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Supreme Court will take up Mississippi abortion case
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer discusses the Supreme Court agreeing to hear arguments on Mississippi’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, the most significant challenge to Roe v. Wade in a generation.Lucas Jackson/Reuters, FILE
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, in what abortion rights advocates have called one of the most extreme abortion bans in the country.
Analysis: Those Texans ignoring social distancing guidelines? They re probably not vaccinated
Jim Henson and Joshua Blank, The Texas Tribune
May 14, 2021
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Young people dance during prom at the Grace Gardens Event Center in El Paso, Texas on Friday, May 7, 2021. Around 2,000 attended the outdoor event at the private venue after local school districts announced they would not host proms this year. Tickets cost $45.Paul Ratje/AP
A few weeks after your second COVID-19 vaccination, you walk into your favorite restaurant for the first time in over a year, masked up and ready to enjoy being out. You sit down at a table, order your favorite dish and a beverage, and prepare to ditch your mask and return to something like normal.
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Fri, May 14, 2021 at 10:17 AM Facebook / Windhand State Rep. Leo Pacheco speaks to a group during a 2019 appearance. The Bexar County Democratic Party has censured State Rep. Leo Pacheco, who once served as its chairman, for voting to approve a controversial bill nixing the requirement for Texans to obtain permits to carry handguns. Pacheco was one of just seven Democrats in the Texas House to vote in favor of the GOP-backed legislation, which is likely to be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. Democrats largely opposed the measure, as did gun control groups and some members of law enforcement.
AUSTIN Even as Greg Abbott and many fellow Republicans were still basking in what they called Texas most conservative 48 hours in history, a former one-term state senator announced he would challenge the governor in next year s primary from the right.
Don Huffines, a scion of a Dallas family that made its fortune in the auto dealership business and a co-founder of a prosperous real estate development company, announced his candidacy in a series of tweets and retweets Monday. He promised to finish the wall, eliminate property taxes and protect election integrity.
On one of the tweets, Huffines signed with the line, An Actual Republican.
Even as Greg Abbott and many fellow Republicans were still basking in what they called Texas most conservative 48 hours in history, a former one-term state senator announced he would challenge the governor from the right in next year s GOP primary.
Don Huffines, a scion of a Dallas family that made its fortune in the auto dealership business and a co-founder of a prosperous real estate development company, announced his candidacy in a series of tweets and retweets Monday. He promised to finish the wall, eliminate property taxes and protect election integrity.
In one of the tweets, Huffines signed with the line: An Actual Republican.