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Texas ban on encouraging mail-in votes likely unconstitutional, judge rules
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, Mail-in ballots, vote by mail, mail-in voting, Texas, unconstitutional, lawsuit, First Amendment, voting rights, voter suppression, Senate Bill 1, SB 1, Texas Legislature, Federal District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, Federal Court, San Antonio, Bexar County, Houston, Harris County, Texas Republicans, Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, Will Thompson, Sean Morales-Doyle, Keith Ingram, Isabel Longoria, Cathy Morgan, Travis County, Williamson County, voter restrictions, voting restrictions
Threats from QAnon conspiracists have forced a butterfly sanctuary in the Rio Grande Valley to close
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, National Butterfly Center, U.S.-Mexico, South Texas, Mission, QAnon, conspiracy theories, right wing, far-right, Jeffrey Glassberg, North American Butterfly Association, Brian Kolfage, Donald Trump, border wall, Texas Republicans, Pizzagate, Hillary Clinton, Marianna Treviño-Wright, lawsuit, federal court, immigration, Trump Administration, We Build the Wall, disparagement, human trafficking, child trafficking, Ben Bergquam, Real America’s Voice, Kimberly Lowe, Virginia, harassment
U.S. Justice Department sues Texas over new voting law
By Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, U.S. Department of Justice, justice department, lawsuit, Texas, voting law, voting restrictions, Texas Republicans, Senate Bill 1, Bryan Hughes, Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, people with disabilities, elderly votes, people of color, members of the military, military personnel, polling, ballots, voting rights, civil rights, limited English proficiency, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, court case, federal court, Texas legislature, voter disenfranchisement
Appeals court allows Texas abortion law to resume, stopping federal judge’s order to block its enforcement
By Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, Abortion Rights, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, abortion ban allowed, resumes abortion ban, court allows abortion ban, Texas abortion ban, federal court, court ruling, blocked, State of texas, appeals court, Planned Parenthood, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, Roe v. Wade, Constitution, Texas Right to Life, Planned Parenthood, women's health, women's right to choose, lawsuits, heartbeat bill, Texas abortion law, texas abortion ban, abortion clinics, court ruling, Ken Paxton, Whole Woman's Health, ACLU, Reproductive Freedom Project, Justice Department, Department of Justice
U.S. judge blocks enforcement of Texas' controversial abortion ban, but the state's already appealing
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: Texas News, Abortion Rights, judge blocks texas abortion ban, Texas abortion ban, federal court, court ruling, blocked, State of texas, appeals court, Planned Parenthood, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Roe v. Wade, Constitution, Texas Right to Life, Planned Parenthood, women's health, women's right to choose, lawsuits, heartbeat bill, Texas abortion law, texas abortion ban, abortion clinics, court ruling
Justice Department asks court for emergency order to block Texas' abortion ban
Tags: San Antonio News, Abortion Rights, Justice Department, lawsuit, restraining order, emergency order, Texas abortion law, Texas abortion ban, heartbeat bill, abortion ban, federal court, court case, Joe Biden, White House, Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Republicans, Planned Parenthood, abortion, reproductive rights, women's health, women's rights, Helene Krasnoff, Senate Bill 8, SB 8
Texas faces three lawsuits against restrictive new voting law signed Tuesday by Gov. Greg Abbott
Tags: Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott, voting law, voter restrictions, lawsuits, MALDEF, LULAC, Georgia, Florida, MOVE Texas, Charlie Bonner, San Antonio, Austin, federal court, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, voters of color, LULAC National President Domingo Garcia, voter suppression, people with disabilities, poll taxes, voter fraud, election fraud, voting rights, civil rights, signing ceremony
Lawsuit seeks to block new Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy
Tags: San Antonio News, Abortion Rights, Texas, abortion, lawsuit, heartbeat bill, Nancy Northup, Center for Reproductive Rights, Idaho, Oklahoma, Planned Parenthood, American Civil Liberties Union, federal court, Austin, abortion rights, reproductive rights, women's health, Senate Bill 8, abortion ban, court case, Texas Legislature, Republicans
San Antonio man found guilty of hoax over claim someone would infect groceries with COVID-19
Tags: San Antonio, H-E-B, grocery stores, covid-19, covid, pandemic, coronavirus, Christopher Charles Perez, Christopher Robbins, FBI, Joint Terrorism Task Force, federal court, guilty, online hoax, Facebook, social media, licking groceries, U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff, U.S. Attorney's office
A Texas case challenging the legality of DACA is back in federal court
By Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune
Tags: San Antonio News, Politics & Elections, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Texas, MALDEF, courts, U.S. Supreme Court, Nina Perales, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Ken Paxton, federal court, legal battle, election, Joe Biden
Texas' attempt to ban common abortion procedure blocked by appeals court
By Shannon Najmabadi, The Texas Tribune
Tags: San Antonio News, Abortion Rights, Texas, abortion, second trimester, federal court, abortion rights, reproductive rights, Planned Parenthood, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Molly Duane, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Supreme Court, appeals court, dilation and evacuation abortion, Center for Reproductive Rights
Texas counties can offer only one drop-off ballot location, federal appeals court rules, upholding Gov. Greg Abbott’s order
By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune
Tags: 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals, appeals court, Joe Biden, voting rights, Mail-in ballots, drop off ballots, Greg Abbott, texas, governor, U.S. District Judge, Robert Pitman, federal court, Texas Democratic Party, absentee ballots, ballots, November election, 2020 election, voter suppression, U.S. Postal Service, Texas Solicitor General, Kyle Hawkins, Harris County, Travis County, League of United Latin American Citizens, League of Women Voters, lawsuit, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans
Texas counties temporarily blocked from offering multiple mail-in ballot drop-off locations
By Jolie McCullough and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica
Texas counties can have multiple absentee ballot drop-off locations, federal judge says, blocking Gov. Greg Abbott's order
By Jolie McCullough and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Mail-in ballots, drop off ballots, Greg Abbott, texas, governor, U.S. District Judge, Robert Pitman, federal court, Texas Democratic Party, absentee ballots, ballots, November election, 2020 election, voter suppression, U.S. Postal Service, Texas Solicitor General, Kyle Hawkins, Harris County, Travis County, League of United Latin American Citizens, League of Women Voters, lawsuit, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans
Union chief testifies that San Antonio post office managers lied to congressman on fact-finding visit
Tags: USPS, U.S. Postal service, San Antonio, Postmaster General, Louis DeJoyDelays, lawsuit, Joaquin Castro, Carlos Barrios, lied, duped, misled, Union official, Dennis Stasa, Donald Trump, mail in ballots, voting by mail, November election, tour, fact finding mission, congressman, budget cuts, New York, testimony, federal court
Voting-rights groups sue Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over order limiting ballot drop-off locations
Tags: Greg Abbott, legal challenge, federal court, lawsuit, Leagues of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women VotersSan Antonio, voter suppression, ballot drop offs, absentee ballots, Texas, voting, mail-in voting, mail-in ballots, 2020 election, November election, county drop offs, one per county, texas politics, Republicans, straight-ticket voting, Donald Trump, Voter Fraud, election fraud, St. Mary's University, Albert Kauffman, MALDEF, LULAC
No straight-ticket voting for Texas' 2020 election, federal appeals court says
By Emma Platoff, Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas, straight ticket voting, Texas legislature, federal court, court ruling, attorney general, Ken Paxton, Marina Garcia Marmolejo, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Bush appointees, George W. Bush, Edith Clement, Catharina Haynes and Jennifer Walker Elrod, 2020 election, November election, voting
Texas begins letting people register to vote online when they’re updating their driver’s licenses
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas Department of Public Safety, texas civil rights project, Attorney General, court case, federal court, voting, November election, 2020 election, DPS, drivers license, driver's license, District Judge Orlando Garcia, San Antonio, texas, texas politics, voter registration, online voter registration, Mimi Marziani, National Voter Registration Act
Feds slap Texas ice cream brand Blue Bell with $17.25M penalty for distributing contaminated product
Tags: Blue bell, Blue Bell Creameries, Blue Bell ice cream, fine, penalty, contamination, listeria, Brenham, Texas, Kansas, Justice Department, federal court, criminal charges, $17.25 million
Texas Ordered to Immediately Fix Flaws in Method Used to Reject Some Mail-in Ballots
Tags: Voting, Texas, mail-in ballots, mail-in voting, absentee voting, signatures, Orlando Garcia, San Antonio, federal court, U.S. District Judge, voting rights, McAllen, Brazos County, pandemic, covid-19, covid 19, coronavirus, corona virus, elderly voters, disabilities, vote by mail
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