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Editorial Roundup: Texas

Mar. 25, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

Dallas Morning News. March 24, 2024. Editorial: Is bipartisanship dead in Austin? Not on artificial intelligence rules. The need for an artificial intelligence law becomes more urgent each day. Artificial intelligence technology is exploding into all...

Law enforcement officials in Texas wonder how they will enforce migrant arrest law

Mar. 21, 2024 22:23 PM EDT

SANDERSON, Texas (AP) — During the nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport people who illegally enter the U.S., Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland never changed his tactics with migrants in his remote border county. Not because he opposes the idea. There's just no practical...

As Texas border arrests law teeters in court, other GOP states also push tougher immigration policy

Mar. 20, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers across the country were already jockeying to push their states deeper into immigration enforcement when the Supreme Court, if only briefly, let Texas enforce a new law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border...

Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

Mar. 18, 2024 22:58 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. A one-page order signed by...

The Supreme Court won't intervene in a dispute over drag shows at a public university in Texas

Mar. 15, 2024 14:32 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from a student group that has been blocked from staging a drag show at a public university in Texas. The justices did not comment Friday in refusing to issue an order that would have allowed Spectrum WT —...

Supreme Court extends pause on Texas law that would allow state police to arrest migrants

Mar. 12, 2024 12:08 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court extended a pause Tuesday on a Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants accused of crossing into the country illegally as federal and state officials prepare for a showdown over immigration enforcement authority. Justice...

Former Uvalde mayor is surprised a new report defends how police responded to school shooting

Mar. 08, 2024 18:52 PM EST

The former Uvalde mayor who ordered an investigation into actions by local police during the Robb Elementary School shooting said Friday he was surprised the report defended officers and believes the acting chief on the scene failed during the 2022 massacre. "What I’ve seen so...

David Covey forces runoff with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, who led AG Ken Paxton's impeachment

Mar. 06, 2024 02:56 AM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan headed to a primary runoff against challenger David Covey, bruising one of the state’s most powerful figures and emboldening state Attorney General Ken Paxton in his revenge campaign to oust GOP incumbent lawmakers who sought his...

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants

Mar. 04, 2024 21:24 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plans to arrest migrants who enter the U.S. illegally and order them to leave the country is headed to the Supreme Court in a legal showdown over the federal government’s authority over immigration. An order issued Monday by Justice Samuel Alito puts...

Judge blocks Texas from collecting info on transgender children receiving gender-affirming care

Mar. 01, 2024 17:19 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked state Attorney General Ken Paxton from forcing an LGBTQ+ advocacy group to hand over information about transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care. The ruling came just one day after PFLAG National...