SB 4: Texas Cities Get Their Day in Court
Advocates are optimistic following judge’s critical line of questioning
Mary Tuma
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News, June 29, 2017
Fallout From the Lege's War on Reproductive Rights
Texas waits on the full impact of legislative cuts
News, June 22, 2017
Adler, Council Members File Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against SB 4
Monday filing contests pending anti-immigration law
News, June 22, 2017
"This Is Austin Bashing on Steroids"
This legislative session, state GOP lawmakers ran an all-out assault on municipal values
News, June 15, 2017
SB 4 on Thin ICE
A ruling in San Antonio spells trouble for state law
News, June 15, 2017
Austin Wages Legal Battle Against SB 4 in Court
Austin filing argues SB 4 violates U.S. Constitution
News, June 2, 2017
Austin to Fed Judge: Dismiss State’s SB 4 Suit
City attorneys question the timing of the state’s pre-emptive strike
News, June 1, 2017
Lege Lines: “A Liar and Hateful Man”
Matt Rinaldi calls ICE, threatens to shoot a colleague
News, June 1, 2017
Anti-Choice Bill Goes to Guv
Expect a court challenge over "unconstitutional" bill
News, May 26, 2017
Margaret Moore on ICE
The D.A. wants to work with ICE to ensure victim and criminal witness safety
News, May 25, 2017
State: Give Us That Medicaid Money We Said We Didn’t Want
Texas lost out on a boatload of money when it declined to expand Medicaid. Now it wants that cash.
News, May 25, 2017
Handmaid's Tale Protests at Capitol
Pro-choice protest at Capitol channels dystopian fiction
News, May 23, 2017
Texas House Advances Anti-Choice Package Bill
SB 8 bans safest type of second trimester abortion
News, May 19, 2017
Lege Lines: Texas Temper Tantrum
Freedom Caucus wigs out, “chubs,” stalls, kills every bill in sight
News, May 18, 2017
Bill of the Week: A Straight Ticket to Court?
Rep. Ron Simmons wants to end straight-ticket voting
News, May 18, 2017
Whole Woman’s Health Reopens
Sees 40 patients on first days back in business
News, May 18, 2017
Austin, Texas Cities Promise Legal Fight Against SB 4
City Council to vote on SB 4 lawsuit resolution Thursday
News, May 16, 2017
On Abortion, Texas Leads in Lying
“Unfounded abortion restrictions often have serious consequences”
News, May 11, 2017
The Challenge to SB 4
Opponents to “sanctuary cities” bill ready for court battles
News, May 11, 2017
Texas Sues Austin Over SB 4
Paxton asks federal court to find anti-immigrant law constitutional
News, May 8, 2017
Guv Signs SB 4 Into Law
Anti-immigrant bill to take effect on Sept. 1
News, May 7, 2017
Lege Lines: Resistance in the “Sanctuary”
Assessing the fallout after SB 4’s passage
News, May 4, 2017
Sit-in Against SB 4 at Guv's Office
Activists won't move until Abbott vetoes "racist" bill
News, May 1, 2017
House Passes Sanctuary Cities Bill
Amendment lets cops question detainees' immigration status
News, April 27, 2017
State Board of Education Evolves
A rare bit of good news out of the SBOE
News, April 27, 2017
Bill of the Week: Combating Postpartum Depression
Between 2011 and 2012, nearly 200 Texas mothers died within a year of giving birth
News, April 20, 2017
Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome
Rounding up the news left on the chamber floors
News, April 20, 2017
Lege Lines: Bills on the Move
News, April 20, 2017
Lege Lines: Same Old “Sanctuary”
House version of SB 4? Still Terrible.
News, April 20, 2017
Bills Grant Texas Doctors Legal Cover to Mislead Pregnant Women
Is the Lege giving doctors a license to lie?
