Tag Archives: Texas

CBS News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a clash between a federal emergency care law and Texas’ near-total ban on abortion, declining to provide clarity over whether states with the most restrictive laws must provide abortion care in certain emergency circumstances. The court’s rejection of the Biden administration’s appeal leaves in place a lower court decision that …

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports: Law enforcement authorities have arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography a man who was a Brite Divinity School professor and theological librarian when police allege he obtained illicit images. Charles Bellinger, 62, was taken into custody on Oct. 2 after Fort Worth police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit detectives, Texas Christian University police …

The Daily Mail reports: A Texas baker says she’s gotten death threats after selling a batch of cookies with vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s face on them. Haley Popp put the limited run treats for sale at her bakery The Hive in Flower Mound, which has been in operation since 2018. She wrote on Instagram: “We only have a few …

Austin’s NBC affiliate reports: On Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he had filed a lawsuit against the social media company TikTok. The lawsuit claimed the platform was operating “in a manner that puts the online safety and privacy of Texas children at risk and violates the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act.” Paxton’s lawsuit seeks civil …

The Texas Tribune reports: Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican who is one of the preeminent critics in his party of former President Donald Trump, will lead a GOP group backing U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, in his drive to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Republicans for Allred will be co-chaired by Kinzinger, a former Illinois congressman who later …

“Look, there’s no doubt Texas is a battleground today. Chuck Schumer has been explicit, I’m his number one target in the country, and the Democrats are spending over $100 million. Chuck Schumer and George Soros are flooding cash into the state of Texas. “They are coming after me with everything they got. My opponent, who is an extreme left wing …

The Hill reports: The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted Texas’s Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” signaling momentum for Rep. Colin Allred’s (D) challenge against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R) in the red state. Jessica Taylor, the forecaster’s Senate and gubernatorial editor, said Allred’s fundraising and ad spending, coupled with Cruz being on defense on abortion and …

Politico reports: Sen. Ted Cruz, the famously sharp-elbowed Texan who was rated among the most hardline members of the Senate in his first and second terms, says that reputation is inaccurate — and he really wants voters to keep that in mind as he seeks another six years in Washington. So, out are government shutdowns — Cruz voted for the …

Courthouse News reports: The state of Texas and an Austin resident are suing the city of Austin to stop city dollars from going to help fund travel expenses of people leaving the state to get an abortion, in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement Friday, “No city in Texas has the authority …

The Texas Tribune reports: A federal judge ruled on Saturday that part of a Texas law that enacted new voting restrictions violated the U.S. Constitution by being too vague and restricting free speech. The ruling, made by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez, immediately halted the state’s ability to investigate alleged cases of vote harvesting, such as the investigation into the …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the federal government over its requirement that states provide LGBTQ+ affirming placement for foster care youth. “The Biden Administration is attempting to hold the Texas foster care system hostage to force unscientific, fringe beliefs about gender upon the entire country,” Paxton said in the lawsuit. Under the federal rule, …

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports:  An Ellis County former youth pastor with a history of child sex assault offenses was sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing underage victims who attended his church. Marvin Scales, 53, of Waxahachie, pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of sexual abuse of a young child, one count of aggravated sexual assault of …

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports: The youth director of a Denton church has been arrested after a parent and their child accused him of inappropriate behavior with teenagers, police say. According to police, the suspect, 63-year-old Craig Stone, was charged with indecency with a child and possession of child pornography, both felonies. Stone is listed as the youth director and president …

The Texas Tribune reports: A newly created state appeals court denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton request to temporarily block the State Fair of Texas’ policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds as the event is set to start Friday. The ruling comes after a Dallas County District Court struck down a similar request from Paxton on the new policy. …

The Associated Press reports: A federal jury in Texas on Monday rejected voter intimidation allegations against all but one of a group of former President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on an interstate days before the 2020 election. Only one of the six Trump supporters who were sued in the civil trial was held responsible by …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday that his office is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Biden administration officials for declaring a rare lizard endangered earlier this year. The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows in the sand dunes in the Mescalero-Monahans ecosystem 30 miles west of Odessa — …

The Texas Tribune reports: The South Texas man at the center of a new ad attacking U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez is a self proclaimed “conspiracy theorist” who has spread theories on social media about 9/11 and the COVID pandemic and mocked both Michelle Obama and a GOP congressman. The ad was released this week by the National Republican Congressional Committee …

INTO reports: After one of the busiest news days for right-wing scandals in a while yesterday, we learned something even more damning about an anti-gay “activist”, if not exactly surprising. Far-right weirdo Corey A. DeAngelis used to do gay p*rn. After DeAngelis posted on X talking about the danger of the “woke mind virus” in schools—i.e. teaching actual history—one user …

Dallas’s ABC affiliate reports: Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred will face off in their first televised debate on Tuesday, October 15, at 7 p.m. at WFAA’s studios in downtown Dallas. Scheduled three weeks before Election Day, “The Texas Debate” will be a crucial opportunity for both candidates to work to sway undecided voters in …

NBC News reports: The maker of the party game Cards Against Humanity has sued Elon Musk’s SpaceX accusing it of trespassing on and damaging company-owned property in Texas. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Texas court, asks for $15 million to cover damages including what the company calls the destruction of natural vegetation. The dispute involves a plot of vacant land …