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A Texas judge again blocked the state from demanding information about trans youth from a national LGBTQ+ organization. And KUT’s Olivia Aldridge has more after the Texas Medical Board voted on a proposed rule that would guide how doctors navigate the emergency exception to the state’s abortion ban.

With West Texas tornado season quickly approaching, TTUHSC students are teaming up with medical professionals to diagnose and treat theater students role-playing as patients affected by a tornado. And Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla has tips for gun owners after data shows 36 unintentional shootings by children in Texas in 2023 resulted in 14 deaths.

Lubbock officials joined current and former members of local law enforcement to cut the ribbon on the city’s new police headquarters. Reporter Brad Burt has more on the $27 million facility. And Texas Public Radio's Marian Navarro explains immigration court data shows the number of incoming new cases continues to fall.

The U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether government can work with social media companies to prevent the spread of misinformation and if that amounts to censorship. Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla has more the case of Murthy vs. Missouri. The Texas Newsroom's Julián Aguilar reports the U.S. Supreme Court has once again paused a controversial Texas border-enforcement law.

The Supreme Court has passed on getting involved in a challenge to the First Amendment drag show controversy in Texas. KERA's Christopher Connelly says a new study shows Texas needs more than 679,000 low-cost rental homes for the state's poorest renters.

Lawsuits are starting to mount in connection to the historic wildfires in the panhandle. And KUT’s Olivia Aldridge has the latest as the Texas Medical Board plans to discuss guidance for physicians navigating the medical exception to Texas' abortion law.

The NAACP urged Black athletes to boycott predominantly white schools in Florida over the state's anti-DEI policies, and KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports advocates in Texas are echoing that call. KTEP’s Aaron Montes’ reports a judge blocked the Texas Attorney General from immediately shutting down a Texas nonprofit that helps migrants.

Texas Public Radio’s Kayla Padilla reports the Uvalde police chief abruptly announced his resignation shortly before the City Council was expected to reject a report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the Robb Elementary School massacre. And KERA's Megan Cardona has more on a former prison employee calling for reform after alleged sexual abuse in a Fort Worth prison.

After the death of a nonbinary student in Oklahoma, our reporter Samantha Larned has more from LubbockPRIDE, who has called upon the city and local school districts to ensure measures are being taken to protect LGBTQ+ youth. And a committee of Texas lawmakers will look at the causes and response to the devastating wildfires north of Amarillo.

The Texas Newsroom’s Sergio Martínez-Beltrán has reactions to an independent investigation that exonerated all the Uvalde police officers who responded to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. And Marfa Public Radio’s Mitch Borden reports on a new lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General's office against the Environmental Protection Agency over new regulations designed to cut down on methane pollution.