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DALLAS — Last Saturday night, 15-year-old Jordan Edwards was killed when Balch Springs Police Department officer Roy Oliver fired his rifle at a moving vehicle in which Edwards was a passenger.
HOUSTON — Last night, the Texas House of Representatives voted in favor of Senate Bill 4 (SB4), the bill that would ban “sanctuary cities” policies and require local law enforcement to serve as federal immigration agents. The bill now heads to Governor Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it.
AUSTIN – As Texas House and Senate committees today consider two bills that would effectively codify discrimination against LGBT Texans, leading civil and religious liberties organizations warn that lawmakers are pushing Texas in a dangerous direction.
On April 12, the Houston City Council passed an ordinance that bans homeless encampments in public places and places restrictions on panhandling on the city’s medians. Specifically, the ordinance prohibits temporary shelters, tents and cooking devices.
HOUSTON — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit today demanding government documents about the on-the-ground implementation of President Trump’s Muslim ban.
AUSTIN - Leading equality and civil liberties organizations are expressing their disgust over a middle-of–the–night, backroom deal in which Texas House members last week bartered over the rights of transgender Texans and women’s access to reproductive health care services.