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class="alt_header"><h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/law-and-order/">LAW & ORDER</a></h1></header> <section class="topstory grid"> <article class=""> <div class="media large"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/texas-counties-withholding-same-sex-marriage-licen/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/7C2A9562_jpg_474x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Jeff Sralla, left, with his partner of 28 years, Gerard Gafford, at the Travis County Clerk's office, where they applied for a marriage license after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide on June 26, 2015. Travis County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately after the ruling, but other counties did not."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/7C2A9562_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Jeff Sralla, left, with his partner of 28 years, Gerard Gafford, at the Travis County Clerk's office, where they applied for a marriage license after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide on June 26, 2015. Travis County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately after the ruling, but other counties did not." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Jeff Sralla, left, with his partner of 28 years, Gerard Gafford, at the Travis County Clerk's office, where they applied for a marriage license after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide on June 26, 2015. Travis County began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately after the ruling, but other counties did not.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/texas-counties-withholding-same-sex-marriage-licen/">Some Texas Counties Withholding Same-Sex Marriage Licenses</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ally-mutnick/">Ally Mutnick</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:20:57 -0500" title="2015-06-29 14:20"> June 29, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/texas-counties-withholding-same-sex-marriage-licen/comments/"><span class="value">234</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Three days after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide, some Texas county clerks are refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/texas-counties-withholding-same-sex-marriage-licen/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> <aside class="related"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h2>Related</h2> </header> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/paxton-county-clerks-can-deny-same-sex-marriage-li/">Paxton: Clerks Don't Have to Issue Same-Sex Marriage Licenses</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/counties-plan-varied-responses-marriage-ruling/">Texas Counties' Responses to Marriage Ruling Vary</a></li> </ul> </aside> </div> </article> </section> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/">TDCJ Official: Supreme Court's Ruling Won't Impact Texas Executions</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:30:53 -0500" title="2015-06-29 09:30"> June 29, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that upheld the use of an execution drug used in Oklahoma will not change how death row inmates in Texas are executed, according to a </span><span>Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/27/cruz-Iowa_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to Iowans at a bakery in Orange City. The 2016 presidential candidate visited the early-vote state Friday."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/27/cruz-Iowa_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to Iowans at a bakery in Orange City. The 2016 presidential candidate visited the early-vote state Friday." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Patrick Svitek</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to Iowans at a bakery in Orange City. The 2016 presidential candidate visited the early-vote state Friday.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/">Supreme Court Rulings Give Cruz Fresh Ammo for Favorite Targets</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:55:41 -0500" title="2015-06-28 08:55"> June 28, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/comments/"><span class="value">47</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>As he </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/24/hitting-washington-cartel-cruz-conjures-new-foil/" target="_blank">redoubles</a><span> his anti-Washington crusade on the presidential campaign trail, </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/" target="_blank">Ted Cruz </a><span>is receiving an assist from an unlikely source: the high court he used to argue before.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/TransImmigrants_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Supporters of LGBT asylum-seekers rally at a church in Austin."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/TransImmigrants_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Supporters of LGBT asylum-seekers rally at a church in Austin." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Juli谩n Aguilar</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Supporters of LGBT asylum-seekers rally at a church in Austin.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/">Advocates Call for Release of Some LGBT Asylum-Seekers</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 27 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-27 06:00"> June 27, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"A growing number of asylum-seekers in Texas are asking for safe haven based on a factor that isn't usually associated with a need to flee one's homeland: gender identity. With the Supreme Court poised to rule in a landmark gay marriage case, immigrant rights groups are drawing attention to the plight of LGBT immigrants."]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,573,[null,0],null,[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],null,null,null,0]">A growing number of asylum-seekers are asking for safe haven based on a factor that isn't usually associated with a need to flee one's homeland: gender identity. In the days before the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark gay marriage case, immigrant rights groups were drawing attention to the plight of LGBT immigrants.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="show-for-medium-down"> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/">TDCJ Official: Supreme Court's Ruling Won't Impact Texas Executions</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 29 Jun 2015 09:30:53 -0500" title="2015-06-29 09:30"> June 29, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that upheld the use of an execution drug used in Oklahoma will not change how death row inmates in Texas are executed, according to a </span><span>Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/29/scotus-ruling-lethal-drugs/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/">Supreme Court Rulings Give Cruz Fresh Ammo for Favorite Targets</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 28 Jun 2015 08:55:41 -0500" title="2015-06-28 08:55"> June 28, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/comments/"><span class="value">47</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/27/cruz-Iowa_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to Iowans at a bakery in Orange City. The 2016 presidential candidate visited the early-vote state Friday."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/27/cruz-Iowa_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to Iowans at a bakery in Orange City. The 2016 presidential candidate visited the early-vote state Friday." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Patrick Svitek</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to Iowans at a bakery in Orange City. The 2016 presidential candidate visited the early-vote state Friday.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>As he </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/24/hitting-washington-cartel-cruz-conjures-new-foil/" target="_blank">redoubles</a><span> his anti-Washington crusade on the presidential campaign trail, </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ted-cruz/" target="_blank">Ted Cruz </a><span>is receiving an assist from an unlikely source: the high court he used to argue before.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/28/court-decisions-give-cruz-new-ammo-old-targets/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/">Advocates Call for Release of Some LGBT Asylum-Seekers</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 27 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-27 06:00"> June 27, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/TransImmigrants_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Supporters of LGBT asylum-seekers rally at a church in Austin."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/TransImmigrants_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Supporters of LGBT asylum-seekers rally at a church in Austin." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Juli谩n Aguilar</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Supporters of LGBT asylum-seekers rally at a church in Austin.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span data-sheets-value="[null,2,"A growing number of asylum-seekers in Texas are asking for safe haven based on a factor that isn't usually associated with a need to flee one's homeland: gender identity. With the Supreme Court poised to rule in a landmark gay marriage case, immigrant rights groups are drawing attention to the plight of LGBT immigrants."]" data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,573,[null,0],null,[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],null,null,null,0]">A growing number of asylum-seekers are asking for safe haven based on a factor that isn't usually associated with a need to flee one's homeland: gender identity. In the days before the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark gay marriage case, immigrant rights groups were drawing attention to the plight of LGBT immigrants.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/27/advocates-shed-new-light-lgbt-asylum-seekers/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 gap hide-for-medium-down left_rail"> <section class="folder"> <div class="tab data"> <hgroup> <h1>Featured Data</h1> <h2> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/perry-executions/">Visualization: Executions on Rick Perry's Watch</a> </h2> <ul class="meta separator short"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-murphy/">Ryan Murphy</a> and Noah Seger </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-09-02 05:00"> Sept. 2, 2011 </time></li></ul> </hgroup> <div class="content"> <div class="media sidebar" <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/perry-executions/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/103109-terrhaute-gurney-_jpg_300x1000_q100.jpg" alt="This gurney is used to perform executions at Terre Haute by lethal injection."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/103109-terrhaute-gurney-_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="This gurney is used to perform executions at Terre Haute by lethal injection." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">This gurney is used to perform executions at Terre Haute by lethal injection.</div> </div> <ul class="actions simple"> <li> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/data/"><span>+</span> More Data</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <aside class="ad_container sidebar_block"> <div class="sponsor_image_holder"> <div class="ad adunit tablet standard" data-dimensions="300x250" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_Home_BTF_LeftRail1_TTRectangle_300x250"> </div> </div> </aside> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/republicans-vow-religious-liberty-fight/">After Gay Marriage Ruling, Republicans Promise Religious Liberty Fight</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:03:23 -0500" title="2015-06-26 13:03"> June 26, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/republicans-vow-religious-liberty-fight/comments/"><span class="value">285</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/republicans-vow-religious-liberty-fight/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/7C2A8842_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to media after keynoting a June 2015 event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation regarding impact of the EPA's Clean Power Plan."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/22/7C2A8842_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to media after keynoting a June 2015 event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation regarding impact of the EPA's Clean Power Plan." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to media after keynoting a June 2015 event hosted by the Texas Public Policy Foundation regarding impact of the EPA's Clean Power Plan.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Texas' Republican leaders suffered a historic loss on Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court held that state bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional. But social conservatives vowed not to go down without a fight over religious liberty.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/republicans-vow-religious-liberty-fight/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/texas-supreme-court-rules-attorney-ban-stands/">Court's Ban of Death Penalty Lawyer Will Stand</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:54:30 -0500" title="2015-06-26 11:54"> June 26, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/texas-supreme-court-rules-attorney-ban-stands/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/27/David_Dow_Supreme_CourtTTcrop_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Attorney David Dow."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/27/David_Dow_Supreme_CourtTTcrop_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Attorney David Dow." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Facebook/Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Attorney David Dow.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The Texas Supreme Court on Friday </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.txcourts.gov/media/1008517/150205.pdf">ruled</a><span> it has no authority or jurisdiction to intervene in its sister court's ban of prominent death penalty lawyer David Dow. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/texas-supreme-court-rules-attorney-ban-stands/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/counties-plan-varied-responses-marriage-ruling/">Texas Counties' Responses to Marriage Ruling Vary</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/liz-crampton/">Liz Crampton</a> and <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/sophia-bollag/">Sophia Bollag</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:31:37 -0500" title="2015-06-26 09:31"> June 26, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/counties-plan-varied-responses-marriage-ruling/comments/"><span class="value">63</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/counties-plan-varied-responses-marriage-ruling/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/_BDA7245secondcouple_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Jacque Roberts, left, and Carmelita Cabello, the second couple to receive a marriage license in Travis County on June 26, 2015, leave the clerk's office. They had been together 31 years."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/_BDA7245secondcouple_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Jacque Roberts, left, and Carmelita Cabello, the second couple to receive a marriage license in Travis County on June 26, 2015, leave the clerk's office. They had been together 31 years." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Jacque Roberts, left, and Carmelita Cabello, the second couple to receive a marriage license in Travis County on June 26, 2015, leave the clerk's office. They had been together 31 years.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Elated couples across Texas hurried into county clerks' offices </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_757245520">Friday</span><span> to apply for marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/counties-plan-varied-responses-marriage-ruling/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/supreme-court-ruling-gay-marriage/">Supreme Court: Gay Marriage Bans Are Unconstitutional</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 26 Jun 2015 09:07:32 -0500" title="2015-06-26 09:07"> June 26, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/supreme-court-ruling-gay-marriage/comments/"><span class="value">74</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/supreme-court-ruling-gay-marriage/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/_BDA7394HolmesPhariss1_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Vic Holmes and Mark Phariss of Plano at an LBJ Library press conference celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage on June 26, 2015. Holmes and Phariss had sued Texas over its same-sex marriage ban."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/26/_BDA7394HolmesPhariss1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Vic Holmes and Mark Phariss of Plano at an LBJ Library press conference celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage on June 26, 2015. Holmes and Phariss had sued Texas over its same-sex marriage ban." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Vic Holmes and Mark Phariss of Plano at an LBJ Library press conference celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage on June 26, 2015. Holmes and Phariss had sued Texas over its same-sex marriage ban.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Handing gay rights advocates a monumental victory, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf">U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled</a> that marriages between couples of the same sex cannot be prohibited by states, a decision that overrides Texas’ ban on gay marriage.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/26/supreme-court-ruling-gay-marriage/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 hide-for-medium-down mid_rail"> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/18/drivers-license-addresses-no-longer-help-police/">When Home is a Post Office Box</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 18 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-18 06:00"> June 18, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/18/drivers-license-addresses-no-longer-help-police/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/17/TDL_Handcuffs_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/17/TDL_Handcuffs_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by H. Michael Karshis/John Jordan </cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The home address listed on a Texas driver's license used to be one of the best tools police had to track people down, serve warrants or notify next-of-kin when someone died. But no more in this job-hopping, mobile culture. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/18/drivers-license-addresses-no-longer-help-police/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/">Preying on Prisoners: When Texas Guards Demand Sex</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:15:00 -0500" title="2015-06-17 06:15"> June 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/02/PrisonBars_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/02/PrisonBars_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Sean Hobson</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Since 2000, the Texas prison system has referred nearly 400 cases of staff sex crimes against inmates to prosecutors. Prosecutors refused to pursue almost half of those cases. Of 126 prison workers convicted, just nine were sentenced to serve time.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/preying-texas-prisoners-when-guards-demand-sex/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/">Catch Up on Law & Order Issues From This Session</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a> and <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-17 06:00"> June 17, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/84lege-leadart-law_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/84lege-leadart-law_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Emily Albracht</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>During the 84th legislative session, </span>lawmakers passed open carry and campus carry legislation and voted to make cannabis oil available to epilepsy patients. Find more details on these and other <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/" target="_blank">law and order issues</a> on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://txlege.texastribune.org/" target="_blank">Texas Legislative Guide</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://txlege.texastribune.org/topics/law-and-order/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/congress-considering-funding-immigration-judges/">More Judges Sought for Immigration Backlog</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 17 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-17 06:00"> June 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/congress-considering-funding-immigration-judges/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/congress-considering-funding-immigration-judges/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/121509_presidio_ATEP_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/121509_presidio_ATEP_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Credit: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The backlog of immigration cases from Texas has grown almost 60 percent in two years. U.S. Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/henry-cuellar/">Henry Cuellar</a>, D-Laredo, is trying to get Congress to cough up funding for 55 more immigration judges and staff to help overloaded courts across the country.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/congress-considering-funding-immigration-judges/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/abbott-signs-bill-limit-pollution-lawsuits/">Abbott Signs Bill to Limit Pollution Lawsuits</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:51:07 -0500" title="2015-06-16 18:51"> June 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/abbott-signs-bill-limit-pollution-lawsuits/comments/"><span class="value">47</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/abbott-signs-bill-limit-pollution-lawsuits/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/15/SanJacintoWater-Danger_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="The San Jacinto River Waste Pits, an EPA Superfund site that is contaminated with dioxins, is located on Interstate 10 east of Houston."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/15/SanJacintoWater-Danger_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="The San Jacinto River Waste Pits, an EPA Superfund site that is contaminated with dioxins, is located on Interstate 10 east of Houston." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Michael Stravato</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The San Jacinto River Waste Pits, an EPA Superfund site that is contaminated with dioxins, is located on Interstate 10 east of Houston.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> has signed legislation that could make it tougher for local governments to sue big-time polluters – an effort that largely targets Harris County prosecutors. </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/abbott-signs-bill-limit-pollution-lawsuits/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/massengale-challenge-lehrman-supreme-court-seat/">Massengale to Challenge Lehrmann for Supreme Court Seat</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:29:06 -0500" title="2015-06-16 11:29"> June 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/massengale-challenge-lehrman-supreme-court-seat/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/massengale-challenge-lehrman-supreme-court-seat/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/16/Lehrmann-Messengale-Split_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a 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src="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/23/CGG-2_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Consul General Carlos Gonz谩lez Guti茅rrez"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/23/CGG-2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Consul General Carlos Gonz谩lez Guti茅rrez" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Consulado General de M茅xico en Austin</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Consul General Carlos Gonz谩lez Guti茅rrez</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>In an interview with the Tribune, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/austin/index.php/component/content/article/64">Carlos González Gutiérrez</a>, Mexico's newest general consul in Austin, discussed the challenges of reaching out to the state's diverse communities of Mexican nationals, and how he interacts with state leaders at the Capitol. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/24/carlos-gonzalez-gutierrez-tt-interview/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/24/shrinking-death-row/">Visualization: A Shrinking Texas Death Row</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jolie-mccullough/">Jolie McCullough</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 24 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-24 06:00"> June 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/24/shrinking-death-row/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a 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Today, <a title="Faces of Death Row" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://trib.it/deathrowtexas">there are 260</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/24/shrinking-death-row/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/prosecutors-take-pot-their-own-hands/">Prosecutors Take Pot Into Their Own Hands</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 20 Jun 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-06-20 06:00"> June 20, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/prosecutors-take-pot-their-own-hands/comments/"><span class="value">24</span><span 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href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/20/prosecutors-take-pot-their-own-hands/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/19/texas-ag-cant-halt-same-sex-couples-divorce/">Court: Texas AG Can't Intervene in Same-Sex Couple's Divorce</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 19 Jun 2015 10:51:10 -0500" title="2015-06-19 10:51"> June 19, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/19/texas-ag-cant-halt-same-sex-couples-divorce/comments/"><span class="value">12</span><span 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the U.S. Supreme Court to rule, the state highest civil court ruled Friday that the Texas attorney general's office tried too late to stop a divorce between a couple married in Massachusetts.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/19/texas-ag-cant-halt-same-sex-couples-divorce/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/18/prosecutor-grand-jury-hear-paxton-case-july/">Prosecutor: Grand Jury to Hear Paxton Case in July</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/patrick-svitek/">Patrick Svitek</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:34:45 -0500" title="2015-06-18 13:34"> June 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" 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<cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at Texas Public Policy Foundation's grand opening of new building on April 21st, 2015</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A case against Attorney General <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150629233622/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a> is heading to a grand jury next month, according to one of the special prosecutors investigating him.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/18/prosecutor-grand-jury-hear-paxton-case-july/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <ul class="actions simple"> <li> <a href="/web/20150629233622/https://www.texastribune.org/law-and-order/all/" title=""><span>+</span> More News</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> 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