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Texas Judges Reject Free Contraception For Teens Without Parental Consent

A program that allows teenagers to acquire birth contraception without the approval of their parents has been deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge in Texas, casting doubt on the program's ability to continue. According to James Barragán, a reporter for The Texas Tribune who covers politics, "for the longest time... If you were a young...

Leading Republican Calls For Steve McCraw’s Resignation

In the wake of the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas Department of Public Safety Chief Steve McCraw is fielding an increasing number of calls for him to step down from his position. After it was determined that 91 DPS officers were present at the scene of the shooting, but that they delayed...

Some Local Legislators Are Sabotaging Voter-Approved Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation

Last month, voters in numerous Texas cities approved decriminalization legislation, raising concerns among municipal authorities about potential violations of state law. In November, voters in many Texas cities approved marijuana decriminalization ordinances, which many saw as a sign of the times, given that marijuana prohibitions had softened in many places throughout the country. That has not...

Prominent Republican Calls For Steve McCraw’s Resignation

Chief Steve McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety is facing growing calls to resign, at the heels of the Uvalde mass shooting which occurred at Robb Elementary School. Families of the survivors as well as gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke are calling for McCraw’s resignation, after it was revealed that 91 DPS officers...

Migrant encounters Higher Today Than Before Operation Lone Star

For the past one and a half years, Governor Greg Abbot has kept border security as the main priority of his term in office, as well as the focus of his reelection campaign. $4 billion has been put on the line for this, initiating a border wall construction, not to mention dispatching National Guard servicemen...

Texas ‘Trigger Law’ Means Abortion Providers Face Jail Time And $100,000 Fine

The “trigger law” in Texas has now taken effect, roughly a month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “What it means is that there’s essentially no abortions in the state allowed, unless there is a threat to the pregnant patient by some health condition either aggravated or caused by the pregnancy,” says political...

Texas Guard Discourages Water Rescues Following Operation Lone Star Drowning

Operation Lone Star, the border security push by Gov. Greg Abbott, has been in the news for months, and now, after Specialist Bishop Evans’s death, the Military Department of the state is actively discouraging further water rescues by service members. Evans, a member of the Texas Army National Guard, died last month while attempting...

There’s Lots of Spending Happening on the Texas Republican Primary Elections

The primary runoff elections in Texas are this Tuesday, and a lot of is being spent on that. “You’re seeing beaucoup bucks,” says James Barragán, Texas Tribune’s political reporter. “There’s a lot of money going into it. And the reason for that is that Republicans control the state Legislature pretty dominantly, but now it’s basically an...

Two Men Indicted For human smuggling in San Antonio

A dangerous human smuggling case reported in San Antonio saw two men indicted, and 53 people dead. James Barragán of the Texas Tribune labels this incident “the biggest migrant smuggling death situation, I think, in recorded history”, and added that the people who were charged “face potentially life in prison or the death penalty if...

Texas AG Says The State Would Prosecute Same-Sex Intimacy If Supreme Court Ruled In Favor

Recently, there have been plenty of repercussions to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as well as new revelations that came out of the Jan 6 committee. Suffice it to say that this has been a busy news week on all accounts. Texas Tribune’s James Barragán is at work going through these stories as they...

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