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Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Mirroring moves by other red-state legislatures across the country, Texas Republicans are attempting to reach into classrooms and limit what public school students are taught about the nation's historical subjugation of people of color. Two bills moving through the Texas Legislature would bar the teaching of critical race theory, an academic discipline that views race as a social construct and examines how racism has shaped lega...

Austin American-Statesman An effort to ban transgender student athletes from competing in sports within their gender identity was dealt a significant setback Tuesday after a Texas House committee voted not to advance a Senate-approved bill to the full House. With a 6-5 vote in favor of the legislation, Senate Bill 29 was one vote short of the seven needed for a majority of the 13-member Public Education Committee – the minimum number of votes required to move the bill forward. Democratic state Rep. Harold Dutton didn't vote. Republican Rep. Dan Huberty wasn't at the dais; he was pre...

Texas 'heartbeat bill' banning abortions at 6 weeks gets initial approval from House Madlin Mekelburg, Austin American-Statesman The Texas House on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would effectively ban most abortions by outlawing the procedure once a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically before a woman is aware she is pregnant. Abortion rights advocates have called the bill one of the most extreme abortion restrictions proposed in the state to date, and emotions were running high as lawmakers debated the measure on the House floor. Standing at the front of the...

GOP lawmakers want to ban 'woke philosophies' like critical race theory in Texas schools Posted By Duncan Agnew, The Texas Tribune on Wed, May 5, 2021 at 1:29 PM click to enlarge Texas Tribune / Michael Stravato Texas lawmakers are seeking to limit how and what public school students are taught about race. Mirroring moves by other red-state legislatures ac...

The Texas House on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would effectively ban most abortions by outlawing the procedure once a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically before a woman is aware she is pregnant. Abortion rights advocates have called the bill one of the most extreme abortion restrictions proposed in the state to date, and emotions were running high as lawmakers debated the measure on the House floor. Standing at the front of the chamber, surrounded by a handful of other Republican women, Rep. Shelby Slawson, R-Stephenville, opened the debate by sharing a story about her ...