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Ten Commandments and prayer in public schools? Texas Senate approves religious bills

The Ten Commandments could be displayed in Texas public school classrooms and trustees could mandate districts grant students time for prayer and Bible reading under legislation approved by the Senate.

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Texas looms large in 2024 presidential race as Trump, others angle for early support

The former president is courting state support as other GOP candidates try to emerge from his shadow, including Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley.

The Texas Tribune

Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor

Greg Abbott didn't even wait a single day before calling for the potential pardon of racist murderer Daniel Perry.

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San Antonio to vote on progressive wish list on abortion, marijuana, low-level arrests

Proposition A on the May 6 ballot will test the city’s political climate and progressives’ ability to advance a controversial agenda.

The Texas Tribune

Evil school shooter used child victims' blood to write 'LOL' on whiteboard

The latest revelation came during an emotional hearing with victims’ families which marked the first time Texas lawmakers have given any proposed gun restrictions a hearing since the massacre.

Daily Record

Evil school shooter wrote 'LOL' in victims' blood on whiteboard after murdering 19 kids

The grim revelation about the actions of evil gunman Salvador Ramos came during the hearing of a bill that would raise the age to purchase certain semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21

Daily Mirror

Uvalde families back at Texas Capitol as gun bills languish

Families of some of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the Uvalde school shooting are making another plea for tighter gun laws

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Key takeaways from Harlan Crow’s interview with The Dallas Morning News on Clarence Thomas

DALLAS — Harlan Crow, the Dallas real estate magnate whose friendship with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has drawn national attention, doesn’t believe they’ve done anything wrong.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the House

There are $5 billion and several political wedges standing between the House and Senate plans, which now move into conference committee with less than five weeks before session ends.

The Texas Tribune

Skeptical rural leaders aren’t buying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice plan

Placed inside the folder of parental rights and one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s major agenda items, a school voucherlike program appeared to have a good chance of passing through the Legislature.

Tribune News Service

Popularity is optional as Republicans find ways to impose minority rule

Some of Trump’s party’s signature policies enjoy only meagre public support but rightwing judges and state legislators are proving adept at finding workarounds

The Guardian - US

TribCast: A major Texas abortion case and a potential Gov. Greg Abbott pardon in a murder trial

In this week’s episode, we discuss an attempt to use the courts in Texas to restrict the use of an abortion drug and Gov. Greg Abbott’s potential pardon of an Army sergeant found guilty of murdering a protester in Austin.

The Texas Tribune

Racist messages by Army sergeant who killed BLM protester revealed as Texas governor looks to pardon him

‘It is official, I am a racist because I do not agree with people acting like animals at the zoo,’ Daniel Perry wrote in a post less than two months before killing Garrett Foster

The Independent UK

Unsealed evidence shows racist comments, threats of violence made by Daniel Perry before killing of Austin protester

Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Perry, who was convicted by a Travis County jury last week.

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‘I am a racist’: Daniel Perry wrote, shared trove of racist, anti-protester messages

DALLAS — Newly unsealed court documents reveal Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, talked of killing people and shared racist memes over social media.

Salon

Docs reveal racist Daniel Perry messages

Daniel Perry repeatedly made racist comments and discussed plans to kill people

Tribune News Service

Father of BLM protestor slain by Army sergeant speaks out after Abbott pushes for pardon

Steve Foster remembers how nervous he felt as he flew to Austin from Denver late on April 5 — it was the first time in the state capital since 2020, the year his son was gunned down while attending a Black Lives Matter protest in the city with his fiancée.

The Texas Tribune

With tweet about a pardon, Gov. Greg Abbott injects politics into Texas’ criminal justice system

In an unprecedented use of his power, the Republican governor moved to pardon Daniel Perry less than a day after an Austin jury convicted him in the murder of protester Garrett Foster.

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The Independent UK

Juror slams Greg Abbott as he seeks to pardon man who murdered BLM protester

The governor determined he would pardon Perry less than 24 hours after the murder conviction was announced

The Texas Tribune

Watch: While lawmakers consider legalizing fentanyl test strips, this volunteer isn’t waiting to distribute them to his West Texas community

Michael Prado, with the grassroots organization West Texas Harm Reduction, is on a mission to distribute fentanyl test strips, syringes and overdose-reversing drugs like naloxone to his community.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Planned pardon in fatal shooting is the GOP's latest retreat from law and order

Apparently, it’s open season on Black Lives Matter protesters in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott didn’t even bother waiting for the sentencing of a man convicted of shooting and killing a protester supporting the movement before announcing he plans to pardon the shooter. Never mind that a jury has unanimously determined…

Tribune News Service

Medical marijuana for chronic pain? Texas bill heads to Senate after House approval

A bill expanding Texas’ medical marijuana program is headed to the Texas Senate.

The Texas Tribune

Senate budget panel approves $308 billion spending plan with new money for teachers, mental health, juvenile justice

The proposal for the 2024-25 budget cycle includes $142.1 billion in general revenue spending — about $5 billion higher than the proposal approved last week by the Texas House — at a time when lawmakers have a historic $32.7 billion surplus at their disposal this session.

The Independent UK

Juror: Texas governor's rush to pardon shooter a 'travesty'

An juror in the trial of a Texas man convicted of murder for killing a protester says Gov_ Greg Abbott’s rush to issue a pardon in the case is an “egregious overreach.”

Texas Observer

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Is Ron DeSantis running the Lone Star State? Republicans like Governor Greg Abbott seem to be in a rivalry to outdo his right-wing agenda..

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