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Past articles by Molly:

Texas Republicans divide over impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton

Sharp objections by Donald Trump and grass roots Republicans have prompted talk of primary challenges and given Democrats hope of picking up seats. → Read More

An unlikely provocateur, Miss Texas, takes on the state’s GOP leaders

Averie Bishop, the first Asian Miss Texas, has campaigned across the state defending much of what Texas's GOP leaders have been outlawing. → Read More

September date set for Texas attorney general impeachment trial

State senators also voted not to allow Attorney General Ken Paxton's wife Angela, a senator, to vote in the trial. → Read More

Texas governor appoints Trump ally as interim attorney general

Former secretary of state John Scott will serve until suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton goes on trial in the state Senate for alleged criminal misconduct. → Read More

Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton

The attorney general has been a fierce critic of President Biden, particularly on cultural issues, and a loyal ally to former president Donald Trump. → Read More

Texas House to vote Saturday on impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton

Paxton (R) is a fierce opponent of the Biden administration and an architect of conservative Texas policies on cultural issues adopted by other GOP states. → Read More

Nebraska passes 12-week abortion, gender-affirming care for minors ban

The bans, merged into one bill, prompted protests at the capitol and outcries from opponents, but narrowly passed in the Republican-dominated legislature → Read More

Texas’s gender affirming care ban worries parents, transgender adults

The measure, passed by the legislature and expected to be signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), is the latest effort by Texas officials to target transgender people. → Read More

Nebraska ban on gender-affirming care and abortion heads to final vote

A less restrictive version of an abortion bill defeated by one vote last month was attached to a ban on transgender care for minors before being approved. → Read More

How Las Vegas declared war on thirsty grass and set an example for the desert Southwest

Las Vegas has dramatically cut water use by targeting grass. Its water czars are pushing for bigger changes to fix the Colorado River’s water deficit. → Read More

Red states that banned abortion consider expanding Medicaid for mothers

Opponents of abortion are promoting expanded Medicaid coverage, which many conservative states have opposed because it was tied to Obamacare. → Read More

Texas attorney general’s office sought state data on transgender Texans

The effort to obtain data came as Attorney General Ken Paxton, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders have marshaled resources against transgender Texans. → Read More

Biden, FEMA head to Florida as survivors scramble for federal aid

Many survivors of last week's devastating hurricane said they were unsure how to get help with basic needs, and that the FEMA process was fraught with delays. → Read More

Their paradise lost to Ian, Sanibel residents hope its spirit survives

Sanibel, off the southwestern Florida mainland, has welcomed the rich and poor, famous and unknown. After a massive hit from Hurricane Ian, its recovery is uncertain. → Read More

He was vulnerable and sheltered with friends. He was no match for Ian.

Scotty Lumley of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., was disabled and in need, but he had friends who tried mightily to shelter him from the storm. → Read More

Searchers hunt for victims of Hurricane Ian amid a swath of destruction

The hurricane ravaged Florida from west to east, then gained strength over the Atlantic as it prepared to hit South Carolina on Friday. → Read More

White then Black residents abandoned Jackson, propelling its water crisis

The Mississippi capital entered a spiral of decline when two different out-migrations caused its tax base to plummet; water systems began to founder unrepaired. → Read More

Suspected driver of truck packed with suffocating migrants pretended to be a survivor, may have been on drugs

Federal prosecutors charge two more men in the migrant-smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people → Read More

'We are in mourning': 51 migrants die after a stifling tractor-trailer is abandoned in Texas

Federal agents have arrested three people in connection with the deaths of 51 migrants in a tractor-trailer in Texas. → Read More

Inside a Texas abortion clinic after the Supreme Court overturns Roe

An abortion clinic is San Antonio is forced to turn away patients in the waiting room as the Supreme Court overturns Roe vs. Wade. → Read More