What’s behind a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers’ push to stop Melissa Lucio’s execution date?

by Monica Madden, Chloe Young, The Associated Press | KXAN-TV | Apr 8, 2022 HOUSTON (Nexstar/AP) — A group of bipartisan Texas lawmakers visited a death row inmate whose execution they are trying to stop amid doubt about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter. State Reps. Jeff Leach and Joe Moody on Wednesday led a group of […]

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Travis County judge blocks child abuse investigations into families of trans kids

By Chloe Young, Monica Madden, Mayra Monroy | KXAN-TV | March 11, 2022 TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A district court judge has granted an injunction and blocked child abuse investigations into the families of trans kids in Texas on Friday. Judge Amy Clark Meachum listened to arguments Friday on whether to temporarily block child protective services’ […]

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposes ending tenure over critical race theory battle

By Monica Madden, Chloe Young | KXAN-TV | February 18, 2022 AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is proposing to end all tenure for newly hired public university professors and revoke tenure for professors teaching critical race theory, he announced at a press conference Friday. During the 2021 legislative session, state lawmakers passed bills restricting what […]

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