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The state has vowed to assist the president in his efforts to revamp immigration. But the state’s biggest cities and school districts are more reluctant to help.

Bernie Tiede, whose murder of a Texas widow was immortalized by Richard Linklater, is suing the state over what he calls its “cruel and unusual” treatment of inmates in hot prisons.

The measures will provide limited property tax relief, but the vote comes after recent tax appraisals gave Texas homeowners sticker shock.

Providers across the state started administering shots to children 5 through 11 one day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended it for the age group.

The measure prohibits trans children and teens from playing on teams that align with their gender identity. LGBTQ+ rights groups in Texas and families of trans children say they are looking into legal options to challenge the bill.

Senate Bill 52 would allow Texas’ public universities to pay for infrastructure projects through tuition revenue bonds, a process that hasn’t been done by the state Legislature since 2015.

Without a legal standard setting out what must be done to prevent heat deaths, workplace regulators have a hard time making violations stick.

Planned Parenthood clinics in South Texas have stopped providing any abortions as a new law went into effect Wednesday that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The two other Planned Parenthood affiliates in the state — Gulf Coast and Greater Texas — will still provide abortions in the rare cases when a pregnancy is detected in that early timeframe, as the law permits.

Some overlooked voting laws, permitless carry, and a ban on critical race theory are among the newly passed legislation. Reporters at NPR’s Texas Newsroom partner stations break down some of the key items.