Texas Dems join Rep. Nicole Collier to protest police involvement in redistricting fight ... and more news

Rep. Nicole Collier, who has been on the House floor since noon Monday said, “I’m so grateful for their support. There has been a crowd out here all demanding my release, and they’re doing what they can to show their resistance. They’re tired of this government overreach.” Twenty-four hours earlier, Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows told Collier and the rest of the Democrats on the floor who had been absent the previous two weeks that they could not leave the House unless they were accompanied by a Texas Department of Public Safety agent or officer every minute they aren’t in the Capitol. Collier refused the police escort, choosing instead to spend the night at her desk. In other news, Fort Worth police said Tuesday that a driver who was shot a day earlier while in traffic has died from his injury, and a suspect is now facing a murder charge in connection with the shooting. Police have not publicly disclosed the identity of the victim or the suspect as of Tuesday evening; new data shows electric vehicle sales in Texas continue to rise — but the charging network remains spotty. The automobile class represented just under 7% of the state’s new light-duty vehicle sales in the first quarter of 2025, according to an analysis by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation; nd it’s been nearly four years since Texas implemented one of the country’s most strict and punitive abortion bans, ushering in the most seismic change to women’s health care in a half-century. The Dallas Morning News set out to explore how overlapping abortion laws in Texas have altered the landscape of obstetric health care across the state. Through more than 100 interviews with physicians, researchers, healthcare experts, patients, and families, reporters documented deviations from what was in the best interest of the patient and other unintended consequences. “Standard of Fear,” a new investigative series, reveals how the abortion laws have been sweeping in their collateral damage, leaving patients, families, and medical providers caught in the middle. Read the entire series now at dallasnews.com/texasabortions

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