- Alaska Supreme Court ruling keeps Sweeney off House ballot
![FILE - Tara Sweeney, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Sweeney's campaign manager said, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, that the campaign did not plan to sue over a finding released by Alaska elections officials stating that she cannot advance to the special election for U.S. House following the withdrawal of another candidate.]()
- Is abortion illegal in the U.S. now? Depends where you live
![A celebration outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.]()
- 'Mitt Romney Republican' is now a potent GOP primary attack
![FILE - In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Mitt Romney smiles during a campaign event in American Fork, Utah. Mitt Romney isn't up for reelection this year, but his name is surfacing in Republican primaries throughout the nation. Candidates are using the label "Mitt Romney Republican" to frame opponents as insufficiently conservative and enemies of the Trump-era GOP Candidates have employed the concept in attack ads and talking points in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.]()
- Senator in 2010 deposition: 13-year-olds can consent to sex
![FILE - Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing May 19, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Before Lankford became a leading voice for conservative causes on Capitol Hill, he spent more than a decade as the director of youth programming at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a sprawling campground about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City that attracts more than 50,000 campers in grades six through 12 each year.]()
- GOP TX House candidate charged with impersonating public servant
![Dallas police said Friday that Frederick Frazier was placed on administrative leave after the department was notified that a Collin County grand jury indicted him. Impersonating a public servant is a third-degree felony.]()
- Supreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings
![FILE - Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, April 23, 2021. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)]()
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![Abortion-rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.]()
Abortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversalCHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) — A Texas group that helps women pay for abortions halted its efforts Saturday while evaluating its legal risk under a strict state ban. Mississippi's only abortion clinic...By LEAH WILLINGHAM and SCOTT BAUER
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!["Believe" is a good word. Ted doesn't *think* things. He has *faith* in stuff that is True No Matter What]()
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Fix SAPD, a police reform activist group in the city, succeeded in their mission to get police...
![Co-founder Oji Martin (right) and Board member James Dykman of Fix SAPD bring boxes of 20,000 collected signatures for the city clerk to certify in hopes of putting the repeal of Chapter 174 on the May ballot on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The volunteer organization wants Chapters 174 and 143 which deal with collective bargaining and discipline procedures within the San Antonio Police Department - both of which FixSAPD want to repeal. Friday's presentation of 20,000 signatures was for the repeal of Chapter 174.]()
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Like clockwork, another election is upon us yet again, but this time, a much more local one.
![Mayor Ron Nirenberg wears a mask with the word ‘respect’ on it on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The Mayor is calling on CPS Energy’s board of trustees to release a report detailing the cost to close the Spruce coal plant.]()
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On January 25, the new Biden White House reversed course on Trump's reluctance to issue...
![In honor of Labor Day, Urban-15 is devoting the latest installment in its Hidden Histories film series to the work experience in San Antonio. It will include a discussion with filmmaker Anne Lewis about “A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas),” her documentary about the pecan strike led by Emma Tenayuca (pictured, center) in 1938 and the Jobs with Justice March in 1987. The evening will include excerpts from the film, which will be screened at Urban-15 on Sept. 7. 7 p.m. Monday, Urban-15, 2500 S. Presa. Free. Watch online at urban15.org/live-stream. Deborah Martin]()
