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The U.S. Supreme Court late Wednesday night refused to block a Texas law that amounts to a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The vote was 5-4, with three Trump-appointed justices joining two other conservative justices. Dissenting were conservative Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's three liberal justices. The decision left open the option for abortion providers to challe...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is shown. | Hans Pennink/AP Photo Hochul’s first bill suspends state’s Open Meetings Law By BILL MAHONEY 09/01/2021 08:57 PM EDT ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s bill extending New York’s eviction moratorium includes language that suspends New York’s Open Meetings Law. The legislation, the first of Hochul’s tenure, was due to pass on Wednesday night, a week after the...

A new law will no longer require some Texas doctors to obtain approval for certain medical procedures, treatments or drugs. Physicians with a proven track record — who are approved 90% of the time for a service — will receive "gold card" status and be exempt from the prior authorization process, which requires them to get permission from insurers before performing care. Physicians in Texas ha...

A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and others that sought to block enforcement of the law that went into effect Wednesday. But the justices also suggested that Wed...

Protesters walk toward the Texas State Capitol on January 17, 2021, in Austin. (CNN)A new pro-gun law in Texas that went into effect Wednesday allows most Texans who legally own a firearm to carry it openly in public without obtaining a permit or training, a measure that experts say will make it more challenging for law enforcement to protect the public from gun violence. The controversial "c...

Today, a new law takes effect in Texas that directly violates the precedent established in the landmark case of Roe v. Wade. This all-out assault on reproductive health effectively bans abortion for the nearly 7 million Texans of reproductive age. Patients in Texas will now be forced to travel out-of-state or carry their pregnancy to term against their will. This law will dramatically reduce ...

In Texas, 666 new laws go into effect Wednesday passed by the Republican-led state Legislature in the 2021 regular session. Among them are top conservative priorities passed in other red states around the country this year, but none as big as Texas with more than 29 million residents. Meanwhile, Texas Democrats have returned to the state after leaving to protest a restrictive voting law. That...

Lawmakers in Texas passed HB 3979 earlier this year in hopes to overhaul how concepts linked to critical race theory are being taught in K-12 schools. San Antonio, Texas (CNN)A new Texas law aimed at restricting discussions of race and history in schools has some educators second guessing themselves and forgoing civics-related activities to avoid running afoul of it. HB3979, one of the legisl...

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