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Local advocacy group reacts to AG Paxton's new rule on gender markers
Amarillo Area Transgender Advocacy Group is responding to the Texas Department of Public Safety no longer accepting court orders to change a trans person’s gender marker on their driver’s license. The court allows a person to change the gender on their birth certificate after a transition. Attorney General...
Substance abuse expert says RGV faces ‘overdose pandemic’
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Some are so gripped by grief that it changes them. For many, it’s an ever-present and unfillable void. For others, it can transcend nearly every aspect of their lives. Take Adelína Olívares of Alamo, who said she lost her 20-year-old nephew to a...
'Not the party I grew up with:' Another Texas lawmaker leaves Democratic Party
(The Center Square) – Another lifelong Democrat has joined the Republican Party in Texas, this time, state Rep. Shawn Thierry of Houston. She made the announcement on Friday, joining Gov. Greg Abbott in Austin. “This is not the party I grew up with,” Thierry said of the Democratic Party. “I now stand with the party of Lincoln, the party that fought to preserve our Union and fought to end the...
Report disputes Texas' claim that its 'Lone Star Operation' has deterred migrant crossings
Texas authorities have recently claimed that its "Lone Star Operation," aimed at deterring migration into the state, have led to an almost 90% decline from its peak. Mike Banks, Special Advisor on Border Matters under Gov. Greg Abbott said that the concrete figure is 87% and that, as a result, the federal government has opted to temporarily move agents from the state's ports of entry to others in Arizona, California and New Mexico.
Texas judge rejects state AG Paxton's bid to question leader of migrant aid organization
A Texas judge has rejected the bid by the office of state Attorney General Ken Paxton to question the leader of a local organization providing aid to migrants. Concretely, Travis County judge Maya Guerra Gamble, of the 459th Civil District Court, denied a request by Paxton's office to depose a representative of Team Brownsville, which provides water, shelter and other basic necessities to migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.
Texas is Now Home to The Fastest-Growing Port in the U.S.
If I were to ask you where the fastest-growing port in the entire U.S. was in 2024, what would you guess?. Somewhere in New York or San Diego, California? Maybe Seattle, Washington? Those would be some of my initial guesses. However, the fastest-growing port in America is actually here in Texas.
Debate begins about expanding or relocating Williamson County jail, justice center
GEORGETOWN, Texas - This month, Williamson County began publicly weighing whether the jail and justice center should expand in downtown Georgetown or relocate entirely. In the next 20 years, the county is expecting its population to grow to 1.4 million people, a 192 percent increase. That will mean more inmates...
3 injured, including 2 children, after jet ski, boat collide on Lake Travis, EMS says
READ MORE: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/jet-ski-boat-collision-on-lake-travis-aug-31/ At least three people were injured, including two children, after a crash between a jet ski and a boat on Lake Travis Saturday afternoon, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.
From 8-hour days to paid sick leave, Texas A&M law professor reflects on gains of labor movement
Michael Z. Green directs the Workplace Law Program at Texas A&M University School of Law. His experience as a manager, fresh out of college, led him to get a law degree as well as a master’s in human resources and industrial labor relations. He’s worked in a corporate legal department, a firm representing labor unions and a boutique employment law firm. He calls his current role teaching and mentoring students in workplace law a “labor of love.”
Franklin defeats China Spring in 6 News' Game of the Week
CHINA SPRING, Texas — The Franklin Lions defeated the China Spring Cougars 46-30 in 6 News' Game of the Week to kick off the Texas high school football season. This premier matchup of two of the best Football programs in Central Texas was sure to impress. Franklin has been to four straight 3A state championships, winning two of them in 2021 and 2022. China Spring also won back-to-back state championships in 4A in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
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