Gov. Greg Abbott says the dozens of Democrats who fled Texas to block a redraw of the state's congressional maps could also be charged with bribery or be removed from their seats. Ethics experts question his threats.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/04/527898/arrest-warrants-issued-for-texas-democrats-who-fled-the-state-to-break-quorum/

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A Houston mother barred from seeing her three children because of a lifetime protective order will have her case reheard after a Texas Supreme Court ruling Friday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/05/520492/judges-must-clear-a-high-bar-to-separate-parents-from-children-forever-texas-supreme-court-rules/

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A Houston man who sent bomb threats, shooting threats and racial and homophobic messages to Harris County hospitals, universities, judges, councilmembers, journalists and lawyers was sentenced Friday to serve 16 years in a federal prison.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/12/17/509038/houston-man-who-threatened-gun-violence-bombings-against-houston-officials-hospitals-sentenced/

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New policy blocks transgender Texans from changing sex on birth certificates

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2024/09/03/498414/new-policy-blocks-transgender-texans-from-changing-sex-on-birth-certificates/

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Transgender Texans will not be able to change the sex listed on their driver’s licenses, according to a policy change rolled out this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/08/21/497411/texas-drivers-license-policy-blocks-transgender-changing-sex/

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Lawyers for the state of Texas Tuesday appealed a $100,000 a day fine levied by a federal court.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/04/17/483852/texas-appeals-100k-a-day-contempt-fine-in-long-running-foster-care-litigation/

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Witnesses subpoenaed before Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial last year accused him of bullying them during the proceedings and argued they shouldn’t have to answer questions under oath, newly-released records show.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/02/28/479178/exclusive-ken-paxton-impeachment-records-reveal-fights-over-witness-testimony-and-alleged-bullying/

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