Officials Play “Accountability Ping Pong” With Jail Deaths in Texas - Bolts A bipartisan push for jail oversight comes after a North Texas sheriff flouted state law mandating independent investigations of deaths on his watch.

“Had there been transparency in this whole process, would we have gone for almost three years not knowing that so many deaths had not been investigated?”
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Texas House speaker who faced blowback over Paxton impeachment drops bid to keep post Texas speaker of the Texas House has dropped efforts to keep his powerful post following a bruising year of criticism from the party’s hard right.

December 6, 2024 #Texas #GregAbbottsTexas #KenPaxton

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Texas AG Ken Paxton absent from letter condemning election violence, urging peaceful transition The Republican has a fraught relationship with the national group that issued the letter. Indiana and Montana also did not sign on.

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Allred torches Ted Cruz for claiming voters don't care about abortion rights MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell is joined by Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, nominee for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, to discuss Cruz's refusal to acknowledge the impor...

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Texas women facing pregnancy complications are forced to travel out of state for care Since Texas implemented its strict abortion laws, many women facing pregnancy complications have been forced to leave the state for care.

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18 years old at the time. She'd be 20 years now. Already had one child. #GregAbbottsTexas #TedCruz

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Maternal deaths surged in Texas in 2020, 2021 Even excluding deaths related to COVID, Texas’ maternal mortality rate spiked, reversing two years of improvement.

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Latino group, LULAC, steps up voter registration after Texas attorney general's raids The raids on the homes of members of the nation's oldest Latino civil rights group as part of an election investigation "lit a fire" among some Texas Hispanics, a LULAC leader says.

9/12/2024 -- “Our members have gone from shock to anger to resolve and are doubling their commitment to register voters and get them to polls,” LULAC CEO Juan Proaño told NBC News."

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Texas House Republicans petition State Fair to rescind gun ban The Texas State Fair announced guns would be banned on the grounds after three people were injured by gunfire at last year’s event.

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Texas attorney general threatens lawsuit over the State Fair banning guns The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates: No guns allowed. The state's attorney general threatened to sue unless the fair reversed course.

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Families 'in the dark' after Texas Children's lays off therapists The Chronicle spoke to seven families who faced disruptions to their child's regular therapy sessions. All of the children had complex medical needs.

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#GregAbbottsTexas Texas doesn't have a lot of the right kind of sunshine. @jimacosta.bsky.social @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
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Half a million CenterPoint customers will still lack power by Monday, executive tells PUC | Houston Public Media Jason Ryan, an executive vice president for the company, told the state’s Public Utility Commission that its crews were working flat out, but that the regions worst hit by Hurricane Beryl still wouldn...

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Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral… The platform was voted on Saturday, with tallies expected next week. Other planks call abortion homicide and gender-transition care “child abuse.”

5/28/2024 This is #GregAbbottsTexas. The Texas AG, Ken Paxton (reportedly under investigation by the FBI) has been mentioned as a possible AG for the US if the ex president is given a 2nd term.
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Texas and federal government clash over how to deter illegal border crossings Challenging the authority of the Biden administration, Texas has deployed state police, national guard soldiers, barriers and controversial policies to deter illegal crossings.

The GOP are choosing not to address the issue because they don't want to help the current president. It is deliberate. A choice. Cruelty is the result. Vote democratic. Fix this. #Texas #60mins #GregAbbottsTexas
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A radioactive threat found in the middle of America's fourth largest city raises alarm Material federal officials fear could be used in a 'dirty bomb' was found in Texas. The office tasked with preventing them is on the chopping block.

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What happens on the #TexasGOP’s watch?

Companies do whatever TF they want while Austin bends over & says, ‘More please’.

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