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5th Circuit Halts West Texas A&M Drag Show Ban

Federal appeals court sides with Texas students fighting campus drag show ban

Officials at a Texas university cannot block a student-led LGBTQ+ organization from hosting drag shows on campus, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.

U.S. News & World Report · 4h

Fifth Circuit Halts West Texas A&M Drag Show Ban as Free Speech Lawsuit Continues

A federal appeals court has blocked West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler from enforcing a campus drag show ban

Chron on MSN · 4h

Court strikes down West Texas A&M University drag show ban

West Texas A&M president Walter Wendler canceled the event, later blocking a second planned show in 2024, claiming drag performances debase women and lack "a single thread of huma

Texas Democrats return

Associated Press News on MSN · 39m

A Texas Democrat sleeps at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

A Texas Democrat has stayed overnight at the state Capitol to protest how the Texas House’s top Republican had dozens of her colleagues shadowed.

The Washington Post · 18h

Democrats return to Texas, clearing way for GOP to draw new map

Texas Democratic lawmakers left two weeks ago to block a GOP plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts. They said they were returning now that California Democrats are adopting a counterproposal.

USA Today · 1d

Texas Democrats return as redistricting standoff continues

Texas Democrats have returned to the capitol after breaking quorum in protest of redistricting two weeks ago. They have pledged to continue to fight.

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Some Texas Democrats to rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and return to chamber in protest

Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a ...

5hon MSN

Texas Democrat sleeps in chambers after refusing GOP law enforcement escort mandate

A trio of Texas Democrats slept overnight in the state house instead of traveling home with a mandated law enforcement escort ...

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34-year-old North Texas man sentenced to 50 years after admitting to fatally beating, strangling mother

A 34-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the fatal beating and strangulation of his mother, the ...

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Manhunt Underway After Texas Jail Mistakenly Releases Inmate

The release of a man who had been serving a five-year sentence for assault is the second time the jail has released someone ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN3h

Lawsuit settled in 2022 shooting death of a migrant in West Texas, but no criminal charges filed yet

The victims sued the employer of the alleged shooter, the former warden of a migrant detention center. Three different ...

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Plaintiffs fighting Texas' last redistricting effort push to block new maps

The League of United Latin American Citizens and other groups are asking a judge to consider blocking the new congressional ...

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Texas lawmaker in redistricting fight spends night in Capitol to avoid police monitor

Democratic state Representative Nicole Collier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police ...

The Texas Tribune3h

How Texas’ mid-decade redistricting could affect voters in one Houston community

The congressional seat in Texas’ 18th District, a hub of Black political power, has been vacant for months. Redistricting ...

5hon MSN

Why this Texas lawmaker slept at the Capitol — and is taking legal action

This is just my way of resisting,” said Texas state representative Nicole Collier after Republicans ordered Democrats to be ...

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Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to around-the-clock surveillance by state Department of Public ...

23mon MSN

Texas State Rep Says Assigned Police Escort 'Made A Scene' And Threatened To Arrest Her

Texas Republicans forced Democrats to sign a slip authorizing a police officer to surveil them until Wednesday, when the ...

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