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Snopes→ Did Texas Ban Instagram Filters?

2022-05-13 A lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton provoked headlines and social media posts in May 2022. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Mixed Texas Ruling Allows Trans Youth Parent Investigations

2022-05-13 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. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Goodwill Find in Texas Turns out to Be Ancient Roman Bust

2022-05-09 A marble bust that a Texas woman bought for about $35 from a Goodwill store is temporarily on display at a San Antonio museum. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Texas law targets abortion providers, not patients

2022-05-09 "In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion." Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Melissa Lucio’s Execution Delayed by Texas Appeals Court

2022-04-25 A Texas appeals court delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Severe Storms Rake Texas, Oklahoma; Tornado Watch in Effect

2022-03-22 Multiple tornadoes ripped through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, causing injuries and widespread damage in areas near Austin and Dallas. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ NTSB: 13-Year-Old Drove Pickup in Texas Crash, 9 Killed

2022-03-17 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. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Soviet Flags in Texas’ Meme

2022-03-14 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 Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Texas Family Targeted by Anti-Transgender Directive Files Lawsuit

2022-03-07 A judge blocked an investigation by the state's child protective services agency pending further court proceedings. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Why some voters faced challenges voting in the 2022 Texas primary

2022-03-04 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. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Republican Candidate Booed by University of North Texas Students

2022-03-03 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 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Don Huffines – In primary for Texas governor, a misleading claim about Greg Abbott and investing tax money in China

2022-02-24 “Under Greg Abbott’s leadership, Texas is putting taxpayer dollars into Chinese companies.” Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Anti-Trans Directive

2022-02-23 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 Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Texas AG Sues Facebook Parent Meta over Facial Recognition

2022-02-15 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. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Tweets – Books listed in viral tweet aren't banned statewide in Texas

2022-02-14 "Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein Kampf." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Greg Casar – Texas US House candidate led passage of Austin paid sick leave ordinance, but it never took effect

2022-02-10 “Greg Casar passed paid sick leave." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Mauro Garza – GOP Texas House candidate repeats false claim that FBI agents instigated Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol

2022-02-07 “They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?" Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Stacey Abrams – Fact-checking Stacey Abrams on a Texas mail-in ballot denial

2022-02-03 “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.” Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo shows a 2021 pileup in Fort Worth, Texas, not a crash in Eminence, Indiana

2022-02-03 A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ How a Small School District Became a Focal Point in the Battle Over Texas Book Censorship

2022-02-02 A viral photograph showed Granbury Independent School District officials carting books out of the high school library. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Beto O'Rourke – O’Rourke’s claim about Texas fourth-graders’ reading proficiency supported by sample federal data

2022-01-28 "Right now, in the average Texas fourth grade classroom, 7 out of 10 kids cannot read at grade level." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Texas Roadhouse is not giving out free steak dinner vouchers, as fake Facebook page claims

2022-01-26 Texas Roadhouse is sending vouchers for a free steak dinner for four to everyone who shares and comments on a Facebook post. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Michael Savage – Texas rabbi not 'anti-Zionist,' no evidence in early investigation and news reports he knew gunman

2022-01-20 Rabbi taken hostage in Texas synagogue is “anti-Zionist” who may have known gunman. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Texas Rabbi Says He, 2 Hostages Escaped Synagogue Standoff

2022-01-17 The FBI issued a statement calling the ordeal “a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted." Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants

2022-01-10 Abbott's figures were preliminary, subject-to-change numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, not Customs and Border Protection. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants

2022-01-05 Abbott's figures were preliminary, subject-to-change numbers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, not Customs and Border Protection. Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Explainer: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants

2022-01-03 Explainer: Where Texas governor got data on migrants Go to site post…»

Snopes→ California Governor Wants Texas-Like Law to Ban Assault Guns

2021-12-13 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. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Court Won’t Stop Texas Abortion Ban, but OKs Clinics’ Suit

2021-12-10 The outcome is at best only a partial victory for abortion providers. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Did Dakota’s Steakhouse in Texas Defend an LGBTQ Server?

2021-12-06 A woman named Debbie posted a negative review on Facebook. Then the owner responded. Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Texas Gave Up Land For Slavery’

2021-12-06 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 Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Roger Williams – Texas Rep. Roger Williams offers one estimate of household costs from Biden energy policies

2021-11-30 "U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030." Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Texas A&M Student Hurt at Astroworld Dies; Death Total at 9

2021-11-11 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. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Biden Administration Sues Texas over New Voting Restrictions

2021-11-04 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. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Supreme Court Takes Up Texas Law Banning Most Abortions

2021-11-01 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. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Supreme Court Doesn’t Block Texas Abortion Law, Sets Hearing

2021-10-22 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. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Texas Hospital Did NOT Replace Vaccine Mandate Resisting Nurses With Unvaccinated ‘FEMA Nurses’

2021-10-21 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 Go to site post…»

Snopes→ DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Halt Texas Abortion Law

2021-10-15 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. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Texas School Administrator Told Teachers To Include Books with ‘Opposing’ Views of Holocaust

2021-10-15 Teachers are concerned they will be punished for stocking classrooms with books addressing slavery, racism, and other issues. Go to site post…»

Snopes→ Court Again Lets Texas Continue Banning Most Abortions

2021-10-15 The decision could push the law closer to returning to the U.S. Supreme Court. Go to site post…»

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