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The Associated Press on MSN · 3h

Ken Paxton sues TikTok for violating new Texas social media law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok on Thursday for sharing and selling minors’ personal information, violating a new state law that seeks to protect children who are active on social media,

Newsweek on MSN · 10h

TikTok Denies Violating Texas Child Safety Law

Social media platform defends its safeguards for teens and parents after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a lawsuit claiming violation.

Engadget on MSN · 23h

Texas is suing TikTok for allegedly violating its new child privacy law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against TikTok claiming the company violated a new child privacy law in the state. It's set to be the first test of Texas’ Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act since it went into effect just over a month ago.

Supreme Court to Weigh a Texas Death Row Case

The Texas Tribune · 8h

Texas prisoners, including death row inmates, may be able to vote under little-known elections law

Texas elections law says state prison inmates who are appealing their convictions are eligible to register. Many lawyers and voting rights advocates were unaware of the rule.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Texas death row inmate's DNA testing case goes to US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by a Texas man who faces the death penalty for his role in the 1998 murder of an elderly mobile home park owner and is seeking DNA testing of evidence from the crime scene.

U.S. News & World Report · 8h

Supreme Court to Weigh a Texas Death Row Case After Halting Execution

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn't kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago

Texas authorities issue a Blue Alert

Hosted on MSN · 3h

Texas authorities issue a Blue Alert, searching for man in connection with officer's injury

Authorities sent a Blue Alert to cell phones across Texas Friday morning for a man they allege was involved in the injury of a law enforcement officer. Seth Altman, 33, was last seen in the 200 block of South 4th St.

Houston Public Media · 3h

What is a blue alert in Texas, and why are they issued hundreds of miles away from an incident?

Seth Altman— "wanted for involvement in the killing or serious injury of a law enforcement officer"— was last seen in an area southeast of Amarillo. That's hours away from major Texas cities and their residents that were hit with an unexpected and loud early morning alert.

San Antonio Express-News · 10h

What is a Blue Alert? Authorities search for man involved in injury of North Texas officer.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says Seth Altman armed and dangerous and is wanted in an attack on law enforcement in Hall County.

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The future of Utah’s age verification law could hinge on Supreme Court decision on Texas law

Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, and Rep. Susan Pulsipher, R-South Jordan, sponsored Utah’s age verification bill in 2023.

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Nearly $100 million paid to the wrongfully convicted in Texas since 2009: law firm

The payments are authorized under the Tim Cole Act, a law named for an innocent man who died in prison while serving a ...

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How does Texas law govern our groundwater?

A significant share of Texas' water is pumped up from underground; in 2020, nearly 2.94 trillion gallons. But with the ...

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Abortion was a big topic during VP debate. Could a new president change the Texas law?

Roe v. Wade actually originates in Texas where “Jane Roe” filed a lawsuit against District Attorney of Dallas County, Henry ...

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