Category: State News

A rural Texas landowner is battling Texas Central in a lawsuit that hinges on whether the company can forcibly take parcels needed to connect the state’s two biggest urban areas.

The effort to charge Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir came at a time when many Texas Republicans questioned the integrity of last year’s election despite there being no evidence of widespread voter fraud.

The justices allowed the challenge against the law to proceed but mangled abortion providers’ legal strategy and set the table for another elongated court fight. Meanwhile, abortion access in the state remains severely restricted.

The Supreme Court on Friday left intact a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, but that clinics could continue their challenge against it in lower federal courts.

Austin, Texas is one of the nation’s fastest-gentrifying cities as the rapid influx of affluent millennials pushes out low-income residents. Parts of Austin that were once lined with mobile home parks and industrial yards have become modern apartment buildings and trendy restaurants. This trend is happening all over the city and pushing the working poor further and further outside city limits.