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Christine McLean braids a client's hair at her shop in Ark., June 17, 2014 -- one of several states challenging state cosmetology licensing requirements as part of a legal campaign against increased government regulation. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) — Equality

Texas hair braiding rules struck down

By Bridget Todd

Are hair-braiders barbers? Not according to a federal judge in Texas.

Stories

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers doughnuts to fire fighters at a fire house in Tampa, Florida October 25, 2012. Note to Rand Paul: He's dropping off, not confiscating. — Rachel Maddow

Your doughnuts are safe from Obama's grasp

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaks to the press after voting in the Texas primary in Austin, March 4, 2014. — Rachel Maddow

'Boy, did Attorney General Greg Abbott...

Republican candidate for governor, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaks to the press after voting in the Texas primary at Western Hills Church of Christ, March 4, 2014 in Austin, Texas. — Rachel Maddow

Texas' Abbott: 'Drive around' to look for...

Diesel trucks and cars pass windmills along the 10 freeway near Banning, California. — Rachel Maddow

GOP plan to roll back trucking safeguards...

Actor Tracy Morgan speaks during the taping of the Spike TV special tribute "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only" at the Saban theatre in Beverly Hills, California in this November 3, 2012 file photo. — Rachel Maddow

Truck-driving safeguards come into...

The remains of a fertilizer plant burn after an explosion at the plant in the town of West, near Waco, Texas early April 18, 2013. — Morning Joe

This industry is dangerously under-regulated

In this Jan. 4, 2013 photo, Lyft driver Nancy Tcheou drives in San Francisco. — The Cycle

Atlanta’s next transportation problem

Workers inspect an area outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, West Virginia, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. — Rachel Maddow

Second chemical 'proprietary' in W.Va.

Rachel Maddow

'We have enough regulations on the books'

Shelves at Krogers remain empty after running out of water in Kanawha City a neighborhood of Charleston on January 10, 2014 in Charleston, West Virginia. — Rachel Maddow

'State of emergency' in West Virginia

Making the transition from light bulbs to ceiling fans — Rachel Maddow

Making the transition from light bulbs to...

'That is the Texas way' — Rachel Maddow

'That is the Texas way'

Rachel Maddow

'No alarms, automatic shutoff system or...