Paul J. Weber

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Texas now requires armed officers at every school. But many districts complain it’s an ‘unfunded mandate’ and haven’t met the deadline

By Paul J. Weber, Acacia Coronado, and others

Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc., speaks

Texas launches unprecedented multi-million dollar legal battle against U.S’s largest abortion provider Planned Parenthood

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Nate Jones

The businessman at the center of the Texas AG scandal is a millennial real estate developer from Austin

By Jake Bleiberg, Paul J. Weber, and others

Authorities from multiple agencies work at a location where law enforcement believe they have cornered a suspect who allegedly shot and killed five people in a house the night before, Saturday, April 29, 2023, in unincorporated San Jacinto County, Texas. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)

After Texas shooter flees incident that left a child dead, sheriff says ‘he could be anywhere now’

By Juan Lozano, Paul J. Weber, and others

FILE – Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2010. A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Abortion pill mifepristone will remain available but with more restrictions after federal appeals court ruling

By Paul J. Weber, Jessica Gresko, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 07: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department on March 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. During the news conference, Garland announced that the U.S. Department of Justice had filed a lawsuit to block JetBlue’s $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines, which the department says would have reduced JetBlue’s competition and driven up airfares for consumers. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The DOJ is asking for the ‘extraordinary and unprecedented’ Texas abortion pill ruling to be immediately put on hold

By Paul J. Weber and The Associated Press

Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Mifepristone is taken first to stop the pregnancy, followed by Misoprostol to induce bleeding. – In the wake of Friday’s ruling by the US Supreme Court striking down Roe v Wade and the federally protected right to an abortion, women from Texas and other states are traveling to clinics like the Women’s Reproductive Health Clinic in New Mexico for legal abortion services under the state’s more liberal laws. – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Conflicting court rulings put access to widely-used abortion pill mifepristone into question

By Paul J. Weber, Matthew Perrone, and others

FILE – Christina Osborn and her children Alexander Osborn and Bella Araiza visit a makeshift memorial for the victims of the shooting at Sutherland Springs Baptist Church, Nov. 12, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The Justice Department said Wednesday, April 5, 2023, that it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The families and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history will get a $144 million settlement from the Justice Department

By Paul J. Weber and The Associated Press

FILE – The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law Thursday, March 30, 2023, in a decision that opponents say could jeopardize preventive screenings for millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The judge who tried to dismantle Obamacare has now ruled against requirement for insurers to cover preventative care

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Houston school district

The state of Texas just took over the 8th largest school district in the country

By Juan Lozano, Paul J. Weber, and others

Tony Gonzalez

Texas Republican Party prepares to censure member who voted for gun safety, immigration, defending same-sex marriage

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Spencer Cronk

Austin to city manager who let the lights go out for a week because of snow: You’re fired

By Paul J. Weber and The Associated Press

A lineman works to restore power to neighborhoods following a winter storm in Austin, Texas, US, on Friday, Feb 3, 2023. Across Texas more than 240, 000 were without power on Friday morning after an ice storm swept through the region on Monday, according to PowerOutage.us. Photographer: Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images

In one of tech’s favorite cities, thousands are stuck without power and dealing with spoiled food: ‘We’re planning for worst-case scenario’

By Paul J. Weber, Acacia Coronado, and others

FILE – Alex Jones speaks to reporters in Washington, Sept. 5, 2018. Infowars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Texas as its founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

What Infowars’ bankruptcy filing means for Sandy Hook families who sued Alex Jones for calling school massacre a hoax

By Paul J. Weber, Dave Collins, and others

FILE – In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo, women protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. A federal judge on Wednesday, Oct. 6 ordered Texas to suspend the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., which since September has banned most abortions in the nation’s second-most populous state. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Federal judge orders Texas to suspend law banning most abortions but clinics may not reopen soon

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