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Texas Democratic House candidate's home raided over vote-harvesting allegations

Authorities search Democratic candidate Cecilia Castellano's home over allegations of vote-harvesting in her 2024 campaign.

Latin Times

Texas LULAC Calls For Federal Probe Into Paxton's Raids, Alleging Latino Voter Suppression

During one of the raids, the agents searched the home of Cecilia Castellano, a Democrat running for a state House seat, and confiscated her phone. Republicans view this seat as a key opportunity to gain control in the upcoming election.

Latin Times

Warrants detail allegations that led to search of Democratic candidate for Texas House

The Texas attorney general’s office searched the home of Cecilia Castellano and a Democratic legislative aide. It said it’s investigating vote harvesting. Activists called it “intimidation.”

The Texas Tribune

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LULAC condemns Paxton’s election fraud raids as “intimidation”

The group said that searches the attorney general’s office carried out this week targeted at least six Latinos, including a Democrat running for the Texas House.

The Texas Tribune

Judge rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down Houston immigrant rights group

Paxton’s office claimed the group broke rules prohibiting political activity by nonprofits, but the judge rejected the case outright.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Halts Gender Updates On Driver's Licenses For Transgender Individuals

Before this change, people could update the gender on their driver's licenses if there was a mistake, or if they had an updated birth certificate or a certified court record.

Latin Times

Transgender Texans blocked from changing their sex on their driver’s license

The Texas Department of Public Safety rule change surfaced in an internal email that also asks driver license staff to compile the names of people seeking a gender marker change.

The Texas Tribune

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Queer students look for alternatives after Texas A&M ends transgender health care services

The students saw the move as part of a political environment that has become increasingly hostile against LGBTQ+ people in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Children's Hospital whistleblower fired after exposing alleged Medicaid fraud: report

Former registered nurse Vanessa Sivadge is saying that the TCH "is using Medicaid to cover transgender treatments and cross-sex hormones."

Latin Times

Texas Attorney General Sues Houston Immigrant Rights Group Over Political Criticism

The state requested that FIEL's corporate registration be revoked, its certificate of formation canceled, the organization dissolved, and a permanent order issued to prevent the group from doing business in Texas again.

Latin Times

The campaign to gut Planned Parenthood

Abortion rights supporters have warned that they anticipate ongoing reproductive health battles in Texas and beyond

Salon

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Houston immigrants’ rights org over political speech

Attorney General Ken Paxton has targeted similar organizations that aid migrants at the border. The lawsuit appears to be the first to focus on political speech and rules that govern nonprofits.

The Texas Tribune

Texas AG again sues Biden administration for its workforce protections of transgender employees

The suit takes place one day after a federal judge in Texas expanded a ruling that blocks protections for LGBTQ students in the state

Latin Times

Texas sues Biden again to block federal protections for transgender workers

The Texas Attorney General is following his familiar playbook by taking the case to a federal judge with a record of rulings against the Biden administration’s agenda.

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Texas AG gives Dallas hard deadline to allow guns into State Fair

The decision to ban guns from the event has drawn ire from local Republicans. AG Ken Paxton gave Dallas "fifteen days to fix the issue."

Roll Call

Texas sues Biden over nursing home staffing mandate - Roll Call

The rule would require nursing homes paid by Medicare to provide at least 3.48 hours of nursing care per resident per day.

The Texas Tribune

Attorney General Ken Paxton threatens to sue Dallas over State Fair gun ban

A state fair spokesperson said they would cooperate with the city of Dallas’s guidance on the matter.

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Texas Attorney General Investigates Houston Utility After Hurricane Outages

Texas AG investigates CenterPoint Energy for alleged fraud and waste post-Hurricane Beryl power outages, raising concerns over Houston's power grid reliabi...

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The Independent UK

Texas launches new investigation into Houston's power utility following deadly outages after Beryl

Texas has opened an investigation into a Houston area utility provider over allegations of fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars during its botched response to Hurricane Beryl

Salon

The legal fight over Black hair in Texas

A U.S. judge recently dismissed a Black teen's claim that he was being discriminated against for having dreadlocks

The Independent UK

Judge dismisses most claims in federal lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle

A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who was punished by a Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle

The Texas Tribune

Texas attorney general says Biden must continue border wall construction after court deadline passes

Texas sued to stop an executive order issued by President Biden on his Inauguration Day to stop border wall construction and divert funds that had already been allocated for the project.

Latin Times

Texas officials celebrate as court allows floating river barrier to remain at the border

Governor Greg Abbott said that justice was done and took a jab at President Joe Biden for attempting to have them removed

International Business Times

Texas Says Meta To Pay $1.4B To Settle Photo-tagging Lawsuit

Meta has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating a Texas state privacy law with a feature for "tagging" friends in Facebook photos, according to a deal finalized Tuesday.

The Texas Tribune

Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion for using facial recognition technology without users’ permission

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Facebook parent company in 2022, claiming it had used personal biometric data without permission.

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