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50 results in articles and videos for “Texas law”
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Make It Easier to Repair the Devices You Own?
Texas has enacted a right-to-repair law for many consumer devices. Here is what it covers, what it excludes, and the strongest case on each side.
- ArticleLegal Filings
Motion 9: Legal Medicine Is Not a Crime (My Texas Compassionate Use Status)
Marine veteran Ryan Nichols, pro se, moves to clarify that a THC-positive test under his lawful Texas Compassionate Use Program status is not a bond violation without verification and a hearing. PTSD, Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 487, Sale
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Stop Changing the Clocks Twice a Year?
Texas voted for year-round daylight saving time, but federal law still requires seasonal clock changes. Here are the strongest arguments for each choice.
- ArticleNews
One Billion for Vouchers. Show the Audit Before the Vote.
Texas law already requires a yearly audit of the $1 billion voucher program. Before Austin grows it or guts it, release the audit and the annual report.
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require a Label on Every AI-Generated Political Ad?
Texas bans certain deceptive campaign videos within 30 days of an election. Should every AI-generated political ad carry a clear disclosure label?
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Make App Stores Verify Every User's Age?
Texas now enforces app-store age checks and parental approval for minors. Is that smart child protection, or a costly privacy and speech burden on everyone?
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Put Flood Risk on Every Rental Listing?
Texas requires certain flood notices before a lease is signed. Should renters see floodplain and recent-flood information before paying to apply?
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Every Texas Graduate Have CPR and Bleeding Control Certification?
Texas requires lifesaving skills instruction, but not certification. Should every graduate leave school certified in CPR, AED use, and bleeding control?
- PhotoInvestigative Journal
Mother's Day at My Church. The Story Being Told In Public Isn't What Happened.
Ryan Nichols' first-hand account of the Mother's Day 2026 church-parking-lot incident in East Texas, and the blanket social-media gag order he says is unconstitutional and is challenging.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should One Library Book Cost a Texas School an Entire Letter Grade?
Texas leaders may tie school library compliance to A through F ratings. Here are the strongest arguments for protecting children and preserving honest grades.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Employers to Disclose AI Screening Before You Apply?
Texas restricts some harmful AI uses, but job applicants may not get notice before automated screening. Should employers have to disclose it first?
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require In-Person Stores to Take Cash?
Federal law lets private businesses refuse cash unless state law says otherwise. Should Texas require staffed, in-person stores to accept paper money?
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require Insurers to Disclose When AI Touched Your Claim?
Texas limits AI in insurance decisions, but consumers may not know when it shaped a claim. Here are the strongest cases for disclosure and restraint.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Local Control Was Right Then. Is It Right Now?
Austin spent years limiting Texas cities and counties. The majority just changed. Here are the laws on the books and what to watch in East Texas.
- ArticlePolitics
Trump Mail-Ballot Order Remains Blocked After First Circuit Denies Stay
The First Circuit denied a stay of the injunction against Trump’s 2026 mail-ballot order. See what remains blocked, where, and what happens next.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Labels on AI-Generated Political Ads?
Texas restricts some election deepfakes, but broad AI-ad labels remain unsettled. Here is the strongest case for transparency and free expression.
- ArticleLegal Spotlight
How to Request Police Body Camera Footage in Texas (2026 Guide)
Get the footage and proof of what happened. The 3 details your Texas bodycam request needs, the 20-day clock, the $10 fee and what to do when they stall.
- ArticleLegal Spotlight
Why Texas Will Not Let You Hold Your Own Evidence
Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 39.14(f) you can view your discovery but never hold a copy, and no judge can change that. Both sides of the rule, explained plainly.
- ArticleReflection
Gregg County Says a Burn Ban Is in Effect. Here Is What to Check First.
Ryan Nichols on Gregg County's burn ban: what the order covers, how city rules differ, and what East Texas residents should check before burning anything outdoors.
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Schools Lock Student Phones Away All Day?
Texas requires schools to prohibit student phone use during the school day. Here are the strongest arguments for locked storage and more flexible enforcement.
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require Pay Ranges in Every Job Posting?
Texas pay ranges remain optional in private job postings. Here is the strongest case for disclosure, the real employer concerns, and a fair rule.
- ArticleNews
New Governor. Same Takeover Law. Follow the Book.
Texas takeover districts brace for change under a new governor. The Education Code already sets how boards of managers leave. Read the law first.
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Stop Employers From Asking What You Made Before?
Should Texas employers be barred from asking job applicants about past pay? Here are the strongest arguments for disclosure limits and employer choice.
- ArticleTexas Education
Should Texas Schools Keep the Four-Day Week?
Texas four-day school weeks can aid teacher recruitment, but state data show academic risks. Should districts keep control of the calendar choice?
- ArticleRebuild
The Bakery That Published What It Cannot Guarantee
Taste and Sea Bakery in Longview uses 100% gluten free ingredients, then tells customers its kitchen is not a gluten free facility. Why that warning works.
- ArticleAccountability
24 Days Before Jury Selection, My Court-Appointed Lawyer Ordered Me Out and Moved to Withdraw
Ryan Nichols documents a recorded attorney meeting, a discovery-access dispute, and James Terry’s motion to withdraw shortly before jury selection.
- ArticleEast Texas
Gregg County Early Voting for the 2026 Midterms: Every Location, Hour and Deadline
All 7 early voting sites and 16 Election Day polling places in Gregg County for the 2026 midterms, with hours, voter ID and mail ballot deadlines.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Emergency Power Was Too Big Last Week Too
A push to curb Texas governor emergency powers before Hinojosa takes office. The power was too big before Tuesday. Fix it for every governor.
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Require Paid Heat Rest Breaks for Outdoor Workers?
Texas urges water, shade, and rest for workers in dangerous heat. Should the state require paid heat breaks, or leave each worksite to set its own plan?
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Require the Ten Commandments in Every Public School Classroom?
Texas now requires the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Here are the law, current court ruling, and strongest arguments on both sides.
- ArticleAI & Technology
Should AI-Assisted Articles Carry a Label?
Europe's AI transparency rules take effect August 2, 2026. Read the strongest arguments for and against labeling AI-assisted articles for readers.
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require Advance Notice for Work Schedules?
Texas generally does not require advance notice of schedule changes. Should workers get predictable hours, or would a mandate hurt needed business flexibility?
- ArticleLegal Filings
Motion 2: They Tried to Silence Me. Fix the Speech Conditions on My Bond
Ryan Nichols, pro se in Harrison County, Texas, moves to narrow vague speech and social-media bond conditions as an unconstitutional prior restraint. First Amendment, Packingham v. North Carolina, Near v. Minnesota, Texas free speech. Read
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Temperature-Safe Backup Power at Every Long-Term-Care Facility?
Texas requires emergency planning, but backup power may not maintain safe indoor temperatures. Should every long-term-care facility be required to do so?
- ArticleLegal Spotlight
$15,000 cash for Ryan, $100,000 surety in a child-injury case: Harrison County should explain
Supplied jail records show different bond types. Ryan Nichols’s family asks Harrison County to explain the orders and account for earlier cash deposits.
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Put Your Dollar Change at the Top of Every Property-Tax Notice?
Longview’s proposed tax notice shows why rates and bills can move differently. Should Texas put each owner’s estimated dollar change at the top?
- ArticleRyan's Take
Eleven Billion Dollars. Open the Books.
Texas spent a reported $11 billion on Operation Lone Star. A new governor wants a review. Publish every line item before you cut it or renew it.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require Customer-Service Bots to Say They Are AI?
Texas requires some government AI disclosures. Should private customer-service bots also identify themselves before collecting details or offering help?
- ArticleLegal Filings
Motion 1: I Have Not Waived My Right to a Lawyer
Pardoned January 6 defendant Ryan Nichols, filing pro se in Harrison County, Texas, asserts his Sixth Amendment right to counsel: no waiver of counsel and a motion for appointment of counsel. Read the filed motion, the controlling authoriti
- ArticleLegal Filings
Motion 6: Stop the Threats and the Rumor Machine (Motion for a Protective Order)
Ryan Nichols, pro se, moves for a narrow protective order against threats, doxxing, witness pressure, and false gun-rumor escalation in his Harrison County, Texas case, while protecting lawful speech and testimony. Counterman v. Colorado, t
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Require the Real Price Everywhere It Is Advertised?
Federal rules require upfront, all-in pricing for tickets and lodging. Ryan Nichols asks if Texas should extend that rule to other advertised prices.
- ArticleTexas Education
Should Texas Move Faster on Full-Time Virtual Public Schools?
Texas opened a new path for full-time virtual campuses. Should the state expand faster, or demand more proof before online schools scale statewide?
- ArticleLegal Filings
Motion 3: Release the Bodycam. The Recording That Settles It
Ryan Nichols demands Harrison County preserve and release the church bodycam, dispatch, CAD, 911 audio, and police report under Article 39.14 and Brady v. Maryland. Includes the emailed records exchange with HCSO. Bodycam, Brady, Giglio, Te
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Require a Warning Before Towing a Resident's Car?
Texas regulates private-property towing and requires signs in many cases. Should apartment residents receive one direct warning before a routine tow?
- ArticleInvestigation
East Texas Grandparents Say They Asked for a Welfare Check, Then Were Told They Could Be Arrested
 **Lynn and Rhonda Tress say they are not looking for drama. They are looking for answers — about their g
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Make Election Day a State Holiday?
Texas polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and state law protects some voting time. Would an Election Day holiday improve access or add cost without fixing gaps?
- ArticleLegal Filings
I Filed Eleven Motions in Harrison County. Here Is Every One, and Why.
Pardoned January 6 defendant Ryan Nichols files eleven pro se motions in his Harrison County, Texas criminal case: appointed counsel, speech-bond limits, bodycam release, Brady/Article 39.14 discovery, evidence preservation, protective orde
- ArticleRyan's Take
The Speaker Vote Gets Counted Before It Gets Cast
Democrats may hold the Texas House. The Speaker race is already being counted in private. East Texas should see the list before January 12.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Keep Grading Public Schools A Through F?
Texas grades public schools A through F using achievement, progress, and gap measures. Here is the strongest case for keeping or changing the system.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Set Its Own Minimum Wage Above $7.25?
Texas still uses the $7.25 federal minimum wage. Here are the strongest arguments for a higher state floor and for letting local labor markets set pay.
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