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A federal judge has found that a Texas law that requires most government contractors to swear they won’t boycott Israel violated a Houston company’s First Amendment rights, though the court didn’t not invalidate the law statewide. Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas said the law bars A&R Engineering & Testing, Inc. from …

SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) — A new Texas law will change how the mail-in ballot application works in the upcoming primaries in March. So far, this is already forcing counties to reject claims. The law is Senate Bill 1, and it was not signed into law without controversy. Democrats left for DC to stop the bill …

Protesters gather on the steps of the State Capitol to speak out against transgender-related bills pending in the Texas Senate and Texas House, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Austin, in Texas. A new Texas law prohibits transgender student athletes from competing on school sports teams that match their gender identity. House Bill 25 is one …

A U.S. appeals court transferred a challenge to Texas law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy to the state Supreme Court in a 2-1 vote Monday night. Why is this important: The ruling by the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals means the nation’s most restrictive abortion law can remain in place …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court dealt yet another defeat to opponents of Texas’ strict abortion law on Monday by steering the case to the side of the state’s Republican-majority Supreme Court, making fear that the near total ban on abortion will remain intact for the foreseeable future. The Texas law that bans …

Election officials say a provision in Texas’ new election law, which took effect Dec. 2, violates their First Amendment rights. December 29, 2021Updated: December 29, 2021 11:17 a.m. A poll worker stamps a ballot before depositing it in a secure box at a ballot drop off location on October 13, 2020 in Austin, Texas. Sergio …

The motion is the latest step in a federal lawsuit filed Dec. 10 by the Harris County election administrator and a volunteer assistant clerk from central Texas. TEXAS, USA – The Harris County Elections Administrator and an Austin-area voter registrar have asked a federal judge to block a Texas law that prohibits election officials from …

Jefferies Financial Group is clearly emerging as a winner in the Texas Republicans’ efforts to punish Wall Street banks for their restrictive gun policies. Texas’ lucrative municipal bond market, just behind California in issuance, has been in turmoil since a law came into effect on September 1 that prohibits state entities and local governments from …

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) – A Republican state official introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring a new Texas law. St. Louis Post-Expedition reports that the bill introduced Thursday by State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman Arnold would prohibit terminating a pregnancy once cardiac activity is detected in an embryo, typically around …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Republican state official introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring a new Texas law. St. Louis Post-Expedition reports that the bill introduced Thursday by State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman Arnold would prohibit terminating a pregnancy once cardiac activity is detected in an embryo, typically around …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican state representative has introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring a new Texas law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the bill introduced Thursday by State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman of Arnold would ban the termination of a pregnancy once heart activity is detected …

Televangelist Kenneth Copeland is able to use a loophole in Texas state law to legally avoid paying property taxes on his $ 7 million, 18,000 square foot mansion near Forth Worth, a t -on revealed Wednesday. This despite the fact that Copeland is said to be the richest pastor in the United States, with an …

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential news from Texas. In its expected ruling on Texas’ controversial abortion ban last week, the US Supreme Court expressed serious concerns about the law’s unique enforcement mechanism, which allows anyone to sue those who break the law. …

Nashville – A Chattanooga jury has unanimously declared a Texas law firm, its owner and agents responsible for consumer protection violations and unauthorized practice of law resulting from their actions in soliciting the families of the fatal Chattanooga school bus crash of 2016. On November 12, 2021, the jury ruled in favor of the state …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Friday that abortion clinics can move forward with a challenge to Texas’s ban on most abortions, a move that puts state law in jeopardy although the judges allowed it to remain in force for the time being. In a divided opinion, the court said the head of the …

Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion protesters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion protesters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Saying the Supreme Court “let us …

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington on Wednesday evening, June 30, 2021, as the final rulings on the mandate are awaited. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite) (The Hill) – The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for abortion providers to file a federal lawsuit challenging a restrictive Texas law that bans abortion …

December 3, 2021 12:24 PM EST Texas law to stamp out ‘critical race theory’ in schools goes into effect A new law aimed at stamping out “critical race theory” in public schools went into effect in Texas on Thursday. Austin, TX- A new law aimed at eradicating “critical race theory” (CRT) in public schools came …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elu3E0AbMlg Oakland News Now – Texas law criminalizes prescribing abortion pills takes effect – video made by the YouTube channel with the logo in the upper left corner of the video. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this type of video blog content. In 2000, the FDA approved the use of physician-prescribed abortion pills …

In 2000, the FDA approved the use of doctor-prescribed abortion pills for women during their first 10 weeks of pregnancy. SAN ANTONIO – Women in Texas looking for doctor-prescribed abortion pills are now being forced to a smaller window to use the drug following a bill that was passed by the state legislature. Senate Bill …

On Wednesday evening, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Texas law regulating how social media companies can moderate content, hours before it goes into effect. Siding with two tech business groups that had sued the law, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman banned Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office from enforcing the measure, which bans large social …

The Texas Body Camera Act gives police departments the discretion to withhold body camera footage. READ MORE “Mental illness is not a crime” At least one in three people killed by Dallas-Fort Worth police since 2014 suffered from a mental health crisis. Other cities are sending trained civilians instead of the police to mental health …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjZdfVOAjBI Oakland News Now – CHECK: Does Texas law require you to have a will? – video made by the YouTube channel with the logo in the upper left corner of the video. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this type of video blog content. Caring for your family after your death is something …

Other editors have been criticized for the way they cover content such as abortion, masturbation, and LGBTQ + topics. AUSTIN, Texas – On Friday, the Texas State Board of Education voted to adopt new health textbooks from a single publisher after critics opposed content taught in schools on topics related to the sex education. Earlier …

Natalia Cox, 21, was murdered in March by a man who, according to investigators, threatened her in her apartment a week earlier. AUSTIN, Texas – The parents of a 21-year-old student in Austin are fighting for change after their daughter, Natalia Cox, was murdered by a man investigators say she only met 10 days before. …

HENDERSON, Texas (KETK) – Dozens of bottles of promethazine have been taken from a man in Rusk County. These products would have been worth more than $ 32,000 if they were sold on the street. “It’s starting to increase, I don’t really understand why because it’s been around for a while,” said Kevin Bisnette, a …

TOPEKA, Kan. – The covid-19 pandemic and Texas’ virtual abortion ban have increased interest in getting abortion drugs by mail, but the legality of doing so is in doubt in several states. The case takes on new urgency with the Supreme Court due to hear arguments next month in Mississippi’s attempt to erode the Roe …

Ohio Republicans on Wednesday introduced a bill calling for a total abortion ban in the state, going beyond the Texas “heartbeat” law currently under review by the Supreme Court. . The bill, called law 2363, which lawmakers say is the number of children lost every day to abortion in the United States, seeks to ban …

Click to enlarge Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal Over 1,000 people gathered at the Statehouse for the National Women’s March focusing on reproductive rights. The planned walk to Goodale Park was changed to a tour around the city center due to the high attendance on Saturday October 2, 2021. A new …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) – Republican lawmakers in Ohio want to replicate the abortion ban passed in Texas and facing a challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court. Bill 480, introduced Tuesday, would allow anyone to sue a doctor who performs an abortion or an individual who “aids or encourages” an abortion. Anyone who performs or …

AUSTIN, Texas — A new Texas law will make it illegal for people to leave their dogs chained outside. Governor Greg Abbott signed the bill into law last week. He had vetoed an earlier version of the bill, which passed both legislative houses with bipartisan support. At the time, Abbott said “Texas is not a …

The Supreme Court, whose conservative majority is seen on the verge of overturning decades-old rulings guaranteeing the right to abortion, heard its first two abortion cases for the 2021-2022 term on Monday. But the court could decide this case without ruling on the fate of abortion rights in America. At stake is the future of …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fw73g_CvO0 Oakland News Now – Texas’ new law targets abortion pills – video made by the YouTube channel with the logo in the upper left corner of the video. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this type of video blog content. An international group that sends abortion pills to women says demand in Texas …

October 26, 2021 1:02 PM EDT Greg Abbott signs redistribution and anti-trans bills into Texas law Texas Governor Greg Abbott started the week signing several high-profile bills. Austin, Texas – Texas Governor Greg Abbott started the week signing several high-profile bills. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put his signature on several GOP priority bills on Monday, …

Texas law enforcement, including the North Texas Marshals Fugitive Task Force, ultimately recovered a fugitive and a sex offender who was on the Texas Most Wanted Fugitive List. Police capture two wanted fugitives Dallas police arrested Alberto Mendoza on October 13 in Dallas. He was then placed on Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list on …

The First Amendment protects us from an overambitious government that dictates what we can say and where. But last month, Texas ignored First Amendment limits in government when Gov. Greg Abbott enacted Bill 20. Presented as a conservative anti-bias law by its supporters, the unconstitutional law is anything but conservative because it allows the government …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Alarmed and at the same time energized by a Texas law that bans most abortions, abortion rights advocates in the General Assembly are targeting what people on both sides of the contentious issue see as the last restriction on access to abortion in Illinois. What would you like to know Illinois …

Although she supports the codification of Roe v. Wade, Collins does not support the Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act, but instead tries to craft her own bill to achieve the same goal. And while she publicly criticized the Texas law last weekend as being “extreme, inhuman and unconstitutional” and opposed the court’s decision not to …

America’s largest bank said it was barred from underwriting Texas municipal bond deals after the state passed a law banning government work with banks that restrict doing business with the industry. fire arms. Due to the legislation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. will not bid with public entities in Texas, a key market where the bank …

Women marched by the thousands on Saturday outside the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest the state’s growing restrictions on abortion. (AP) Women marched by the thousands Saturday outside the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest the state’s growing restrictions on …

“Let’s talk about the elephant in the womb.” The anger that had built up over the month of September finally boiled over on Saturday. It started on September 1 with Texas effectively banning abortions using a mechanism that sounds a lot like vigilante justice. Then, just a day later, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to …

Local organizations continue their fight for women’s rights to health care as two new state laws seek to protect the life of the unborn child. Medical providers, who are already fighting Senate Bill 8 that allows citizens to sue anyone who receives or performs an abortion after six weeks, are now fighting Senate Bill 4. …

Editor’s note: This story previously twisted what the law required a plaintiff to prove in court in order to sue a company whose employee caused injury or death in a collision. This has been corrected below. AUSTIN (KXAN) – On her lunch break after her teaching job in South Austin, Christina Sauceda was on her …

The House passed a law on Friday to guarantee access to abortion nationwide after the Supreme Court earlier this month refused to block a Texas law that bans the procedure in almost all cases. The bill passed along party lines, 218-211, with only one conservative Democrat, Representative Henry Cuellar (Texas), voting against. He is now …

A Florida lawmaker on Wednesday introduced a bill inspired by the new Texas law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks before many people know they are pregnant. Why is this important: Similar bills introduced in the Florida legislature have failed, but that was before the Supreme Court refused to block …

A Florida Republican introduced a bill to ban most abortions, following similar legislation that came into effect earlier this month in Texas. The bill, introduced on Wednesday by State Representative Webster Barnaby, whose district includes Orange City, Fla., Echoes controversial provisions seen in Texas that would ban abortions upon detection of heart activity, normally six …

The concept of ‘hostile workplace’ seems to be at the heart of Salesforce announces they will fund the move of any employee who finds Texas’ new law restricting abortion objectionable. Interestingly, Benioff, president of Salesforce, didn’t just apply this to female employees and that the initial version did not specify Texas but “any state”. While …

A majority of Americans disapprove of the two key parts of Texas’ law restricting access to abortion, according to a recent Monmouth University poll. The survey conducted earlier this month also found that most disagreed with a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the law, which prohibits abortions when most women realize they are pregnant. , …

A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of new Texas law has been prosecuted, setting up a potential test of the legality of an extreme and near-total ban on the procedure. Former Arkansas and Illinois attorneys filed lawsuits Monday against Dr. Alan Braid, who became the first abortion provider in …

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Greg and Sally Schmoll After Sally Schmoll was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016, she learned that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was a cause of the disease known as “the silent killer.” Growing up without central air conditioning in the sweltering heat of St. Louis before moving to Indianapolis, she had used the powder …

The fateful step of the Supreme Court in the judicialization of abortion in 1973 effectively removed it from the political process for almost half a century. The passionate sentiments of Americans on the matter were shifted from legislative disputes (where they belonged) to the makeup of the Supreme Court, resulting in the crass, overtly political, …

AUSTIN (Nexstar) – A new Texas law provides funding to school districts that want or already have distance learning programs if their students have met certain prior learning criteria. Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 15 comes into force Last week. In order for a school to qualify, its students applying to learn outside the …

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ida, a lingering question is whether the effects of this Gulf storm will be sufficient to excuse delay or failure to deliver. Many parties in the oil and gas, petroleum services, and energy infrastructure industries that were impacted by the storm are using Texas law …

Sen. Kathleen Passidomo Tuesday clarified her wish for stricter abortion regulations in Florida. “Given the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, we could seek greater protections for life in Florida,” said the Republican from Naples, who is in line be president of the Senate if the Republicans retain a majority in …

The fateful Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in 1973 effectively removed it from the political process for nearly half a century. Americans’ heated feelings on the issue shifted from legislative disputes (where they belonged) to the makeup of the Supreme Court, resulting in the crass, overtly political and circus-like nominating battles that characterized almost …

DALLAS (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott, in defending a virtual abortion ban in Texas, says women and girls who are raped will not be forced to give birth because the new law “provides at least six weeks for that a person is able to have an abortion. But that’s not how pregnancy works. Texas law …

One of several new laws taking effect in Texas this month will change the rules for vets with disabilities regarding accessible parking spaces. Disabled veteran license plates, also known as DV plates, will no longer be enough on their own to legally park in accessible parking spaces starting Jan. 1, 2022, according to Senate Bill …

The road to a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state, bypassing the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade for now, began in a town called Waskom, which has a population of 1,600. The Supreme Court’s decision last week not to interfere with the state’s strict abortion law has drawn outrage …

AUSTIN, Texas/NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) – U.S. companies including Lyft Inc, American Airlines Group Inc and Silicon Laboratories Inc expressed dissatisfaction on Friday with new Texas laws on abortion, handguns and voting restrictions, a further sign of increased efforts by some companies to signal their commitment to social responsibility. Lyft (LYFT.O) and Uber Technologies …

Ride-sharing app Lyft will cover 100% of legal costs for drivers sued under Texas’ restrictive new abortion law SB8, which allows individuals to sue someone taking a woman for the now-illegal procedure. What do you want to know Ride-sharing app Lyft announced on Friday that it will cover 100% of legal costs for drivers sued …

NEW YORK — Ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft said Friday they would cover the legal costs of any driver sued under the new law banning most abortions in Texas. Texas law prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect heart activity, usually about six weeks and often before women know they are pregnant. Rather than being …

Gov. Kristi Noem says she’s asking lawyers in her office to review the state’s abortion laws. The statement comes as the US Supreme Court upholds Texas abortion law, for now. This law prohibits abortion after 6 weeks of gestation. “I have instructed the unborn children’s advocate in my office to immediately review the new Texas …

Texas law banning homeless camps goes into effect House Bill 1925 makes camping in an unapproved public place a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $500. AUSTIN, TX – A state law banning homeless encampments went into effect Sept. 1 in Texas. House Bill 1925 makes camping in an unapproved public …

MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A law that will expand the use of medical marijuana in Texas will go into effect September 1. “Each condition treated with medical marijuana is dosed very differently, its users very differently,” said Dr. Sujan Gogu, family, sports, and pain physician at South Texas Health System Clinics. The expanded law under …

Many small and medium-sized business owners have complained that they need an attorney to successfully navigate the rules and regulations of the Small Business Administration’s Payroll Protection Program. Turns out, Texas attorneys have a pretty good grasp of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency funding process. New data shows that Texas law firms qualified for 14,311 PPP …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas law banning an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies has been upheld by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The 2017 law in question has never been applied. It aims to ban the use of forceps to remove a fetus from the uterus without first using …