects...
Minnesota's attorney general says the governor's inaction protects a man accused of a shooting, not just an immigration crackdown
This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He...
Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching.
Why abortion opponents are turning their attention to banning surrogacy
Anti-abortion activists and lawmakers in Texas are pressing to limit or even outlaw surrogacy, a new step toward restricting major forms of infertility treatment.
Bulldozers begin clearing ground for border barriers inside Big Bend National...
Homeland Security set aside the National Park Service Organic Act, the Endangered Species Act and dozens of other laws to authorize the work, and a court challenge to that waiver is pending.
Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River...
The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region’s water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency’s financial problems, despite appointing every member of its board.
James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter...
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s review of the Democratic Senate candidate’s residency records found that he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.
Forget the DC swamp—here’s a gripping documentary about the most courageous,...
We’re talking seriously impactful breakthroughs, per this Inside Climate News report, as Diane and local citizen scientists now oversee a $50 (FIFTY!) million settlement—the largest clean water EPA penalty ever.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into...
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.













