Tag: Court
Fired after gender identity lesson, professor sues Texas A&M, arguing her free speech rights were violated | Houston Public Media
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Months after Texas A&M fired a professor over a gender identity lesson, she is suing the university, alleging administrators knowingly violated her...
Texas dropped ABA law school accreditation after 4 decades. Can it come up with a better system? | Houston Public Media
Nelson Locke thinks he might have inspired some of this.
The 75-year-old lawyer spent three years asking the Texas Board of Law Examiners to admit...
Federal judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father | Houston Public Media
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A federal judge has issued a...
Jury acquits former Uvalde school officer in first criminal trial tied to Robb Elementary shooting | Houston Public Media
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A Nueces County jury on Wednesday...
Texas court clears path for Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenging state abortion law | Houston Public Media
A Texas appeals court has allowed three Texas Planned Parenthood affiliates to move forward with a lawsuit challenging the state’s “heartbeat” abortion law, rejecting...
Parents sue after former Aramark employee is accused of sexually assaulting boy at Houston Texans game | Houston Public Media
The parents of an 8-year-old boy have filed a lawsuit against the man accused of sexually assaulting their child at a Houston Texans game...
Texas’ new bail laws could increase Harris County’s jail population, court case backlog | Houston Public Media
A state constitutional amendment approved by Texas voters last year gives judges the authority to deny bail to more criminal defendants while they await...
Texas GOP faces legal opposition in bid to close state’s open primary system | Houston Public Media
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The Republican Party of Texas — joined by Chip Hunt, a party precinct chair in Potter County — is suing Texas...
Who enforces Texas’ new parental rights law? Houston judge raises question while weighing legal challenge | Houston Public Media
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and others were in a federal court Thursday in Houston, seeking a preliminary injunction that...
Houston-area man pleads guilty to smuggling $160 million high-powered chips to China | Houston Public Media
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In a purported first-of-its-kind case, a Houston-area man pleaded guilty to federal charges of smuggling $160 million worth of high-powered semiconductors...
