Maggie Quinlan

1 day ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

The state didn’t fill all our federal funding gaps This year, the Texas Legislature’s 140-day session lined up almost exactly with the Trump administration’s first stretch. Texas legislators gaveled in January 14, and six days later, Donald Trump began his second term as U.S. president. Republicans at the national and state level have described Trump’s win as a mandate from the American people: to crack down on immigration on the southern border and to wage war on DEI.

1 day ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

A slew of abortion-related bills seek to entrench pro-life culture and add barriers for abortion-seekers in Texas Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Texas has enforced some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, and therefore in the Western world. By enacting a near-total ban that only allows abortions to save the life of the mother, Texas joined ranks with about 30 generally volatile countries worldwide including Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, and Myanmar.

2 days ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case Jermaine Thomas, who says he was deported to Jamaica without a passport though he's never been to the country Ten years ago, Jermaine Thomas was at the center of a case brought before the U.S. Supreme Court: Should a baby born to a U.S. citizen father deployed to a U.S. Army base in Germany have U.S. citizenship? Last week, Thomas was escorted onto a plane with his wrists and ankles shackled, he says.

2 weeks ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

Texas may pass a bill that would put more teenagers in prison with adults l-r: Joshua Beasley Jr. before his imprisonment; Joshua on a video call with his mom Amnisty Content warning: self-harm, suicideRoadhouse Family Diner in Paris, Texas, is on Main Street, which is also U.S. Highway 271. The ceilings are corrugated steel, the walls are wood-paneled, and the waffles are shaped like Texas.

2 weeks ago | austinchronicle.com | Maggie Quinlan

Donor-funded Texas Life Monument was approved by House and Senate The National Life Monument, which the Texas Life Monument would replicate The Texas House of Representatives has advanced a plan to erect an 8-foot pro-life statue on the Capitol grounds. It is the Virgin Mary holding a fetus in a steel bowl.