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(The Center Square) – Texas law enforcement officers working under Operation Lone Star continue to thwart criminal activity on the Texas-Mexico border, including interdicting smugglers and kidnappers . Since Governor Greg Abbott launched the Texas Border Security Initiative last March, state law enforcement officers have apprehended more than 308,700 illegal alien nationals and made more …

In Texas, major social media platforms may soon lose the right to moderate their own content. “He makes exceptions for harassment, violence, censorship authorized by Section 230 of federal law, which is his own business,” law professor Alan Rozenshtein said. “But even reading them broadly…Do we want to have platforms where neo-Nazis are still allowed, …

On September 16, 2022, a federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that blocked a highly controversial Texas law prohibiting tech companies from moderating content based on point of view. In September 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Bill HB20, saying it would end “a dangerous move by social media companies to …

The Texas Supreme Court returned a divorce case to a Collin County court after ruling that a judge, not an Islamic Fiqh panel, should decide the issues. The case concerns the pending divorce of Mariam Ayad and Ayad Hashim Latif, filed in January 2021. When the couple married in 2008, they signed two documents titled …

On August 30, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order in NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. vs. Lake, a case raising dormant Commerce Clause challenges to a 2019 Texas law that prohibits new entrants from building transmission lines that are part of a multi-state power grid. The majority …

On the face of it, Governor Ron DeSantis’ scheme is a moral and political outrage. The Florida Republican and his team are accused of using false promises to lure desperate migrants onto planes in Texas, then dumping them on a small New England island ill-equipped for their unexpected arrival. It all appears to have been …

FORT DAVIS, Texas (KOSA) – Los Cherifés Viejos (The Old Sheriffs), a West Texas museum and law enforcement research center, has begun the incorporation process and has developed plans initials for the use of the renovated old prison in Fort Davis, Texas. Carl C. Williams, former Brewster County Sheriff, and Ben Medley, son of former …

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of a Texas law targeting big social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring the conservative discourse. But the ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans likely won’t …

The law, HB 20, had previously been prevented from taking effect by a May 5-4 Supreme Court ruling, which granted an emergency request from technology trade groups NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, which represent Facebook, Twitter and Google. Business groups have alleged that the Texas law violates the First Amendment rights of …

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, in campaign appearances with representatives of local law enforcement organizations for two days this week, stepped up his attacks on rival Beto O’Rourke, saying the El Paso Democrat is “a crook” that would destroy the Texas energy industry. and pursue policies that compromise public safety. Abbott, seeking a third term in …

UPDATE: The man who police say was involved in an aggravated robbery at Academy Sports on Monday has been identified ‘following multiple tips’. TEXARKANA, Texas (KETK) – East Texas law enforcement is looking for a man charged with aggravated robbery at a Sports + Outdoors academy on Monday. Tyler man charged with murder of woman …

Uvalde police have been criticized for their handling of the shooting.American statesman from Austin/Reuters Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw also told CNN he would fire anyone who didn’t do their job. The top Texas DPS official said he would resign if his agency shares responsibility for the slow response to Uvalde. Law …

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Federal agents are teaming up with local law enforcement to combat recent fentanyl overdoses in Hays County. On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Kyle Police Department and Hays County Sheriff’s Office held a joint press conference outlining their new initiatives. RELATED COVERAGE: Autopsy determines death of 4th CISD Hays …

WASHINGTON — One year ago, on September 1, 2021, Texas Senate Bill 8 went into effect and permanently changed the country’s abortion landscape, giving serious momentum to the national anti-abortion movement. abortion that resulted in the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer. The most restrictive abortion law in the country at …

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 797 more than a year ago, but school districts and citizens were concerned about the pandemic. No one paid much attention to SB 797’s requirement that all public schools in Texas—from freshman through college—display our national motto: In God We Trust. But as students return …

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered a lower court to allow previously rejected testimony in a lawsuit against the Public Utility Commission. AUSTIN, Texas — A 2019 Texas law regulating power transmission projects could violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, according to a federal ruling. NextEra Energy sued …

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 797 more than a year ago, but school districts and citizens were concerned about the pandemic. No one paid much attention to SB 797’s requirement that all public schools in Texas—from freshman through college—display our national motto: In God We Trust. But as students return …