/tags/aclu ACLU en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:47:14 GMT /crime-justice/2024-04-23/travis-county-tests-out-program-to-provide-lawyers-for-low-income-defendants-at-its-downtown-jail Research shows having a lawyer present often reduces bail amounts. The county will provide lawyers for a limited time on Tuesday and Thursday. It has tried to roll out a program for years. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:47:14 GMT /crime-justice/2024-04-23/travis-county-tests-out-program-to-provide-lawyers-for-low-income-defendants-at-its-downtown-jail Andrew Weber /politics/2022-06-28/texas-judge-blocks-states-pre-roe-abortion-ban-allows-some-abortions-to-continue The 1925 law at the core of the case was in effect until the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. It made performing an abortion punishable by up to five years in prison. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:48:35 GMT /politics/2022-06-28/texas-judge-blocks-states-pre-roe-abortion-ban-allows-some-abortions-to-continue Sergio Martínez-Beltrán /health/2022-06-10/judge-temporarily-blocks-some-texas-investigations-into-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-kids The state has been investigating whether parents who provide access to gender-affirming health care are committing child abuse. The temporary restraining order is part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of three families and members of PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy group. Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:33:22 GMT /health/2022-06-10/judge-temporarily-blocks-some-texas-investigations-into-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-kids Eleanor Klibanoff /politics/2022-05-11/texas-court-orders-that-illegal-voting-conviction-against-crystal-mason-be-reviewed At the time Mason voted in 2016, she was on supervised release from prison after serving time on federal tax evasion charges. She received a five-year sentence for illegal voting. Wed, 11 May 2022 20:00:50 GMT /politics/2022-05-11/texas-court-orders-that-illegal-voting-conviction-against-crystal-mason-be-reviewed Ashley Lopez /news/2022-03-09/court-upholds-order-stopping-child-abuse-investigation-into-texas-trans-teens-family The appeals court’s decision allows a lower court to hold a hearing on whether Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate certain gender-affirming care as child abuse can stand. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 18:50:01 GMT /news/2022-03-09/court-upholds-order-stopping-child-abuse-investigation-into-texas-trans-teens-family Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune /health/2022-03-02/texas-temporarily-blocked-from-investigating-the-family-of-a-trans-teen-over-gender-affirming-care A state judge’s ruling does not stop the agency from opening investigations into other families in similar situations. Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:34:14 GMT /health/2022-03-02/texas-temporarily-blocked-from-investigating-the-family-of-a-trans-teen-over-gender-affirming-care Eleanor Klibanoff | The Texas Tribune /health/2022-03-01/texas-investigates-parents-of-transgender-teen-prompting-the-aclu-to-sue The ACLU suit looks to block Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigate parents seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children, for child abuse. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:30:32 GMT /health/2022-03-01/texas-investigates-parents-of-transgender-teen-prompting-the-aclu-to-sue Sneha Dey | The Texas Tribune /education/2021-12-14/texas-school-district-ends-policy-previously-requiring-boys-to-have-short-hair Magnolia ISD had initially suspended and even expelled some students for wearing long hair. As part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit, its school board voted Monday night to reverse its hair policy. Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:14:55 GMT /education/2021-12-14/texas-school-district-ends-policy-previously-requiring-boys-to-have-short-hair Sascha Cordner | The Texas Newsroom /texas/2021-06-25/new-aclu-report-reveals-dozens-of-hunger-strikes-retaliation-at-texas-ice-facilities There were at least 46 hunger strikes � by individuals and groups � at Texas ICE facilities between 2013 and 2017, according to ACLU data shared with Houston Public Media. Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:56:49 GMT /texas/2021-06-25/new-aclu-report-reveals-dozens-of-hunger-strikes-retaliation-at-texas-ice-facilities Elizabeth Trovall | Houston Public Media /texas/2018-12-18/texas-faces-another-federal-lawsuit-over-law-banning-contractors-from-boycotting-israel Days after a federal lawsuit was filed in Pflugerville, Texas faces another suit over its 2017 law requiring contractors to pledge they won't boycott� Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:11:12 GMT /texas/2018-12-18/texas-faces-another-federal-lawsuit-over-law-banning-contractors-from-boycotting-israel Andrew Weber