Texas Supreme Court

The anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life had argued Proposition A should be broken up into multiple city charter amendments because it contains a range of policy reforms, including the decriminalization of abortion and marijuana possession.

The opinion overrides a ruling by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct that forced County Court 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez to remove the flag from her courtroom.

State-appointed managers can replace elected school board members in the largest district in Texas.

ERCOT says that, as a division of state government, it has sovereign immunity. Plaintiffs point out that it is also an independent nonprofit, a fact the grid operator sometimes uses to its advantage.

The ruling Friday night exposes abortion providers to fines and lawsuits even before the state’s trigger law goes into effect.

The state’s high court allowed the investigations to continue but said the Texas Department of Family Protective Services is not bound by Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton’s orders.

The Texas Attorney General is defending the governor’s decision to order the state’s child welfare agency to investigate parents, and health care professionals for providing certain gender-affirming medical treatments to transgender kids.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision means it could take months before abortion providers’ challenge to the restrictive law returns to a federal court.

The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked San Antonio’s mask mandate for public schools Thursday — the latest in the tug-of-war legal battle between local governments and the state’s Republican leadership over mandatory face coverings.

The district said it is waiting for a final ruling from the Texas Supreme Court on whether the governor's executive order banning mask mandates can stand.