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Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. The redrawn map sparked a…
Read more Texas appeals to U.S. Supreme Court after federal judges block newly drawn congressional map for next year’s midterm electionsThough book bans aren’t new, many researchers and insiders in the book business agree that censorship efforts seem to be increasing. We at the Observer know this, too,…
Read more How Half Price Books is Staying Vigilant in the Fight Against CensorshipOn Wednesday morning, Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order placing limitations on the distribution of hemp-derived THC products in Texas. The order comes after the closure of…
Read more Hemp Hemp Hooray! Texas THC Experts Call Abbott’s Executive Order a Win.The Texas Legislature passed a slew of bills in record time, knocking out high-priority GOP legislation on redistricting, the STAAR test, abortion, and bathroom safety, and nonpartisan laws…
Read more THC Ban is Probably Dead as Texas Legislature Nears End of Second Special SessionLawmakers on both sides of the aisle, along with many educators and students, have tried for years to get rid of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic…
Read more House Votes to Oust STAAR Test And Replace It With Smaller Benchmark Exams in 2027Civil rights advocates on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to overturn a redistricting map expected to favor Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of…
Read more Texas redistricting maps are racially biased, civil rights advocates claim in lawsuitHouston businessman Matthew Childress should have spent last week moving his 18-year-old daughter Chloe into her first college dorm at the University of Texas. Instead, Childress was at…
Read more Approved Flood Bills Designed to Address “A Preventable Failure” at Hill Country Youth CampsThe Texas senate has given final approval to a redrawn congressional map that gives Republicans a chance to pick up as many as five congressional seats, fulfilling a…
Read more Texas senate gives final approval to redrawn congressional map that heavily favours RepublicansIn the end, the hubbub and national attention that Texas House Democrats drew earlier this month by fleeing Texas and busting the chamber’s quorum did little to stop…
Read more ‘CD 32 is a 175-Mile Fajita Strip’: North Texans React to Redistricting House ApprovalThe Texas House on Wednesday approved a new redistricting map designed to pick up five additional GOP Congressional seats over vocal opposition and last-minute stall tactics from the…
Read more Texas House Approves Redistricting Map Amid Fierce Democratic OppositionThe Texas House of Representatives gaveled back into session Wednesday morning with the controversial proposal to redraw congressional maps up for a vote. Currently House Bill 4, the…
Read more Texas House reconvenes, poised to advance controversial Republican redistricting planA federal district court in Texas temporarily blocked a new state law on Wednesday that would have required public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom.…
Read more Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments displayed in public school classroomsThe Texas State House of Representatives could vote as early as this week on the state’s controversial congressional redistricting plan after Gov. Greg Abbott called a second special…
Read more Texas Legislature begins new special session, GOP resumes redistricting push as Democrats returnThe Texas House of Representatives gaveled in at noon Monday with Democratic members present, marking an official end to the quorum break that froze the Legislature for two…
Read more Texas House Democrats return to Austin as Republicans resume redistricting effortTexas Gov. Greg Abbott and the House Republicans are hoping to make up for lost time in a second special session that began Friday and includes all 18…
Read more Special Session No. 2 is Underway As Democrats Make Their Way Back to TexasAt the start of Monday’s House committee on criminal jurisprudence hearing, state Rep. Joe Moody of El Paso said there was an “impressive” list of witnesses that would…
Read more Robert Roberson Does Not Appear Before House Committee on MondayTexas state Rep. Jeff Leach (R) has become the latest lawmaker to fall victim to the fake name prank. After a third-grade teacher spoke out against an anti-trans…
Read more Texas Republican Falls For The Old Filthy Fake Name Prank In HearingTrying to outlaw drag shows is turning out to be a real drag for yet another Republican politician. Nate Schatzline, a pastor and Texas state representative, has authored…
Read more Another Republican Lawmaker Trying To Ban Drag Shows Apparently Once Dressed In Drag
