Fort Hood set to be renamed after Richard Cavazos, Texas’ first Hispanic four-star general
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin accepted the Naming Commission’s change and announced it would take place by Jan. 1, 2024. Full Story
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Texas Supreme Court weighs whether to allow state’s education agency to oust Houston school board
Among other issues, the court will consider whether a law that updated the education code last year has any bearing on TEA Commissioner Mike Morath’s attempt to replace HISD’s board members over low academic scores. Full Story
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Texas A&M’s early-voting location was popular during general elections before it was moved off campus
The Brazos County commissioner who represents the precinct where the university is located cited low turnout as a partial reason for relocating the polling location. Full Story
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Brazos County won’t restore Texas A&M early-voting location despite students’ pushback
County commissioners decided Tuesday that A&M still won’t have an on-campus early-voting location for the 2022 elections, despite admitting it was a mistake to eliminate it for the first time in years. Full Story
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Watch: North Texas synagogues continue to fortify after Colleyville hostage incident in January
See how North Texas synagogues have adapted their security measures after a record-breaking year of recorded antisemitic acts nationwide in 2021 and an incident close to home early this year. Full Story
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Watch: Volunteer acompañantes in Mexico aid at-home abortions. Their network is expanding to Texas.
In parts of Mexico where abortion has not been legalized, women rely on volunteer networks to provide medication and emotional support for at-home abortions. As access to abortion is shut down in Texas, similar networks are being built in the U.S. Full Story
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![Sandra Cardona left, and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, pose for a photo at their home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. They are part of the network “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.]()
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Video: Acompañantes en México ayudan a realizar abortos en casa. Su red de apoyo se expande a Texas.
En algunos estados de México, donde el aborto todavía no es legal, redes de acompañantes proveen medicamento y apoyo emocional para que las personas puedan realizar abortos en casa. Debido a que el acceso al aborto en Texas es cada vez más limitado, estas redes están comenzando a formarse en Estados Unidos. Full Story
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![Vanessa Jiménez, leads a training related to accompaniment for people who decide to have an abortion at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Vanessa Jiménez, and her wife Sandra Cardona, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.
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Watch: With a “feeling of betrayal,” one family flees Texas in search of safer climate for their transgender daughter
Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who provide their children with gender-affirming care, driving one such family to leave home. Full Story
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A West Texas coffee shop owner is giving away Plan B for free as fight over contraception access takes hold
Last May, Lubbock became the biggest city in Texas to ban abortion within city limits. Now, with abortion outlawed throughout the Lone Star State, the fight over reproductive rights is taking a new turn. Full Story
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![Destiny Adams unpacks newly received Plan B test kits in her Tumbleweed + Sage Coffee Shop in Wolfforth, TX. Adams keeps a stock of the test kits so her customers can easily find the tests.]()
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Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods
Gohmert was a precursor to former President Donald Trump’s brand of populist, establishment-bucking conservatism that delights in offending progressives and makes no apologies for spreading misinformation. Full Story
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![U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, and Republican candidate for Attorney General of the primary elections, talks to a videographer outside of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dallas on March 1, 2022.]()
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More Black Americans live in Texas than any other state. Two years after George Floyd’s murder, many reconsider their future here.
In interviews, Black Texans expressed frustration over uneven progress, restrictions on teaching about racism in public schools and limitations on their political representation and voting access. Full Story
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Watch: Foster kids who age out of the system in Texas face new challenges as young adults
As a former foster child graduates with her master’s degree, she explains how her home situation has posed additional challenges, like remaining housed and finding a support system. Full Story
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Abortion should be permitted in cases of rape and incest, around 80% of Texas voters say in UT poll
Polling from the Texas Politics Project finds registered voters opinions’ on abortion are at odds with Texas laws. Full Story
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![A few pieces of medical equipment are all that remain to be packed up inside the Alamo Women's Reproductive Service's Clinic in San Antonio on July 29, 2022. The clinic is closing its doors and moving to Carbondale, Illinois and Albuquerque, New Mexico to provide services there.]()
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Volunteer networks in Mexico aid at-home abortions without involving doctors or clinics. They’re coming to Texas.
Before abortion was legal in parts of Mexico, an extensive “accompaniment” system grew to help women safely terminate pregnancies on their own. Its organizers are now moving abortion-inducing medication across the border and helping replicate the system in the United States. Full Story
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![Sandra Cardona, sits during a meeting at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Sandra and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.
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En México, grupos de voluntarias ayudan a tener abortos en casa, sin personal médico. Este modelo de aborto ha llegado a Texas.
Antes de que el aborto fuera legal en algunos estados de México, los grupos de “acompañamiento” establecieron un sistema de apoyo para que las mujeres interrumpieran sus embarazos en casa. Ahora, estos grupos están ayudando a trasladar al norte de la frontera medicamento para abortar y a replicar este modelo en los Estados Unidos. Full Story
![Sandra Cardona, sits during a meeting at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Sandra and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.
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Listen: Abortion is considered basic health care in Mexico City. Its clinics are open to U.S. women.
Private clinics offer abortions at a fraction of the cost in the United States. City public health clinics may be more difficult to navigate but offer abortions free of charge, including for noncitizens. Full Story
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![Dr. María L. García Martínez, checks the intrauterine device, IUD, which is inserted in the uterus to provide birth control, in the patient Lilia del Carmen Ortega, 47, at the Inguarán Maternity Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico on July 1, 2022.
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El aborto es un servicio básico de salud en la Ciudad de México. Sus clínicas están disponibles para las estadounidenses.
Las clínicas privadas en la Ciudad de México ofrecen abortos a una fracción del precio en Estados Unidos. También hay clínicas y hospitales públicos que ofrecen acceso gratuito al aborto, incluso para personas extranjeras. Full Story
![Dr. María L. García Martínez, checks the intrauterine device, IUD, which is inserted in the uterus to provide birth control, in the patient Lilia del Carmen Ortega, 47, at the Inguarán Maternity Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico on July 1, 2022.
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Lawyers for Alex Jones turned over evidence that contradicted his testimony
After years of telling his followers the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged, Jones admitted on the stand that the massacre was real. He is being sued in Austin by parents of one of the shooting’s victims. Full Story
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Bucking other Texas Democrats, Cuellar and Gonzalez vote against U.S. House bill that would ban semi-automatic weapons
The chamber’s attempt to ban semi-automatic weapons after a series of mass shootings appears destined to fail in the Senate. Full Story
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Texas’ complex relationship with firearms: Leading America in gun sales, but with a declining gun ownership rate
We examine decades of data on gun ownership and gun violence to show trends across the state. Some of them might surprise you. Full Story
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![Hundreds of handguns and rifles are displayed for purchase at McBride’s Gun’s in Central Austin on April 20, 2021.]()
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