Jill Ament
Texas Standard Producer-
The bill requiring Texas public school athletes to participate only on sports teams that align with their sex assigned at birth appears poised to become law. -
The session is focused on approving new district maps. Gov. Greg Abbott is also pressuring lawmakers to pass his priorities.
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The Houston-area Democrat hasn't officially announced his candidacy. If he runs, he would face Matthew Dowd in a Democratic primary race.
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The Texas Legislature is now in round three of this year's special sessions. Back on their priority agenda is a controversial measure that would restrict which sports teams transgender student athletes can play on.
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The Freedom to Vote Act includes provisions that are at odds with Texas' recently adopted voting law.
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"In the three-hour drive between Laredo and San Antonio ... Mexican-American culture, Latino culture, changes in those miles."
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The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Bell County, home to Killeen and Fort Hood, is about 32% – significantly lower than some nearby counties.
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"Governments are allowed to decide that having a particular slice of the population vaccinated is worth the incursion on individual rights."
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A new book tracks both the racist policies that affected recovery and how the city’s West Side showed its resilience.
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A new study finds women who sought but were denied access to abortion experienced higher rates of poverty than women who were able to obtain care.
