Laws include restricting transgender people’s access to public bathrooms, allowing lawsuits against abortion pill providers, and replacement of the STAAR test.
The new laws come 90 days after the end of a special legislative session during which state lawmakers made changes to Texas’ school assessment system, voter registration procedures and more.
AUSTIN, Texas -- Senate Bill 1 in Texas was signed into law by Governor Abbott on Tuesday. It was authored by Texas Republican State Senator Bryan Hughes. “Everyone needs to know their vote ...
When asked at a press conference, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not rule out the possibility of returning to court and seeking preclearance review of Texas' changes to its voting laws ...
Dozens of new Texas laws are set to take effect in December and January impacting education, health, law enforcement and more ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a nonprofit group dedicated to increasing Latino participation in civic engagement, accusing them of registering illegal immigrants to vote. In court ...
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On Thursday, more than a dozen new laws take effect here in the Lone Star State and two of them look to fight back against ...