The cactus has been used in indigenous religious practices for centuries, but habitat loss and over-harvesting have impacted its availability.

Texas' Senate Bill 10, which requires the commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom in the state, is set to take effect Sept. 1. U.S. Judge Fred Biery, in a temporary injunction issued Wednesday, blocked several school districts in the Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio areas from following the new law.

Senate Bill 10, which is being challenged in court, will require the commandments to be displayed in every Texas public school classroom starting Sept. 1. Neither teachers nor their schools are required to provide or pay for the posters, but they can’t reject a donated poster. Houston Public Media took a look at those behind the effort.

Attorneys representing 16 Texas families of varying religious and nonreligious backgrounds requested an injunction to block Senate Bill 10 from taking effect, pending the outcome of a challenge to its constitutionality.

Kendall County commissioners agreed to let some county residents vote in November on whether or not to turn a school campus into the heart of Constitution City.

A quartet of civil liberties organizations is suing the state on behalf of 16 Texas families of various religious and non-religious backgrounds. The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to stop Senate Bill 10, requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public-school classrooms, from taking effect on Sept. 1.

The first Temple Beth-el was built downtown in 1874 and had 44 chartered member families

One expert said Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence.

In his closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Leo remembered the young people of Gaza and Ukraine and other countries "bloodied by war" who could not join their celebration.

Maranatha Christian Center has become a donation center and a safe space for Kerrville's Hispanic and immigrant communities at a time when an increased presence of law enforcement has put many on edge.