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Multiple Wildfires Ravage Texas Panhandle, Forcing Evacuations

Multiple wildfires in Texas panhandle force evacuations, destroy homes, and threaten nuclear facility. Emergency response teams on high alert.

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Texas executes Ivan Cantu for Dallas murders despite doubts of his guilt

Faith leaders and jurors from the original trial launched a public campaign to reconsider recanted testimony in Cantu’s case. Texas courts declined.

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Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses operations as wildfires spread

Wildfires have destroyed homes, cut off power and prompted evacuations

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Texas and Florida Say the First Amendment Must Be Sacrificed to Save It

Supreme Court arguments about two social media laws highlight a dangerous conflation of state and private action.

Reason

Expanding wildfires force Texas nuclear facility to pause operations

Wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing at least the temporary shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility.

WEKU

Texas wildfires: nuclear weapons factory reopens after pause in operations

Unseasonably warm temperatures, strong winds and dry grasses fuel the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in the state

The Guardian - US

Greg Abbott, Tim Dunn spend millions in Texas GOP primary fights over vouchers, impeachment

Texans For Lawsuit Reform and pro-voucher groups are also spending millions.

The Texas Tribune

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Years before Texas conservatives painted them as criminals, Colony Ridge residents sought help from state agencies

Texas has little to show for conservative leaders’ uproar — or previously unreported complaints about the community developer.

The Texas Tribune

Showdown On the Border: Biden, Trump Will Visit Texas on Same Day

The simultaneous visits have sparked interest and speculation about the nature of their respective engagements in the border state

Latin Times

Trump, Biden to visit Texas in competing border trips Thursday

President Joe Biden will meet with law enforcement in Brownsville on Thursday while former President Donald Trump travels to Eagle Pass.

The Texas Tribune

SCOTUS' social media moderation case

SCOTUS hears challenge to Texas law restricting large social media companies from banning political posts or users

Salon

Gov. Greg Abbott signals support for IVF in Texas after Alabama ruling

Abbott stopped short of calling on the Legislature to take actions to protect IVF after a Alabama court ruling threw fertility treatments into legal limbo in that state.

The Texas Tribune

Does the First Amendment apply to social media moderation? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide.

In 2021, Texas passed a law restricting large social media companies from banning political posts or users. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a legal challenge to the state law.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott Discusses Border Security And Immigration Policies

Governor Abbott discusses the migrant crisis, emphasizing enforcement of existing laws and denying asylum to illegal border crossers.

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Texas launches new property tax incentive program to lure new businesses

The Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation program cuts property taxes for new manufacturing, research and development facilities. It replaces a shuttered program criticized for its impact on school finance.

The Texas Tribune

At odds with Abbott and Paxton, Rep. Stan Lambert is under fire and getting outraised in his GOP primary

District 71 is one of three-dozen Texas House races where statewide Republicans are trying to oust incumbents from their own party. Lambert says he knows his constituents better than they do.

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International Business Times

President Biden Mulls Executive Action To Tighten Migrant Rules

The Biden administration is considering invoking a law originating from 1952 to curtail access to the U.S. asylum system.

The Texas Tribune

Frustration boils as Gov. Greg Abbott, AG Ken Paxton target GOP incumbents

Big spending and anger surround reelection bids for state House members like Glenn Rogers, who’s facing heat for votes on vouchers and Ken Paxton’s impeachment.

Reason

The "Migrant Crisis" is Caused by Flawed Work and Housing Policies, not Migrants

The difficulties some cities are experiencing arise because many migrants aren't allowed to work, and because of restrictions on construction of new housing.

WEKU

Texas has spent over $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country

Since 2022, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has bused over 102,000 migrants to predominantly Democratic-led cities. Supporters say the cost is necessary, but critics argue the program is expensive and inhumane.

Texas Observer

Abbott’s Border Military Base Could Cost Texans $500 Million

Last Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference in Eagle Pass, the border town he has turned into a militarized staging ground for his standoff with the feds. It was his third such press conference in as many weeks. Flanked by his appointed border czar and the adjutant…

Texas Observer

‘It’s Time for a Change’: Dem Behind HISD Takeover Faces Challengers

House Representative Harold Dutton Jr. stands behind the state takeover of the district. Can he survive another reelection after its fallout?

WEKU

Russia takes Ukrainian town of Avdiivka; Texas builds military camp on Mexico border

Russian forces now occupy Avdiivka, a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine. Texas is building a controversial state military base camp near the Mexico border.

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