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  Dallas Refugee Organizations Unite Against Abbott’s Ban

  January 20 at 4 a.m.

  Ten Dallas organizations held a joint press conference decrying Abbott's rejection of Refugee resettlement.

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  Abortion Sanctuary Movement Continues its Long March Through Small-Town Texas

  January 16 at 4 a.m.

  When the Observer first reported on the burgeoning "sanctuary cities" for the unborn movement last summer, the whole thing seemed like a sideshow. Waskom, a town smack-dab in the middle of Gohmertland in East Texas, banned abortion clinics within its city limits. The town based its decision on the fact that,...

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  Texas Gov. Abbott Opts Out of Refugee Resettlement, Shocking Local Groups

  January 13 at 4 a.m.

  Texas, thanks to a letter sent to the U.S. secretary of state by Gov. Greg Abbott, is closed to refugees. The state needs to take care of its own before it seeks to help others, Abbott told Secretary Mike Pompeo. “At this time, the state and nonprofit organizations have a...

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  Texas Abortion Patients Seeking to End Pregnancies on Their Own

  January 10 at 4 a.m.

  However a government might seek to restrict abortion, people with pregnancies they don't wish to carry to term are going to seek the procedure out. It's a fact one will hear again and again from pro-choice researchers and activists, and a new study from TxPEP, the Texas Policy Evaluation Project,...

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  Alas, Texans’ Dream of Sam’s Club Scotch and Costco Vodka Is, for Now, Over

  January 9 at 4 a.m.

  The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is not going to save us. Tuesday, the federal appellate court rejected the final pre-Supreme Court appeal from Walmart, putting a large dent in the retail giant's quest to take down one of Texas' thorniest remaining blue laws. Put simply, Walmart wants to sell liquor...

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  As Abbott Reconvenes Domestic Terrorism Task Force, Talk Turns to Iran

  January 8 at 4 a.m.

  As tension between the U.S. and Iran turns into conflict, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned the public Tuesday about Iranian cyberattacks on Texas' state agencies. Over the last 48 hours, the governor said, more than 10,000 attacks per minute, many of them originating in Iran, have been attempted against the...