The United States Congress pushed bipartisan legislation to decriminalize fentanyl test strips in an effort to reduce high overdose rates.
The Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act,...
Two Democratic challengers, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, entered the race for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s Senate seat. Cruz, who was first elected to the Senate in...
Physicians and parents of transgender youth sued the state of Texas on July 12 in response to Senate Bill 14, a law banning transition-related health care for minors.
The new law, which goes into...
Journalism professor Kathleen McElroy rescinded her resignation at UT following the failure of her deal with Texas A&M University, and the future of A&M’s journalism program remains unknown.
The...
Pili Saravia, General News Reporter
• July 24, 2023
After the state of Texas banned TikTok on state devices and networks — including at public universities like UT — a group of professors who said the law imposed on their First Amendment rights...
With bipartisan support, Texas lawmakers passed two bills aiming to lower the high rejection rates of mail-in ballots seen in 2021.
Senate Bill 1599, authored by State Sen. Bryan Hughes and sponsored...
Texans, pack your bags and fuel up because it’s road trip season and, according to a WalletHub ranking released on June 26, Texas is the best state to road trip this summer.
The ranking compared...
Helping children in the foster care system through outreach and awareness, the Texas Heart Gallery received $12 million from the state’s General Appropriations Bill. The funds will assist with post-adoption...
In a significant demographic shift, Texas’ Hispanic population now outnumbers white Texans.
According to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on July 1, the shifting demographics...
Karina Kumar, General News Reporter
• July 3, 2023
Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 15, which requires all college athletes to compete based on their sex assigned at birth, on June 15.
The legislation requires all transgender athletes to compete...
The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 477 and House Bill 3159 this session to increase voting accessibility for those with disabilities.
Effective immediately, SB 477, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott...
Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 14, banning minors from receiving gender-affirming care, into law on June 2. The bill prohibits transgender youth from receiving hormones and puberty blockers and...
