The 2-1 decision came late Tuesday from a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It keeps the state of Texas from enforcing the law, known as SB 4, as the legal challenge against it continues in federal court.
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The difference in turnout between white and nonwhite voters has soared since 2008, especially in regions once covered by strict Voting Rights Act protections. A new report from the Brennan Center shows since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, the white-Black voter turnout gap has widened.
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The vice president has been traveling across the country, giving increasingly higher-profile remarks to key voting groups.
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Parts of San Antonio are seeing more and more unhoused encampments. The city is actively trying to remove them saying they are a problem of health and safety. But then these encampments quickly return. What is happening with unhoused encampments? What’s a humane and progressive solution?
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Mayor Ron Nirenberg said there is no guarantee that the city will get all the money it needs to run the MRC from the federal government and that they expected to learn more in the coming weeks.
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He praises defendants who are charged with rioting that day. His campaign's launch site has connections to extremist violence. Experts worry he's tapping into anger that motivated domestic terrorism.
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Paxton, a Republican who was charged with felony securities fraud in 2015, has reached a deal with prosecutors that will let him avoid facing a jury next month. He did not have to admit guilt in agreeing to the terms.
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Talks are beginning again with hopes to develop a San Antonio-to-Austin commuter rail. The previous Lone Star Rail District effort failed, but could new leadership make the difference?
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Meta is now limiting the amount of political content it recommends to Instagram and Threads users. Here's why it made the change — and how to opt out of it.
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At issue is the FDA's regulatory power to approve drugs and continually evaluate their safety — a system that until now has been widely viewed as the gold standard for both safety and innovation
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Asking the right questions can help us think more clearly, be better leaders, have richer conversations, and bridge divides. It’s questions that generate new ideas and solve problems. Asking the right questions helps make better decisions and judgments. So how do you get into the question mindset and challenge conventional thinking?