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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/4sCEfhYQ53EfkAxCdX6kq8NLJzc=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/02dcd3a224c7414eb78c0221d7568d9c/Mississippi%20SCOTUS%20Abortion%20REUTERS.jpg" alt="Anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court building, ahead of arguments in the Missis…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-abortion-law/">State judge declares Texas abortion law unconstitutional — but does not stop it from being enforced</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reese-oxner/">Reese Oxner</a> and <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:25:00 -0600" title="2021-12-09 18:25 CST"> Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The fate of the statute remains uncertain. An appeal to the ruling is already underway, and an opinion on the law from the U.S. Supreme Court is still pending. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-abortion-law/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/09/texas-abortion-law/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/W1V-43LAvqtkkQilHqTba_iuwhE=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5908ee63f3483a0eb33aba067c35ae25/Planned%20Parenthood%20EG%20TT%2012.jpg" alt="A Planned Parenthood examination room at Planned Parenthood's South Austin location on Jan. 14, 2020." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/76x3MskkbDu59Ufa39J0F_5aQhc=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5908ee63f3483a0eb33aba067c35ae25/Planned%20Parenthood%20EG%20TT%2012.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/oxFey24twU0bSF2_VG3suSsIJgg=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5908ee63f3483a0eb33aba067c35ae25/Planned%20Parenthood%20EG%20TT%2012.jpg 2500w, 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</picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-redistricting-demographics-elections/">Analysis: Texas’ population has changed much faster than its political maps</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 8 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-12-08 05:00 CST"> Dec. 8, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Texas’ population has grown 40% this century, and 91% of the new Texans are people of color. Federal judges now have to decide whether those monumental changes are reflected in the state’s political maps. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-redistricting-demographics-elections/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/08/texas-redistricting-demographics-elections/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/-ZziSmAlUNo9GcTe1N8tNX44ug4=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ea11e454d35aff97551b04745afac028/2nd%20Redo%20Redistricting%20maps%20MGO%20TT%2005.jpg" alt="Census data from 2020 and redistricting maps at The Texas Tribune office in Austin on Oct. 7, 2021. 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The state population gre…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-social-media-law-blocked/">Federal judge blocks Texas law that would stop social media firms from banning users for a "viewpoint"</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/james-pollard/">James Pollard</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 1 Dec 2021 20:23:39 -0600" title="2021-12-01 20:23 CST"> Dec. 1, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The law was passed this year after outcry from Republicans over perceived anti-conservative bias among major tech companies. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-social-media-law-blocked/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> PA Images via REUTERS </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-mask-mandate-ban-public-schools/">Texas’ ban on mask mandates in public schools back in place after federal appeals court ruling</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-lopez/">Brian Lopez</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 1 Dec 2021 17:59:00 -0600" title="2021-12-01 17:59 CST"> Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Three-judge panel finds no "concrete, or actual or imminent, injury" caused by Abbott's ban on mask mandates. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-mask-mandate-ban-public-schools/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-mask-mandate-ban-public-schools/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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Some students participated in the ex…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-abortion-law-funds/">Texas abortion funds struggle to meet demand for out-of-state abortion assistance</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neelam-bohra/">Neelam Bohra</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 1 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-12-01 05:00 CST"> Dec. 1, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">But some Texas nonprofit groups dedicated to paying for the medical costs of abortion say they have more money than patients to give it to — a likely symptom of fewer people being able to access the procedure because of the new law. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/01/texas-abortion-law-funds/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/vaccine-health-care-workers-blocked/">Judge blocks Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers after Texas, other states sue</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kailyn-rhone/">Kailyn Rhone</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:00:46 -0600" title="2021-11-30 18:00 CST"> Nov. 30, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had called the mandate “an unprecedented federal vaccine decree” on health care workers. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/vaccine-health-care-workers-blocked/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/vaccine-health-care-workers-blocked/" tabindex="-1"> <div 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c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/texas-mississippi-abortion-supreme-court/">The Supreme Court appears open to rolling back abortion rights. Here's what that means for Texas.</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 2 Dec 2021 12:33:00 -0600" title="2021-12-02 12:33 CST"> Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Texas has passed legislation that ensures abortion would be made a felony if Roe v. Wade is overturned “wholly or partly,” as the court considers Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/texas-mississippi-abortion-supreme-court/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/30/texas-mississippi-abortion-supreme-court/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/a5QJ7hQVUEIdcy_QMQZ1mFeoTKo=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9d57d518ac22e16b8b49c2d908113e82/SCOTUS%20Nov%201%20EL%2008%20TT.jpg" alt="Barriers surrounded the Supreme Court ahead of planned demonstrations regarding abortion in Texas in Washington, D.C., on No…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/23/texas-abortion-providers-supreme-court/">Fewer patients, smaller staff, an uncertain future: abortion providers await court decision on Texas law</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/karen-brooks-harper/">Karen Brooks Harper</a> and <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-klibanoff/">Eleanor Klibanoff</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-11-23 05:00 CST"> Nov. 23, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">For two months, providers have had to work in a sort of limbo as they wait to see if the new law passes the Supreme Court's review. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/23/texas-abortion-providers-supreme-court/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/23/texas-abortion-providers-supreme-court/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/EqLwKLfJAi5NE5IPXWL0oBwwrG4=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b2c8243c8b60d8837fcc121639d263df/Texas%20Womens%20Health%20Clinic%20JV%20TT%2034.jpg" alt="An ultrasound machine sits next to an empty patient's bed at Whole Women’s Health of Austin on Sept. 1, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-schools-mask-mandate-ban-overturned/">Texas schools can again set their own face mask rules after federal judge overrules Gov. Greg Abbott's ban</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-lopez/">Brian Lopez</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 10 Nov 2021 20:36:00 -0600" title="2021-11-10 20:36 CST"> Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The judge said the governor's order impedes children with disabilities from the benefits of public schools’ programs, services and activities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-schools-mask-mandate-ban-overturned/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/765H4BlhNkWzSCh1xR0__NZMG7g=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/f63f40d5fd89b6d13ffdf0b0f3c74228/COVID%20Highland%20Village%20Elem%20ST%20TT%2005.jpg 375w"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/ZQbtJePXcKa7vcc2OnxN6f94zzI=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/f63f40d5fd89b6d13ffdf0b0f3c74228/COVID%20Highland%20Village%20Elem%20ST%20TT%2005.jpg" alt="Declan True listens to kindergarten teacher Mrs. Hogan on the first day of in-person classes at Highland Village Elementary …" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-election-polling-issues/">Analysis: Texas Republican lawmakers pleased most of their own voters, most of the time</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-11-10 05:00 CST"> Nov. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">They didn't make a majority of Texas voters happy on a single issue, but the Republican majority in the Legislature made most of their own voters happy — and then drew maps that minimize political threats to them in the November general election. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-election-polling-issues/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-election-polling-issues/" tabindex="-1"> <div 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/Hupc0QXSbKGsyhVyPJo0R-mRAYs=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/c491349a5b5ba3b394ef25ded4426906/Archer%20Co%20Early%20Voting%20ST%20TT%2011.jpg" alt="Voters at the Alvord City Hall, an early voting site in Alvord on Oct. 28, 2020." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-abortion-law-state-court/">A state district court judge hears over a dozen challenges to Texas’ abortion law Wednesday</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reese-oxner/">Reese Oxner</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 10 Nov 2021 18:24:00 -0600" title="2021-11-10 18:24 CST"> Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Abortion rights groups are asking the court to declare Texas’ law unconstitutional. It's unclear what the outcome of this latest challenge against the controversial law will be or what weight it could hold overall. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-abortion-law-state-court/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/texas-abortion-law-state-court/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/o4JJ9kFx7-0U3gyA1kSc6Wi3d_0=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/f9aba9ee8527f7304524813a4a7e4e9e/People%20vs.%20State%20of%20Texas%20MGO%20TT%2029.jpg" alt="Several dozen people showed up at the Capitol to protest Texas' controversial anti-abortion law on Sept. 11, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/texas-executions-religion-supreme-court/">U.S. Supreme Court justices appear reluctant to loosen restrictions on religious advisers during Texas executions</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 9 Nov 2021 16:01:30 -0600" title="2021-11-09 16:01 CST"> Nov. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The latest Texas execution protocols forbid spiritual advisers from praying aloud or touching prisoners as the prisoners are killed. Some members of the high court said they feared overturning the rules would lead to a flood of requests for other religious accommodations during executions. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/texas-executions-religion-supreme-court/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/texas-executions-religion-supreme-court/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/yLIwV-AFSCJw3nCaywbMHEsZG8Y=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/604c205e32b7376d0b163b76ebde9b7f/SCOTUS%20Nov%201%20EL%20TT%2014.jpg" alt="Supreme Court police officers walk alongside protective barriers in Washington D.C., on Nov. 1, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/supreme-court-texas-executions-religion/">U.S. Supreme Court weighs religion’s place in the Texas death chamber</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 9 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-11-09 05:00 CST"> Nov. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">After halting three Texas executions because of limits placed on spiritual advisers in the death chamber, the high court will hear arguments today over what religious rights the state must accord inmates as it kills them. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/supreme-court-texas-executions-religion/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/09/supreme-court-texas-executions-religion/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/YXMzvc27BIj9SQ10QrOXFBpUF8Y=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/a01a81e685c1505d2b8a5b2512d258d8/SCOTUS%20Nov%201%20EL%20TT%2053.jpg" 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xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/delta-8-texas-legal-lawsuit/">Delta-8 is legal in Texas — for now — after Travis County judge blocks state from criminalizing the cannabis extract</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kevin-reynolds/">Kevin Reynolds</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 9 Nov 2021 08:37:00 -0600" title="2021-11-09 08:37 CST"> Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">A Travis County judge temporarily blocked the state from listing delta-8 as a Schedule I drug, which effectively made it illegal. The cannabis extract became popular because users say it produces the “high” effect of marijuana. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/delta-8-texas-legal-lawsuit/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/delta-8-texas-legal-lawsuit/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/E7SHT_gFHSyEP3zs08tOytzSN4Y=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/98cc33f506df1642b9b857dfbd2d7677/Delta%208%20JV%20TT%2003.jpg" alt="Products containing Delta 8 THC on the counter at GR8 Vapes in San Marcos on Oct. 20, 2021." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/uOy7hY7Un8ntDSifV3m6C3ayGmE=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/98cc33f506df1642b9b857dfbd2d7677/Delta%208%20JV%20TT%2003.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/0oI0tWhvpW93lO1RhCcPeIwCJyI=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/98cc33f506df1642b9b857dfbd2d7677/Delta%208%20JV%20TT%2003.jpg 2500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/-OvJLRntJBLoecrXGl1Wjf88FLI=/1550x1038/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/98cc33f506df1642b9b857dfbd2d7677/Delta%208%20JV%20TT%2003.jpg 1550w, 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https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/1vXFQMb5Dp1Pd-nlDi-HF-g5fsM=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/98cc33f506df1642b9b857dfbd2d7677/Delta%208%20JV%20TT%2003.jpg 375w"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/E7SHT_gFHSyEP3zs08tOytzSN4Y=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/98cc33f506df1642b9b857dfbd2d7677/Delta%208%20JV%20TT%2003.jpg" alt="Products containing Delta 8 THC on the counter at GR8 Vapes in San Marcos on Oct. 20, 2021." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/texas-republican-election/">Analysis: Early signs point to another Republican-dominated election cycle in Texas</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 8 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0600" title="2021-11-08 05:00 CST"> Nov. 8, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Republican incumbents enter their reelection campaigns well ahead of their Republican challengers and with most voters unacquainted with the Democratic challengers in the field, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/texas-republican-election/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/08/texas-republican-election/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> 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Gov. Dan Patrick and Gov. Greg Abbott shake hands after a press conference on their plan for Texas to build i…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Sophie Park/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/05/texas-ken-paxton-businesses-vaccines/">Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over new COVID-19 vaccination rules for big businesses</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/mitchell-ferman/">Mitchell Ferman</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 5 Nov 2021 09:59:07 -0500" title="2021-11-05 09:59 CDT"> Nov. 5, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The move comes a week after Texas filed a separate lawsuit over new vaccination rules for federal contractors. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/05/texas-ken-paxton-businesses-vaccines/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/pScM62lFUW4BsN_nXIG7eftonEo=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/88d83d3a3fa64a33aaa4ac8ae6d96698/SCOTUS%20Nov%201%20EL%20TT%2062.jpg 375w"> <img data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/bouF1wkCwQF6boz5V5ZE4OYDmd8=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/88d83d3a3fa64a33aaa4ac8ae6d96698/SCOTUS%20Nov%201%20EL%20TT%2062.jpg" alt="Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton walks to a press conference outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 1, 2021…" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/04/texas-voting-law-justice-department-lawsuit/">Justice Department sues Texas over new voting law, targeting restrictions on mail-in ballots and voter assistance</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/cassandra-pollock/">Cassandra Pollock</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 4 Nov 2021 19:03:00 -0500" title="2021-11-04 19:03 CDT"> Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The elderly, voters with disabilities and voters with limited English proficiency risk disenfranchisement under sweeping legislation Texas Republicans pushed through earlier this year, the justice department argues in its legal challenge to Senate Bill 1. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/04/texas-voting-law-justice-department-lawsuit/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/04/texas-voting-law-justice-department-lawsuit/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/sLyFNY6xD3Gn7_Q01AwniO3i0-k=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/777c8461b72deee488eb9129b0a7b034/Mail-in%20Ballot%20Travis%20County%20CP%20TT.jpg" alt="Ballot by mail clerk Jim Ragland organized ballot packages at the Travis County Elections Division in Austin in 2014. " class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source 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aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#camera"></use></svg></span> Charlie Pearce for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg js-balance"><a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/04/texas-border-migrants-charges-dropped/">In latest blunder, charges dropped against migrants arrested in Texas governor’s border crackdown because of faulty paperwork</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> by <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 4 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0500" title="2021-11-04 05:00 CDT"> Nov. 4, 2021 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The migrants were arrested for trespassing, but court documents failed to specify what property they allegedly trespassed upon. 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the Texas Constitution. The lawsuit follows two legal challenges to the state’s new maps previously filed in federal court. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/03/texas-redistricting-state-court/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="/web/20211210163202im_/https://www.texastribune.org/topics/courts/#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/web/20211210163202/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/03/texas-redistricting-state-court/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/fpsLk-TW3pHm7odLGn43KLIYggo=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/698d6ab9656b623e4cbc5cccc6edf206/House%20Floor%20Oct%2012%20MGO%20TT%2007.jpg" alt="A map of Tarrant County shows Hispanics' voting age population on the House floor on Oct. 12, 2021." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/MhiSnU2Ff3663gtVhtSpnoiz3z8=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/698d6ab9656b623e4cbc5cccc6edf206/House%20Floor%20Oct%2012%20MGO%20TT%2007.jpg 3000w, https://web.archive.org/web/20211210163202im_/https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/wexwZ-S1Nm89kBGZCRAVftsP5kc=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/698d6ab9656b623e4cbc5cccc6edf206/House%20Floor%20Oct%2012%20MGO%20TT%2007.jpg 2500w, 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