Tag: Texas

The virtually unlimited access to firearms in the U.S. simply makes it easy for a disgruntled impulse-driven person to have a killing machine an arm's-length away when the red mist descends upon him.

"Don't look away," said one advocacy group. "Rally against the NRA."

Republican lawmakers in at least four states this week advanced bills banning or limiting abortion access.

When a Canadian company started drilling for oil and gas near Jim and Sue Franklin’s ranch in a small Permian Basin town...

Texas has long hosted a large and powerful oil and gas industry.

Is this the highest-profile example of a growing push by Republicans to give supporters broad power to sue over issues important to their base?

Texas' latest abortion ban deputizes ordinary citizens to hunt down and sue anyone who helps a woman get an abortion after 6 weeks (e.g. clinic staff, taxi drivers, someone who provided money for the procedure).

Aided by the U.S. Supreme Court, the state of Texas has now codified misogyny.

Both during and after DeSmog’s investigation, Lotus LLC has tried various approaches to keep information about the company under wraps.

“We’re not going to be bullied and intimidated by anybody, including the governor or our colleagues. We have a job to be the voice of our constituents.”