Rio Grande Council of Governments, Texas launches first i3-compliant cloud-native 911 system with Carbyne

Rio Grande Council of Governments (RGCOG) in Texas launched the United States’ first i3-compliant cloud-native 911 contact center using Carbyne’s APEX platform, deploying across five Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) serving Alpine, Brewster, Presidio, Culberson, and Hudspeth …

Texas Leads 10-State Lawsuit: Google-Facebook "Jedi Blue" Collusion

On December 16, 2020, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google joined by nine other states, exposing secret agreements between Google and Facebook—including the “Jedi Blue” deal—to eliminate competition in digital advertising and maintain Google’s …

Federal Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminatory Against Minorities

A federal judge rules that Texas’s voter ID law, widely considered the strictest in the nation, was intentionally designed to discriminate against Black and Latino voters. The ruling finds “a pattern of conduct unexplainable on grounds other than the race factor” and marks the …

Federal Court Rules Texas 2011 Redistricting Intentionally Discriminated Against Latino Voters

A federal court rules that the Texas Legislature’s 2011 redistricting plan for congressional districts discriminated against Latino voters in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. The decision finds that Texas deliberately carved up Latino communities and …

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) was indicted by a Texas grand jury on one count of criminal conspiracy related to an alleged illegal campaign finance scheme. On October 3, a third grand jury indicted DeLay for the more serious offense of money laundering.

The charges stem from allegations …

Smith v. Allwright: Supreme Court Strikes Down White Primaries, Opening Democratic Party to Black Voters

The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Smith v. Allwright that Texas’s white primary system violated the Fifteenth Amendment, striking down one of the South’s most effective tools for excluding Black voters from meaningful political participation. The decision, argued by Thurgood Marshall for …