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The Save Our Springs Alliance alleged council members violated state law by not properly notifying nearby residents about exactly what they were voting on.
A Travis County judge ruled the City of Austin violated a prior court order when the mayor and council members passed three ordinances without giving proper notice.
The Texas attorney general's office urged the state Supreme Court to lift a temporary hold on the state's abortion law, arguing that the Democratic state judge exceeded her authority by wiping out virtually all limits on abortion access.
Hours after a Texas judge ruled in favor of expanding abortion access to patients facing life-threatening complications, the state appealed the decision, blocking it from taking effect.