Governor Rick Perry has added legislation on the "regulation of abortion procedures, providers and facilities" to the special session. The laws proposed would severely limit health care access for Texas families. Hearings on the legislation start today in the Texas Legislature.Read More »
Last week, a group of civil rights leaders filed an ethics complaint against Judge Edith Jones, the former chief judge of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Jones is under fire for allegedly saying that, "racial groups like African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed to crime." SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts, has ordered a rare formal review of Jones' case.Read More »
Rick Perry is threatening to shut down the criminal CPRIT investigation by vetoing funds for the Travis County Public Integrity Unit. The criminal investigation is looking at the diversion of cancer money to Perry cronies. Governor Perry would want nothing more than the CPRIT investigation to go away.Read More »
