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Texas lawmakers consider bills to prohibit homeless encampments statewide
Juan Pablo Garnham, The Texas Tribune
April 27, 2021
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Gabriela Roque loads up her belongings into a van with The Other Ones Foundation, a non-profit helping people move their belongings before TxDOT crews arrived to cleanup homeless encampments Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Austin, Texas.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographer
The Texas Legislature is considering bills that would ban homeless encampments statewide, almost two years after the city of Austin decided to lift a similar local ban a move that critics say triggered the proliferation of tent cities throughout Austin.
If lawmakers approve the legislation and Gov. Greg Abbott signs it into law, it would become the latest instance of the Republican-led state government overruling local ordinances. State lawmakers also are trying to stop cities from decreasing police funding after the “defund the police” movement sparked b
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The Abilene City Council voted Thursday to create a board to study the feasibility of off-premise consumption of alcohol in specific downtown areas.
This would apply to the downtown area on the north side and the emerging South of Downtown Abilene (SoDA) District.
The idea is to allow people to purchase a beverage, then be allowed to take it with them but within a certain area.
The seven-person board is tasked with making a recommendation to the council, which has final say. Concern has been raised about excessive consumption and littering.
The Lone Star State seeks to reimpose the immediate expulsion of most undocumented migrants at the border, claiming the Biden administration is ignoring the risk of Covid-19 spread at overcrowded facilities.
Migrants are seen in custody at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing area under the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission, Texas, last month. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
FORT WORTH, Texas (CN) – Backed by a group headed by former White House adviser Stephen Miller, Texas sued the Biden administration Thursday over the overcrowding of migrants at border facilities and the refusal to detain them in spite of public health concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic.