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20 Sep
1/ Another special legislative session begins in Texas today.

Lawmakers will redraw the state’s political maps and consider new laws, including restricting sports participation for transgender students and distributing COVID-19 relief funds. #TXlege bit.ly/3kpvhgf
2/ The tools for redistricting, or redrawing the state’s political maps, are in Republicans’ hands.

They will aim to entrench their power for the next decade. Here’s how it will work: bit.ly/3nOWVp2
3/ Some of Gov. Greg Abbott’s other priorities:

—Distributing $16 billion in COVID-19 relief
—Restricting transgender students' participation in sports
—Deciding whether state or local governments can mandate COVID-19 vaccines
—Banning tethering dogs outside with heavy chains
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18 Sep
1/ The process of redrawing Texas’ political maps starts Monday.

Republicans will have more freedom to protect their dominance. Here’s what you need to know.

bit.ly/3lFr07K
2/ The 2021 redistricting cycle will mark the first time in nearly half a century that a Legislature with a lengthy record of discriminating against voters of color will be able to redraw political districts without federal oversight. bit.ly/3lFr07K
3/ In 2013, the Supreme Court scrapped part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that required states with a discriminatory history to have prior approval to enact voting maps or rules.

Texas has not made it through one decade without a ruling that the state disenfranchised voters.
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7 Sep
1/ Breaking: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed new voting restrictions into law.

The legislation targets local initiatives meant to make it easier to vote, specifically ones that were disproportionately used by voters of color in 2020. #TXlege bit.ly/3hb42nE
2/ The new law restricts hours for early voting, bans drive-thru voting and implements a new ID requirement for voting by mail.

It also allows partisan poll watchers to have “free movement” and creates new requirements for people helping voters who need assistance. What does Texas' new voting law include? A ban on drive-thru
3/ The law also creates a correction process for mail-in voting and establishes monthly voter registry checks.

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30 Aug
NEW: Texas abortion providers made a last-minute plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state’s new abortion restrictions law, which is set to come into effect Wednesday and would ban the procedure as early as six weeks. bit.ly/3zvy50u
The law would also allow members of the general public to sue those who might have violated the restrictions, which abortion providers call a “bounty hunting scheme.” bit.ly/3mLF2ab
The measures in the bill would be among the strictest in the country.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday denied a request to block the bill and canceled a hearing scheduled for Monday where at least 20 abortion providers hoped to testify against the measures.
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25 Aug
Breaking: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates for governmental entities, regardless of whether the vaccines have full FDA approval bit.ly/38iqDcU
The order comes two days after the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer vaccine.

That raised questions about the fate of a previous Abbott order that prohibited vaccine mandates, but only for those under emergency authorization. bit.ly/3DfrdGN
Abbott’s latest order says “no governmental entity can compel any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.”

It preserves exceptions for places like nursing homes and state-supported living centers.
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25 Aug
The Texas House Public Education Committee heard testimony overnight on Senate Bill 2, which would limit the school sports teams that transgender students can join.

Here's why one transgender athlete is advocating against it. #TXlege bit.ly/2XXIjZJ
GOP bills targeting transgender kids did not pass during the regular #TXlege session earlier this year.

But LGBTQ advocates say the mere specter that such measures could become law does mental health damage to transgender people. bit.ly/3zhdBIQ
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed last month to take action to restrict transition-related medical care for transgender minors in Texas, taking aim at surgeries that are rarely used on kids. bit.ly/3zhdSvm
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