Author: Paul Weber
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DOJ sues Texas over law curbing voting
AUSTIN, Texas • The Biden administration on Thursday sued Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats, who face fading hopes of overhauling the nation’s election laws in response to a wave of new restrictions in Republican-led states. The lawsuit does not challenge the entirety of a sweeping measure…
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What to know about the new Texas abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas • The Supreme Court allowing a new Texas law that bans most abortions is the biggest curb to the constitutional right to an abortion in decades, and Republicans in other states are considering similar measures. The law prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks — before some…
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Texas GOP voting changes on cusp of going to governor
AUSTIN, Texas • The Texas House gave final approval Tuesday to a sweeping rewrite of the state’s election laws, pushing the bill to the cusp of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott desk and inching Democrats toward a bruising defeat in a monthslong fight over voting rights. The bill passed the GOP-controlled chamber after a last-minute removal…
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Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
AUSTIN, Texas • A standoff in Texas over new voting restrictions that gridlocked the state Capitol for 38 consecutive days ended Thursday when some Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C., dropped their holdout, paving the way for Republicans to resume pushing an elections overhaul. It abruptly and messily drew to a close one of the…
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Texas governor signs law banning abortions early as 6 weeks
AUSTIN, Texas • Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed a law that bans abortions in Texas before many women know they are pregnant and differs singularly from similar efforts nationwide: leaving enforcement to private citizens, who can sue doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion. The law puts Texas in line…
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Texas power outages below 500,000 but water woes persists
AUSTIN, Texas • Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas on Thursday after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold. But the crisis was far from over, with many people still in need of safe drinking water. Fewer than a half-million…