The scuffle between Texas and the feds over women's healthcare was supposed to get real tomorrow, when Planned Parenthood was scheduled to be barred from being a provider for the state's Medicaid Women's Health Program. But earlier today, Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel granted the non-profit its ... More >>
They say they defunded Planned Parenthood. But lawmakers' attack on family planning will cost Texas money, reduce access to healthcare and result in even more abortions.
As we've noted before, Senate Bill 7, the omnibus health care bill penned by Flower Mound's Jane Nelson that just passed the Texas House and Senate, is awfully concerned with abortion -- namely, making it as hard as possible for anyone to get one. Now, the bill is heading for Governor Rick Perry' ... More >>
David KeltonWhile combing through the recent campaign finance reports filings due Friday, we took notice of the one turned in by former Republican Judge David Kelton, who lost his robe in 2006 to Carlos Cortez, switched parties and is now battling Dale Tillery and Baltasar Cruz in the Democra ... More >>
Since the 2006 elections, when the courthouses were flooded with Democratic judges, many of those very same barristers have been trying to put the kibosh on the Dallas Bar Association's judicial evaluation poll. Why come? Well, they claim, among other things, that it's unfair, overtly political, ... More >>
Associated Press Children were bused to the San Angelo Coliseum with their mothers after the April 3 raid. This morning's Deseret News has added up the numbers and come up with the figure: $12.4 million. That's what the April raid on the YFZ Ranch in Eldorado's going to wind up costing Texas taxpa ... More >>
Seven months have passed since the polygamist raid in Eldorado, but for one mainstream Mormon, the effects linger
There's only one thing tougher than running for Dallas County sheriff—getting people to care
It's Howard's party; buy if you want to
In many contested judicial races, the Republicans are grabbing all the incumbencies they can
