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U.S. Supreme Court tells Texas to reconsider executing man convicted with faulty DNA evidence

Areli Escobar was sentenced to death in 2011 for an Austin murder, but even prosecutors now agree his conviction relied heavily on faulty DNA testing by the discredited Travis County crime lab.

The Texas Tribune

Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules

The Court of Criminal Appeals scuttled nearly 450 cases, saying migrants arrested for trespassing in Kinney County can’t ask Austin judges to hear their appeals.

The Texas Tribune

Elon Musk’s Tesla Gigafactory Built on Wage Theft and Safety Violations, Texas Workers Allege

Two federal filings claim workers were not paid at all or were shorted on overtime pay and that a worker was provided with fake OSHA certificates while building the Travis County facility.

Texas Observer

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Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying

In Travis County, Texas, home to Austin, a local Republican Party official allegedly knocked on people’s doors in November 2022 to accuse people who cast ballots by mail of having been ineligible to vote.

The Conversation

All candidates for Travis County Clerk in Texas complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Travis County Clerk in Texas — Dyana Limon-Mercado (D) and Susan Haynes (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

Ballotpedia

Alex Jones' lawyer calls for mistrial

"I don't think it's a mistrial based on this," said Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble

Salon

InfoWars’ Alex Jones ordered to pay more than $4 million to Sandy Hook parents

HOUSTON — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $4.11 million in defamation damages for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax, a Texas jury said on Thursday after deliberating for a full day in Travis County.

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Child welfare workers protest bigotry

Agency "losing so many tenured staff and wisdom because this job is just not manageable anymore," a supervisor said

Salon

Texas officials are investigating parents of transgender youths for possible child abuse

DALLAS — The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has begun investigating parents of transgender adolescents seeking gender-affirming medical care for potential child abuse, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Travis County court.

Tribune News Service

VIDEO: Police Dashcam Catches Meteor Entering Earth’s Atmosphere In Greenish Flash Of Bright Light

The officer was patrolling the streets when the vehicle's dashboard camera captured the rare sight.

Zenger

TX officers indicted for BLM protests

At least nine Austin police officers accused of excessive force during 2020 protests are indicted

Salon

Ex accused of killing woman after tracking her car with GPS bug for months

‘This is a horrible outcome’, said Travis County sheriff

The Independent UK

League of Women Voters threatens to sue Texas over shortage of voter registration cards

AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir said earlier this week that her office is rejecting an unusually high share of applications for mail-in ballots because they do not meet standards set under the state's new elections law.

Tribune News Service

Texas clampdown: Ballot requests denied

“This is what voter suppression looks like,” says election clerk in Austin as pattern repeats across the state

Salon

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Non-Judge Judges, "Pussy Hat[s]," and Falling Trees

From In re Inquiry Concerning Hon. Sarah Eckhardt, decided last week by a Texas Special Court of Review (Chief Justice Brian Quinn, Justice Charles Kreger, and Justice W. Stacy Trotter, all of various Texas Courts of Appeals): The sanctions in question consisted of a "public admonition." The Travis County Judge…

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