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Texas voting law hits Black voters hard

Skyrocketing ballot rejections, Democrats say, is "direct" and "intended" result of state's new voting restrictions

Salon · Mar 24, 2022

‘Everything’s going to pieces’: how a port took over a Black US neighborhood

Port Freeport in Texas has obtained 95% of property in East End as part of an extensive expansion – and many former residents are upset over being displaced

The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2022

Meet the aspiring vending machine king of Texas, age 21

Jaime Ibanez is on his way to becoming the vending machine king of Texas, or so he hopes.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022

John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022

SWAT Team Storms House After Texas Man Allegedly Holds Girlfriend Prisoner

Jorge Alexander Gonzalez is charged with assaulting his victim, with further charges to follow.

Zenger · Mar 23, 2022

White House condemns ‘devastating’ Idaho law banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy

Governor signs bill into law despite reservations about ‘unintended consequences’ for rape survivors

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Results in the five Texas House Democratic primaries with the most candidate fundraising

Democratic primary elections for 109 of 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 109 seats up for election in 2022, 31 had a primary election with more than one candidates.

Ballotpedia · Mar 23, 2022

‘Teach the Truth’ campaign aims to battle book bans, censorship in Texas schools

DALLAS — Education and civil rights groups are forming a coalition to beat back censorship in Texas public schools and oppose book bans.

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022

Results in the five Texas House Republican primaries with the most candidate fundraising

Republican primary elections for 124 of 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives took place on March 1, 2022. Of the 124 seats up for election in 2022, 56 had a primary election with more than one candidates.

Ballotpedia · Mar 23, 2022

Idaho governor signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law

Idaho has become the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas law banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy by allowing civil lawsuits to avoid constitutional court challenges

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022