Texas
“I’m not having a bad day,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said after the governor, a fellow Republican, vetoed the bill. “Texas is having a bad day.”
Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new state law that will make the state the nation’s largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.
The Republican said troops “will use every tool & strategy" to "maintain order" as people across the country protest Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda.
Maria Rojas was arrested nearly three months ago and still hasn't been indicted for any crime — putting her in excruciating limbo by the state.
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"If we were sitting here 50 years ago ... instead of talking about trans women going into bathrooms, you'd be talking about Black women going into white bathrooms."
Exemption rates in Texas have been rising for nearly two decades, with a dramatic spike over the last five years.
A push to put the Ten Commandments on display in all Texas public school classrooms is closer to reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.
Another officer who was present at the time of the alleged assault said the victim was not resisting in any manner.
Children typically receive their first measles vaccine around their first birthday, but given the current outbreak, it's now available starting at 6 months old.
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) amplified what's become a familiar talking point.