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The proposal, filed by , would remove sales tax on diapers, baby wipes and bottles; tampons, sanitary napkins and menstrual cups; maternity clothing; and products for pumping breast milk. It's expected to move to the Senate soon.
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23-year-old Katiuska came to the Juárez detention center to try to find out if her friend Orlando Maldonado, who she says is like his brother, survived the fire at the INM facility. “That’s the hope to get him back alive. But my hopes are low,” she says.
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The Texas Observer, the storied progressive publication known for its feisty, combative and often humorous investigative journalism, is shutting down and will lay off its 17-person staff, including 13 journalists, several members of its board said Sunday.
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Some Texas Republicans are pushing the state to abandon one of its best tools for preventing voter fraud. The secretary of state’s office is trying to see if it can build a replacement, but experts say the effort could take years. With :
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The House Public Health Committee is debating House Bill 1686, which would block transgender kids' access to puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgeries — the latter of which is very rare for kids. The legislation is identical to Senate Bill 14.
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Caseworkers and foster care providers in Texas often get incomplete and inaccurate information about foster kids in their care because of the state child welfare agency’s archaic technology system.
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During the pandemic, Texans received extra money on their Lone Star cards through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also known as food stamps. That extra money ends this month.
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Republican leaders have resisted calls for gun restrictions, like raising the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15. Gov. Greg Abbott has suggested that such a law would be unconstitutional.
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TX Senate could take up SB 14, its gender-affirming care ban, this week. A House committee is debating its identical HB 1686 today. So what is translation-related health care, and how is it conducted when kids are involved? breaks it down:
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Former president Donald Trump used his nearly 90-minute speech to frame himself as a victim of politicized legal investigations and to focus on his perceived political enemies. “...For those who have been wronged and betrayed … I am your retribution."
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In TX pot news, a court hearing on whether a state dept can ban the legally murky delta-8 THC products was pushed from April to the fall term at the request of the parties. They want to first see if #txlege bans/codifies the popular marijuana alternative.
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