News of the day from across the nation, June 7

Texas’ law allows police to inquire about individuals’ immigration status and requires them to turn immigrants over to federal immigration officials upon request.

Dozens of inmates who couldn’t afford bail were released from a Houston jail Wednesday after a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that the county’s bail system unfairly discriminates against the poor.

U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal ruled in April that the bail system violated equal protection rights against wealth-based discrimination and due process protections.

Tennessee campaign finance officials in Nashville have imposed a nearly $465,000 fine on a former lawmaker who was expelled from the General Assembly last year amid a series of sexual harassment allegations.

5 Abstinence advocate: A prominent leader of the abstinence-only sex education movement has been appointed to a senior position at the Department of Health and Human Services, joining several other social conservative activists in the leadership ranks at HHS.

Among the groups criticizing Huber’s appointment was the Sexual Information and Education Council of the United States, which said Huber has “pushed a religiously motivated agenda to promote false and misleading information about sexual health .”