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Is Planned Parenthood Threatening State's Right of Free Speech?

If Texas has to allow Planned Parenthood to provide women with health services under the Women's Health Program, how can it also get across a pro-life message? Read More | Comment »

5:38PM Tue. May. 22, Jordan Smith

The Problem of Wrongful Conviction

A joint project of the University of Michigan and Northwestern law schools has created the country's largest database of exonerations, profiling online the stories of nearly 900 exonerees, and providing greater context to the problem of wrongful conviction in the U.S. Read More | Comment »

9:54AM Mon. May. 21, Jordan Smith

New Sentencing Hearing for Arena

A unanimous Texas Supreme Court ruled today that Michael Arena, sent to prison for an alleged sexual assault that even the victim says never happened – is entitled to a new sentencing hearing. Read More | Comment »

10:55AM Fri. May. 18, Jordan Smith

Majority Minority

Texas is one of five U.S. states with a majority minority population, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week. Read More | Comment »

8:29AM Fri. May. 18, Jordan Smith

Lawyers Like Hampton

A majority of Texas lawyers say they support Democratic Austin criminal defense attorney Keith Hampton in his bid to oust Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller at the polls this November. Read More | Comment »

4:10PM Fri. May. 11, Jordan Smith

Game of Senators

We've always had a lot of time for Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, but when he calls Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, "a snake oil salesman" and "a narcissist," well, our ears prick up. Especially when the cause is palace intrigue over the race to become Lieutenant Governor. Read More | Comment »

1:29PM Mon. May. 7, Richard Whittaker

FIfth Circuit Lifts Stay, Planned Parenthood Remains in WHP...For Now

A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this afternoon lifted the stay imposed by Judge Jerry Smith, which would ban Planned Parenthood from participation in the Women's Health Program. Thus, the injunction granted Monday is now back in effect and blocks, for now, the state's plan to ditch PP from the program. Read More | Comment »

5:57PM Fri. May. 4, Jordan Smith

UT Regents Vote for Med School Plan

University of Texas regents today voted in favor of a plan to bring a medical school to Austin. Read More | Comment »

1:22PM Thu. May. 3, Jordan Smith

Report: WHP Planned Parenthood Ban Puts Patients in Jeopardy

Community health centers will have to expand significantly in order to compensate for the exclusion of Planned Parenthood clinics from the Women's Health Program, according to a new report released by the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy at George Washington University. Read More | Comment »

9:38AM Thu. May. 3, Jordan Smith

CCA Considers Hank Skinner's Death-Case DNA Appeal

Whether death row inmate Hank Skinner will be given access to DNA testing that could demonstrate he is not guilty of the 1993 killing of his girlfriend and her two sons is now in the hands of the Court of Criminal Appeals, which considered the case during oral argument this morning. Read More | Comment »

2:04PM Wed. May. 2, Jordan Smith

Fifth Circuit Blocks WHP Ruling in Favor of Planned Parenthood

In a late-night ruling, a single judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Jerry Smith, issued an emergency stay of yesterday's ruling in federal district court that the state would not be allowed, at least for the time being, to exclude Planned Parenthood from participation in the Women's Health Program. Read More | Comment »

11:24AM Tue. May. 1, Jordan Smith

Planned Parenthood Wins Preliminary Injunction

Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel today ruled in favor of nine Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas that sought to block the state from going forward with a new rule that would ban their ability to provide services as part of the successful Women's Health Program. Read More | Comment »

12:04PM Mon. Apr. 30

Stop the War on Women

Texas' family planning budget has been gutted. Lawmakers have mandated invasive ultrasound for all women seeking abortion. In an effort to squeeze Planned Parenthood out of Texas, the state is willing to demolish the successful Women's Health Program. And that's just the recent news. Enough to make you crazy or depressed – or both. Read More | Comment »

2:38PM Thu. Apr. 26, Jordan Smith

Enough Providers for WHP Clients?

How exactly would a new Texas Women's Health Program continue to serve more than 100,000 clients without the help of the Planned Parenthood, the state's largest provider of WHP services? That's among the questions that a group of Texas House lawmakers is still trying to get answered. Read More | Comment »

4:39PM Tue. Apr. 24, Jordan Smith

Will State Be Allowed to Exclude PP From WHP?

Does banning Planned Parenthood from participation in the Women's Health Program actually further the goals of the program? Or is banning the veteran women's health provider an unconstitutional move, designed to punish the provider for its advocacy on behalf of reproductive choice? Read More | Comment »

5:12PM Thu. Apr. 19, Jordan Smith

Legislators Rewarded for Animal Advocacy

The Sportsmen’s & Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance has named Longview GOP Rep. David Simpson a “legislative leader”for 2011, for his “outstanding leadership working with colleagues, animal owners, and sportsmen in a legislative session burdened with emotion,” Susan Wolf, president of the national group, wrote in a press statement. Read More | Comment »

12:24PM Thu. Apr. 19, Jordan Smith

YCT Gives Roundtable Low Score

The GOP's favorite game seems to be eating its own young, but now the young are biting back, as the notoriously cranky and ever-more-fringe Young Conservatives of Texas are throwing down on another right wing group – this one with heavy ties to Gov. Rick Perry. Read More | Comment »

10:52AM Fri. Apr. 13, Richard Whittaker

Counting the Dots

Every time any group meets at the Capitol, there's always a big argument about how many people were really there. The organizers go high, detractors go low, and the cops try to stay out of it. Knowing this, Save Texas School have taken a novel approach. Case in point: Last weekend's second annual rally on the South Steps. Hint: It involves stickers. Read More | Comment »

1:01PM Fri. Mar. 30, Richard Whittaker

Better Than Nothing?

Speaking at a press conference to announce the filing of her "puppy mill" bill last winter, Houston Dem Rep. Senfronia Thompson brought with her a stuffed dog. "We're into cats and dogs," she said, holding the toy in her arm. Read More | Comment »

5:36PM Wed. Mar. 28, Jordan Smith

Supremes Take on Healthcare, Pt. 3

The third of marathon argument sessions at U.S. Supreme Court over the fate of healthcare reform is over and done. Read More | Comment »

2:52PM Wed. Mar. 28, Jordan Smith

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