Texas
Court strikes down anti-immigrant housing law in Texas
July 23, 2013Beginning in 2006, the city of Farmers Branch, Texas, passed a series of housing ordinances designed to prevent undocumented immigrants from being able to rent apartments or homes.
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Houston incomes lag (audio)
July 18, 2013Job creation doesn't mean the end of hard times for many Houston area families.
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Texans stand with women
July 15, 2013In Dallas 200 Texans attended a "Stand with Texas Women" rally and press conference in front of City Hall. The night before, some 1,100 attended a rally there.
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Texas “women power” blocks anti-abortion bill
June 28, 2013AUSTIN, Texas - A severe anti-abortion bill went down to defeat June 25 thanks in part to a 10-hour filibuster by state Senator Wendy Davis of Fort Worth.
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Texas executes 500th prisoner, Kimberly McCarthy (audio)
June 28, 2013This week Texas reached a grim milestone when the state put to death a woman inmate as its 500th execution since 1976.
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