A lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton provoked headlines and social media posts in May 2022.
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Snopes→ Mixed Texas Ruling Allows Trans Youth Parent Investigations
The Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Snopes→ Goodwill Find in Texas Turns out to Be Ancient Roman Bust
A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum.
PolitiFact→ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Texas law targets abortion providers, not patients
"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."
Snopes→ Melissa Lucio’s Execution Delayed by Texas Appeals Court
A Texas appeals court delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter.
Snopes→ Severe Storms Rake Texas, Oklahoma; Tornado Watch in Effect
Multiple tornadoes ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, causing injuries and widespread damage in areas near Austin and Dallas.
Snopes→ NTSB: 13-Year-Old Drove Pickup in Texas Crash, 9 Killed
A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, including six members of a college golf team and their coach.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Soviet Flags in Texas’ Meme
On March 14 2022, an Imgur account shared the following meme, which purportedly showed “Texans” flying Soviet flags — in ostensible support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Titled “Deplorable,” the post showed five
Snopes→ Texas Family Targeted by Anti-Transgender Directive Files Lawsuit
A judge blocked an investigation by the state's child protective services agency pending further court proceedings.
PolitiFact→ Why some voters faced challenges voting in the 2022 Texas primary
Twitter users said that Democrats or Republicans were denied ballots on primary election day in Texas. That stems from how the state handles primary elections and a staff shortage.
Truth or Fiction?→ Republican Candidate Booed by University of North Texas Students
On March 3 2022, a video apparently showing Texas House candidate Jeff Younger (R) getting booed by a university classroom full of students spread virally on Twitter: Anti-trans Texas House candidate Jeff Younger came to the University of North Texas
PolitiFact→ Don Huffines – In primary for Texas governor, a misleading claim about Greg Abbott and investing tax money in China
“Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.”
Truth or Fiction?→ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Anti-Trans Directive
On February 23 2022, a letter attributed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services around matters concerning transgender children circulated heavily on social platforms like Twitter and Reddit: G
Snopes→ Texas AG Sues Facebook Parent Meta over Facial Recognition
The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent.
PolitiFact→ Tweets – Books listed in viral tweet aren't banned statewide in Texas
"Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein Kampf."
PolitiFact→ Greg Casar – Texas US House candidate led passage of Austin paid sick leave ordinance, but it never took effect
“Greg Casar passed paid sick leave."
PolitiFact→ Mauro Garza – GOP Texas House candidate repeats false claim that FBI agents instigated Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
“They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"
PolitiFact→ Stacey Abrams – Fact-checking Stacey Abrams on a Texas mail-in ballot denial
“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo shows a 2021 pileup in Fort Worth, Texas, not a crash in Eminence, Indiana
A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.
Snopes→ How a Small School District Became a Focal Point in the Battle Over Texas Book Censorship
A viral photograph showed Granbury Independent School District officials carting books out of the high school library.
PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – O’Rourke’s claim about Texas fourth-graders’ reading proficiency supported by sample federal data
"Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level."
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Texas Roadhouse is not giving out free steak dinner vouchers, as fake Facebook page claims
Texas Roadhouse is sending vouchers for a free steak dinner for four to everyone who shares and comments on a Facebook post.
PolitiFact→ Michael Savage – Texas rabbi not 'anti-Zionist,' no evidence in early investigation and news reports he knew gunman
Rabbi taken hostage in Texas synagogue is “anti-Zionist” who may have known gunman.
Snopes→ Texas Rabbi Says He, 2 Hostages Escaped Synagogue Standoff
The FBI issued a statement calling the ordeal “a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted."
PolitiFact→ A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants
Abbott's figures were preliminary, subject-to-change numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, not Customs and Border Protection.
PolitiFact→ A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants
Abbott's figures were preliminary, subject-to-change numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, not Customs and Border Protection.
PolitiFact→ Explainer: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants
Explainer: Where Texas governor got data on migrants
Snopes→ California Governor Wants Texas-Like Law to Ban Assault Guns
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday pledged to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in the state.
Snopes→ Court Won’t Stop Texas Abortion Ban, but OKs Clinics’ Suit
The outcome is at best only a partial victory for abortion providers.
Snopes→ Did Dakota’s Steakhouse in Texas Defend an LGBTQ Server?
A woman named Debbie posted a negative review on Facebook. Then the owner responded.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Texas Gave Up Land For Slavery’
On December 5 2021, a Facebook user shared the following screenshot, which shows a conversation about Texas giving up some of its land to Oklahoma in order to preserve slavery: Depicted was a Tumblr post based on this September 8 2021 tweet (in which
PolitiFact→ Roger Williams – Texas Rep. Roger Williams offers one estimate of household costs from Biden energy policies
"U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030."
Snopes→ Texas A&M Student Hurt at Astroworld Dies; Death Total at 9
A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has died, making her the 9th person to die after throngs of fans surged toward the stage during a performance by headliner Travis Scott.
Snopes→ Biden Administration Sues Texas over New Voting Restrictions
The Biden administration sued Texas over new voting rules that outlasted a summer of dramatic protests by Democrats, who face fading hopes of overhauling the nation’s election laws in response to a wave of new restrictions in Republican-led states.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Law Banning Most Abortions
The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second-largest state after six weeks of pregnancy.
Snopes→ Supreme Court Doesn’t Block Texas Abortion Law, Sets Hearing
The Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case in early November.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Hospital Did NOT Replace Vaccine Mandate Resisting Nurses With Unvaccinated ‘FEMA Nurses’
Did a hospital in McKinney, Texas, bus FEMA nurses in from out of state to replace staff lost due to a vaccine mandate? No, that's not true: Additional medical staff has been needed in hospitals throughout North Texas for some time. In Au
Snopes→ DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Halt Texas Abortion Law
The move comes as the Texas clinics are running out of avenues to stop the GOP-engineered law that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around six weeks.
Snopes→ Texas School Administrator Told Teachers To Include Books with ‘Opposing’ Views of Holocaust
Teachers are concerned they will be punished for stocking classrooms with books addressing slavery, racism, and other issues.
Snopes→ Court Again Lets Texas Continue Banning Most Abortions
The decision could push the law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court.