Texas Republicans Helped Chemical Plant That Exploded Lobby Against Safety Rules

The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing “noxious” smoke — and may explode — successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new Continue reading →

How ‘Wild West’ growth may have contributed to devastating flood in Houston

Houston calls itself “the city with no limits” to convey the promise of boundless opportunity. But it also is the Continue reading →

Trump Drags GOP Onto Dangerous Ground, This Time Over Race

Republicans who had hoped Trump closed the book on the deadly Virginia protests Monday were forced to deal with his Continue reading →

The Trump Administration Lost Again in Court, This Time on Voter ID

A federal court in Texas has again ruled the state’s 2011 voter identification law intentionally discriminated against minorities. It’s the Continue reading →

Federal judges find Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines (and why this ruling is ineffectual)

AUSTIN, Texas — Federal judges found more problems in Texas’ voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional Continue reading →

Texas to cut Planned Parenthood from Medicaid

Planned Parenthood will no longer receive funding from Texas’s Medicaid program, state health officials announced Tuesday. Officials delivered a final Continue reading →

Court’s Ruling in Wisconsin Seen as Victory for Voting Rights

A federal appeals court panel refused on Monday to delay a lower court ruling that outlawed a sheaf of restrictions Continue reading →

Appeals Court Prevents Voting Without ID in Wisconsin

A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a lower court from allowing voters in Wisconsin to cast ballots without photo Continue reading →