MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX – After two canceled seasons due to COVID-19, performing arts organization Young Texas Artists (YTA) announced a 2022 comeback with dramatically expanded events during YTA’s Classics At The Glade party. The event, held at Glade Cultural Center in The Woodlands October 15, featured food, art and spectacular performances by YTA alumni. Original...
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3-year-old Texas boy found alive after going missing in woods 4 days ago
GRIMES COUNTY, Texas — A 3-year-old boy who went missing in Texas four days ago has been found alive and safe, rescuers confirmed. Christopher Ramirez was found by a landowner near Texas State Highway 249, outside of Magnolia in Montgomery County, said Tim Miller, founder and director of Texas EquuSearch, a search and rescue organization...
Here are the states making their own version of Texas’ controversial abortion ban
Texas’ Senate Bill 8, which went into effect on Sept. 1, continues to overwhelm the national conversation around abortion as the most restrictive law in the country. Now other states — many of which are led by Republican governors — are looking to copy or even outdo the Lone Star State’s new ban. Original Article:...
Commissioners urge Texas lawmakers to reconsider redistricting plan in Montgomery County
Montgomery County commissioners urged the Texas Legislature to reconsider the proposed redrawing of state congressional maps that would dilute the county’s conservative representation by adding a third senate district. County Judge Mark Keough said he traveled to Austin last week to express the county’s “disapproval” of the redistricting plan. The… Original Article: https://www.mocomotive.com/2021/09/commissioners-urge-texas-lawmakers-to-reconsider-redistricting-plan-in-montgomery-county-2/
Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival to feature musical mix of Texas country, Zydeco
From Texas two-stepping tunes to spicy Zydeco beats, there’s a little something for all musical interests at this year’s Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival in downtown Conroe. The downtown street festival, now in its 32nd year, runs from Friday night, Oct. 8, through Sunday afternoon, Oct. 10. The family-friendly event features… Original Article: https://www.yourconroenews.com/neighborhood/moco/events/article/Conroe-Cajun-Catfish-Festival-to-feature-musical-16497340.php
Texas Justice of the Peace Seeks to Overturn Decision Invalidating Invocations in Courtroom
New Orleans, LA— First Liberty Institute and the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on behalf of their client Judge Wayne Mack, filed a brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse a lower court decision that invalidated Mack’s practice of recognizing volunteer chaplains—including Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, and...
Texas law restricting access to abortion medications goes into effect Dec. 2
Just weeks after a near total ban on abortion went into effect in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott ceremonially signed a separate bill into law on Friday that will restrict Texans’ access to abortion-inducing medication. The new law — which would narrow the window in which physicians are allowed to give… Original Article: https://www.yourconroenews.com/politics/article/Texas-law-abortion-medication-greg-abbott-FDA-16485979.php
How out-of-state lawsuits could lead to a Supreme Court challenge for new Texas abortion law
Can a non-Texas resident sue someone for violating the state’s new abortion law? In short, yes. But stick around. The wide-ranging capacity of the legislation could actually be helpful in a future Supreme Court challenge as it opens the new decree to significant legal objections, according to University of Texas law professor Elizabeth Sepper. Original...
Texas doctor says he violated nation’s most restrictive antiabortion law to challenge it
A Texas doctor stepped forward Saturday to say he had performed an abortion that is illegal under the state’s restrictive new law to force a test of its legality. “I understand that by providing an abortion beyond the new legal limit, I am taking a personal risk, but it’s something I believe in strongly,” Alan...
BIDEN NOW METERING DOSAGES OF REGENERON TO TEXAS
While we were preparing for our emergency response to Hurricane Nicholas yesterday, I received some news that not only disappointed me but to be brutally honest it infuriated me. . For over a month Montgomery County has been hosting a regional monoclonal antibodies infusion center. Successfully doing over 2,000 infusions…. Original Article: http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/biden-now-metering-dosages-of-regeneron-to-texas/