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Here are the top stories from our data visuals team in 2023

The Texas Tribune’s data visuals team helped contextualize many of the state’s major stories this year. Here’s a look at some of our most memorable work.

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Texas AG sued for demanding Seattle hospital hand over records on transgender children’s care

A lawsuit by a Seattle hospital says Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas

The Independent UK

Texas abortion case defies logic, and compassion

Kate Cox had to flee the state to secure a legal abortion that could possibly save her life. These situations will continue as long as it’s politicians, “activists” and judges making the calls instead of women and their doctors.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Seattle Children’s Hospital sues Texas Attorney General over trans patient records

Suspecting the Washington-based hospital of providing gender-affirming care to Texas children, which is now banned in Texas, AG Ken Paxton issued investigative subpoenas demanding medical information.

The Texas Tribune

Abortion-Funding/-Supporting Groups' Challenges to Texas Abortion Laws Can Proceed for Now

The district court just dismissed certain procedural objections to them, though it wasn't asked to consider the substantive arguments.

Reason

SCOTUS hears oral argument in constitutional challenge to SEC enforcement proceedings

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Ballotpedia

Christmas in the “fear hole”

Colorado throws Trump into a “Rick and Morty” event that’s sure to lead to broken catsup bottles

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and AG Ken Paxton promised retribution for votes they didn’t like. Here’s who they are targeting.

Paxton has been seeking revenge on fellow Republicans who voted to impeach him earlier this year. Similarly, Abbott is looking to unseat GOP House members who voted against school vouchers.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton and aides ordered to answer questions under oath in whistleblower case

The four whistleblowers asked the court last month to force the attorney general and his aides to sit for deposition, which would require them to answer questions under oath related to the allegations of bribery and corruption.

The Texas Tribune

Kate Cox’s ‘hellish’ experience reveals the reality of Texas’s abortion exceptions

The legal fight between Kate Cox and Texas courts over her medical emergency underscores the need for states to quickly clarify their sweeping anti-abortion laws Ariana Baio and Kelly Rissman report

The Independent UK

Ken Paxton’s impeachment cost Texas taxpayers more than $4 million

The bulk of the costs came from bills from Rusty Hardin’s law firm, according to records released this week.

The Texas Tribune

Three court of criminal appeal judges up for reelection targeted by Ken Paxton’s political revenge machine

Paxton promised to go after the Republican judges over their 2021 ruling that struck down the attorney general’s ability to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud.

The Texas Tribune

5 things to know about the latest abortion case in Texas

The case involves just one abortion, but it's likely to have wider implications in the state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.

WEKU

Media Matters fires back at Texas AG in row over Elon Musk’s X

Ken Paxton opened an investigation into Media Matters after the non-profit released a report claiming adverts from major companies were running next to pro-Hitler and antisemitic content on Elon Musk’s X

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Kate Cox’s case reveals how far Texas intends to go to enforce abortion laws

The Dallas mom’s case drew national attention and forced the abortion issue before the state Supreme Court. She ended up traveling out of state to terminate her non-viable pregnancy.

International Business Times

Biden Says Case Of Woman Forced To Leave Texas For Abortion 'Outrageous'

US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy.

The Texas Tribune

Texas attorney general sues company accused of preying on veterans

The attorney general’s charges against VA Claims Insider echo allegations in an investigation The Texas Tribune published in July.

The Texas Tribune

The field for the Texas primary election is set — here’s what to watch for

With both Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton out for revenge, Republican members of the Texas House are the top target on the ballot.

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The Guardian - US

Kate Cox case: what led to the Texan fleeing the state for an abortion?

Texas mother sued to obtain procedure after learning of non-viable pregnancy, but state supreme court overruled decision

The Guardian - US

‘Stunning’ threat in Texas abortion case steps up Paxton criminalization crusade

State attorney general threatened to prosecute doctors if they provided abortion care to a woman with a nonviable pregnancy

The Guardian - US

Kate Cox begged Texas to let her end a dangerous pregnancy. She won’t be the last

Two years ago, a woman like Cox was able to control her body on her own terms. Now, she has to go before a court and beg

Latin Times

Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Woman's Abortion After She Leaves State

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from Dallas, is more than 20 weeks pregnant with a fetus with a rare genetic defect, full trisomy 18, which means it will likely die before birth or at most live a few days.

The Texas Tribune

Tim Dunn, the powerhouse GOP donor, to sell his West Texas oil company for $12 billion

Tim Dunn has used his wealth to establish a network of organizations that push his ultraconservative views across Texas. The deal comes amid a time of consolidation in the Permian Basin.

WEKU

A woman who sued Texas for access to abortion seeks a procedure out of state instead

Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two, is ill and carrying a fetus with a genetic condition that is almost always fatal. She decided to leave Texas to get an abortion.

International Business Times

Texas Woman Forced To Leave State For Emergency Abortion

A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said Monday.

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