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Bill to protect against hairstyle discrimination sent to Texas governor

The CROWN Act would ensure protection for Texans who wear their hair in natural styles such as braids, locs, twists or knots.

The Texas Tribune

LOOK. Photos of former Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud at Texans’ rookie minicamp

Here are some of the first photos of C.J. Stroud at Houston Texans' rookie minicamp #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

TribCast: The scene in Texas as Title 42 lifts

On this week’s episode, we discuss the situation at the Texas-Mexico border and the failed effort to raise the age at which Texans can buy semi-automatic rifles.

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Police capture two more Mexican cartel members over kidnapping of four Americans

Four Americans that crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery were kidnapped on March 3 and two were killed

Daily Mirror

Pivotal House vote moves Texas closer to banning puberty blockers, hormone treatments for trans kids

The House approved a bill Monday that would ban doctors from providing transition-related care to children. It now heads back to the Senate, which can accept the changes or ask for a committee to iron out the chambers’ differences.

The Texas Tribune

Effort to allow casinos falls short in Texas House

Facing a rigid deadline, gaming supporters were unable to get the supermajority support needed to move the legislation forward.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Transportation Advocacy Revs Up at the Lege

After the passage of a road safety bill in 2021, proponents see another opportunity.

Texas Observer

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Watch: Texas HS catcher under investigation for throwing at batters’ heads

Other reports indicate this catcher has done the same thing in other games.

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Arrest after child passes note to school bus driver to call police for her

Police arrest David Amado Gonzales on aggravated assault charge after Texas schoolgirl passed note with her home address to bus driver

The Independent UK

An obscure 1800s law is shaping up to be the center of the next abortion battle – legal scholars explain what's behind the Victorian-era Comstock Act

Anti-abortion groups are looking for new ways to wage their battle against abortion rights, eyeing the potential implications of a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, that could effectively lead to a nationwide abortion ban.

The Conversation

It's bigger than guns

Conservatives have cultivated a negative and hyper-individualistic view of human nature

Salon

Dolly Parton fans in hysterics after singer jokes about threesome with Garth Brooks

Parton and Brooks co-hosted the 58th Academy of Country Music awards in Texas on Thursday 11 May

The Independent UK

Lainey Wilson and Chris Stapleton triumph at Academy of Country Music Awards

Lainey Wilson won album of the year for Bell Bottom Country and Chris Stapleton was named entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

WEKU

Bills by the handful perish as Texas House hits crucial late-session deadline

It was a night of frustration, retaliation and, for some, elation as the stroke of midnight spelled doom for a lot of legislation.

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Bill striking unconstitutional state law that criminalized homosexuality fails to meet critical deadline in the Texas House

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas’ law banning sodomy in 2003. It took almost 20 years for Democrats to get a bill to repeal the defunct ban on the House calendar.

Reuters

Uncertainty clouds US transition at Mexico border as new rules take effect

The Biden administration began implementing a sweeping policy shift at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired and new asylum restrictions took effect amid confusion and uncertainty.

Al Jazeera

Confusion, resolve at US-Mexico border as Title 42 formally ends

Experts say new restrictions at US-Mexico border will continue to impede access to asylum as contentious policy expires.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. House passes border bill shaped by Texas Republicans as Title 42 ends

The Secure the Border Act would resume construction of the border wall, limit asylum eligibility and require asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. It faces tough going in the Senate.

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Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals issue nine opinions from May 1-7

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued five opinions from May 1-7. The Texas Supreme Court issued four opinions from May 1-7. Both courts are the state’s courts of last resort. As of May 7, the court of criminal appeals issued 130 opinions in 2023 — 33 more than this…

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Texas House passes ban on devices that modify handguns, but averts vote on increasing age to buy semi-automatic rifles

A Texas lawmaker introduced an amendment that would have revived a proposal to raise the minimum age to buy certain semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21 before it was ultimately withdrawn.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Falcons RB Bijan Robinson signs 4-year rookie contract

All of Robinson's rookie contract is guaranteed.

The Texas Tribune

Texas sends more buses with migrants to Washington, D.C., the day before Title 42 is set to end at the border

As the Biden administration prepares to end the Trump policy that quickly expels migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Greg Abbott orders two more buses to take migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence.

The Independent UK

Woman's death by stray bullet authorities say Texas neighbor fired called 'senseless crime'

The family of woman who was asleep when she was hit by a stray bullet says it was a “senseless crime.”

Daily Mirror

Ed Sheeran's year from hell ahead of ACM Awards - best pal's death and wife's cancer scare

Ed Sheeran is taking to the stage at the ACM Awards in Texas as he tries to put the year from hell behind him which saw his best friend die, his wife receive a cancer diagnosis and a court battle

USA Today Sports Media Group

Oklahoma Sooners: Ranking their top 10 recruits in the 2023 class

Here are the Sooners' top-10 ranked recruits in the 2023 cycle.

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