Bayliss Wagner

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Bayliss Wagner

After banning books with sexually explicit content from schools in 2023, Texas Republicans are setting their sights on a new target: municipal public libraries. The party is hoping to make books that off-limits to underage library visitors with House Bill 3225, which the Texas House advanced to the Senate with an 82-53 vote Friday.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bayliss Wagner

People who show material considered “harmful” to minors for educational or scientific reasons would no longer have a defense in court under legislation that the Texas House voted to send to the governor’s desk to become law. After a fiery debate Friday, all present House Republicans and six Democratic representatives voted to pass the measure by a 92-39 vote. The Texas Senate, with all Republicans and two Democrats, passed the measure March 19. Republican state Sen.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bayliss Wagner

In 1967, Democratic U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, authorizing the distribution of federal funds to public television and radio stations across the country. “Our Nation wants more than just material wealth … we Americans have an appetite for excellence, too,” the Texas Hill Country native said upon signing the new law. “While we work every day to produce new goods and to create new wealth, we want most of all to enrich man's spirit.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bayliss Wagner

Although abortion is banned beginning at fertilization in Texas, abortion-inducing drugs continue to flow in from out-of-state prescribers and manufacturers, allowing thousands of Texans to end their pregnancies each year. With Senate Bill 2880, Republican state lawmakers want to send a message: If you think we’ll continue to let that happen, you’re wrong.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bayliss Wagner

After directing librarians to pull more than 100 books at two high schools for review, the Georgetown school district announced this week that at least 33 of the titles can remain on the shelves. The district will also recommend Monday that 25 more titles be made available for checkout, a spokesperson for the district told the American-Statesman.