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Severe storms rake Texas, Oklahoma; tornado watch in effect

By Associated Press

The storm system is poised to move into Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday, and forecasters say more tornadoes were expected.

Redistricting embroils Texas in contentious legal fight

By Karla Murthy

Primaries for this year’s midterm elections are already underway. Across the country, these elections are happening in newly drawn districts, the result of redistricting after the latest census. As both parties work the politically fraught process to their advantage, special…

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WATCH: House holds hearing on ensuring free and fair access to voting in Texas

By Associated Press

Texas threw out mail votes at an abnormally high rate during the nation's first primary of 2022, rejecting nearly 23,000 ballots outright under tougher voting rules that are part of a broad campaign by Republicans to reshape American elections.

Washington state governor signs bill that prohibits Texas-style abortion lawsuits

By Rachel La Corte, Associated Press

A measure that prohibits legal action against people seeking an abortion and those who aid them was signed into law Thursday by the governor of Washington, a move designed to rebut recent actions by conservative states.

Texas mail-in ballot rejections soar under new restrictions

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

Final figures from Texas' primary election earlier this month show nearly 23,000 mail ballots in all were discarded and not counted.

Texas judge blocks investigations of transgender youth's parents

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction Friday preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's directive that compels the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate.

This Texas family is being investigated because their child is trans: 'I don't know where it's safe'

By Kate Sosin, The 19th

The Dallas-area family says it is under investigation by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and at risk of losing their kids.

Texas judge hears case on state investigations into gender affirming care for transgender youth

By Associated Press

A Texas judge is holding a hearing on whether to prevent state officials from investigating reports of transgender youth receiving gender confirming care as child abuse.

Judge temporarily blocks Texas investigation of transgender teen's parents

By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press

A Texas judge has blocked the state from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender confirming treatments she's received.

As families of trans kids live with fear of state investigation, advocacy groups sue Texas

By Orion Rummler, Kate Sosin, The 19th

As some families in Texas prepare for worst-case scenarios, the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal have sued the governor to prevent the state’s child welfare agency from investigating parents seeking gender-affirming care for their children.