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Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem from Monthlong Attorney General Investigation

These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.

Texas Observer · Mar 19, 2025

Texas medical assistant arrested in connection to clinics accused of providing illegal abortions

A second person has been arrested in connection to a Texas midwife who is accused of providing illegal abortions at three clinics around the Houston area

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025

Texas Files First Abortion-Related Criminal Charges Against Houston Midwife 'Dr. Maria'

The defendants served a primarily Spanish-speaking, low-income community and face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.

Latin Times · Mar 18, 2025

Texas’ first abortion arrests stem from monthlong attorney general investigation

These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 17, 2025

Paxton says trans Texans can’t use court orders to change sex on driver’s licenses, birth certificates

Per the attorney general’s nonbinding opinion, state agencies should change gender markers on government documents back to a person’s sex assigned at birth.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 14, 2025

Texas AG Paxton Opens Probe on Dallas Police for Refusing to Cooperate with ICE: 'The Law is Not Optional'

Rather than immigration enforcement, The Dallas Police Department has initiated outreach events through its Latino Community Outreach Program, UNIDOS

Latin Times · Mar 14, 2025

FEMA wants the names and addresses of migrants helped by Texas nonprofits and local governments that got federal grant money

A letter sent this week claims the grant recipients, including many Texas cities and counties, may have illegally “induced” undocumented immigrants to enter the country.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 13, 2025

Paxton investigates Dallas for alleged sanctuary city policies

Attorney General Ken Paxton said a recent statement by Dallas’ interim police chief raised concerns that the city might be violating a state law against so-called sanctuary city policies.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 13, 2025

From opposing robber barons to the New Deal to desegregation to DOGE, state attorneys general have long taken on Washington

The start of President Donald Trump’s second term has been a bonanza for the attorneys general of blue states. As the president has released his blizzard of executive orders and axed federal funding and programs on which states rely, these attorneys general have filed suits designed to put the brakes…

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2025

Local and State Police Are Joining Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’

Texas law enforcement agencies and others around the nation are reviving a long-dead "task force" program that led to racial profiling in the past.

Texas Observer · Feb 27, 2025