Texas

A bill conservative Texas lawmakers said they passed to protect children from obscene drag performances is an unconstitutional restraint on speech, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Democrats in the upper chamber argued the bill is a big step backward in the push for equal opportunity at the over 100 public colleges and universities in the Lone Star State.

Colorado is home to many West Coast transplants. But red Texas supplies more newcomers than blue California.

Law enforcement officials don’t yet know where the meteorite landed, and warned anyone who finds it not to touch it. But NASA said there is no need for concern.

As drag has gone mainstream, performers have found confidence and community. Now a slate of proposed laws in Texas and beyond aims to push the subculture back into the shadows.