Tag: Texas

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.

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.

Environmental and conservation groups recently filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block a land swap approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that would give SpaceX more than 700 acres of a national wildlife refuge in South Texas.

Federal ruling finds continued detention risks constitutional violation after nearly a year of confinement, medical emergencies, and allegations of worsening conditions at Texas center.

A lawsuit alleges a toddler was sexually abused while held for months in ORR custody as stricter federal procedures increased detention times for immigrant children.

A Univision reporter located Juan Nicolás in Mexico after ICE removed the 2-month-old and his family from a CoreCivic-run Texas detention center, as lawmakers and advocates clash with DHS over medical care and oversight.

Labor leader Taylor Rehmet’s upset victory in a Trump-carried Texas district sends shockwaves through Texas politics.

Does Texas, the heart of America’s oil and gas industry, tell a different story?

A rare mid-decade gerrymander in Texas, championed by Donald Trump, sparks lawsuits, protests, and warnings of a nationwide redistricting arms race.

Local records released this week—after a years-long lawsuit—affirm previous reporting about law enforcement’s flawed response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting.