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Texas Senate passes 7 bills aimed at restricting access to abortion By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published  Texas Senate passes 7 bills aimed at restricting access to abortion The Texas Senate has given the okay to seven House bills aimed at restricting, and possibly even banning, abortions in the state. AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Senate has passed seven bills aimed at restricting access to abortions in Texas. "We need to protect that unborn child and the mother, and thats the goal of what the ...

Bill filing deadline: Republicans file election legislation that Democrats call voter suppression With Friday marking the bill filing deadline, lawmakers filed a flurry of election and voter bills. Democrats say it’s just the latest attempt at voter suppression. The 87th Texas Legislature is called into session at the Texas Capitol building in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (Lynda M. González/The Dallas Morning News)(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer) AUSTIN – Friday mar...

Bill filed by GOP lawmaker tries to make getting an abortion a capital offense As filed by Rep. Bryan Slaton, this bill would abolish abortions, raising the possibility of the death penalty for women who get one, and criminal charges for physicians who do the procedure. An exam table stands in an operating room at the Whole Womans Health abortion clinic in San Antonio.(Bloomberg News / Matthew Busch) AUSTIN — North Texas Republican state Rep. Bryan Slaton introduced a bill Tuesday that would...

Greg Abbotts Mask Mandate Repeal Divides Texas Voters, Has Less Support In Cities: Poll On 3/11/21 at 1:28 PM EST Texas Governor Greg Abbotts decision to lift the states mask mandate has divided Texas voters, with a majority of residents in cities disagreeing with the measure, according to a new poll. The survey, which was conducted by Progress Texas and Public Policy Polling last week, found that public opinion on the mandate was evenly split across all Texans, with 48 percent in support and 4...

A poll published by a non-profit organization showed Gov. Abbott’s state-wide repeal of his mask mandate is unpopular in major metro areas- whereas non-urban parts of the state support the move.

Travis County GOP Chairman Matt Mackowiak and Glenn Smith from Progress Texas share their opinions on when they believe kids will be back in the classroom.

Glenn Smith from Progress Texas and Travis County GOP executive director Brian Ruddle discuss Sen. Ted Cruz's statements on the Trump impeachment trial.

Still a target JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer james.journo@gmail.com Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 470,000 people in the U.S., legislators across the country are still filing bills targeting LGBTQQ people. That was the takeaway from a recent Human Rights Campaign press call lead by Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director for the LGBTQ advocacy organization. The three most common types of bills now winnow in on creating barriers for transgender ...

Travis County GOP executive director Brian Ruddle and Ed Espinoza from Progress Texas join FOX 7 Austin to talk about Trump's second impeachment trial.

FOX 7 Discussion: Trump parts ways with legal team ahead of impeachment trial FOX 7 Discussion: Trump parts ways with legal team ahead of impeachment trial Travis County GOP Executive Director Brian Ruddle and Glenn Smith from Progress Texas talk about Trumps decision to part ways with his original legal team. AUSTIN, Texas - Former President Donald Trump has parted ways with his lead impeachment lawyers little more than a week before his trial, two people familiar with the situation said Satur...