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Texas Gov Greg Abbott bizarrely weighs in on Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s cage fight

Tech billionaires became increasingly serious about a cage fight, following social media back-and-forth

The Independent UK

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.

WEKU

Why are the Texas Rangers the only MLB team without a Pride Night?

The Texas Rangers are the only one of the 30 teams in Major League Baseball that aren't hosting Pride Night during a game in June as part of Pride Month

The Independent UK

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How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law

In the past 10 years, there has been an increase in far-right political violence in the United States. While scholars have pointed to several possible reasons – and often, combinations of explanations – the trend is clear.

The Conversation

Will Hurd, a moderate Texas Republican and Trump critic, announces run for president

The former member of the U.S. House will likely be the highest-profile Texan to enter the 2024 race, but he’ll be an underdog.

The Texas Tribune

North Carolina Follows Alabama And Texas In Challenging ESG

State Senate passes bill banning ESG use in state investments; Governor expected to veto

Zenger

Mark Z. Barabak: Texas vs. California: Mean tweets, migrant dumping and the 'race to the bottom'

Name-calling. Mean tweets. A governor's quick-draw veto pen.

Los Angeles Times

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Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail

The bipartisan legislation was long sought by advocates for disabled voters, including some of the governor’s own allies.

The Texas Tribune

North Carolina becomes latest state to challenge ESG

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia

Texas senators include more property tax cuts for businesses in new pitch to break impasse with House

The Senate’s latest proposal is an apparent effort to appease Gov. Greg Abbott and the lower chamber. The state’s top Republicans have been at odds for months over how to use the state’s historic budget surplus to cut property taxes.

The Texas Tribune

Bused from Texas to LA: Little food, sketchy bathroom facilities for 20 hours on the road

LOS ANGELES — As the bus full of migrants prepared to embark June 13 on a more than 20-hour journey from Texas to Los Angeles, the passengers were offered bags of chips, water and energy bars.

Los Angeles Times

LA Latinos welcome 42 migrants bused from Texas as 'brothers and sisters'

A month and a half ago, Miguel Ángel got off a bus in Los Angeles. He had been detained in an immigration center since January, after Border Patrol officers caught him and the four other people he was traveling with in the Sonoran Desert.

Los Angeles Times

Some conservatives’ long-term goal in property tax fight: get rid of school taxes altogether

Gov. Greg Abbott has thrown his weight behind the idea being pushed by an influential conservative think tank. Many school leaders are worried.

The Texas Tribune

Fentanyl is dominating headlines, but there’s a more comprehensive drug problem happening in Texas

Lawmakers are passing laws in an attempt to slow the rise in fentanyl overdoses, but drug advocates warn the opioid is mostly a booster for other illegal drugs.

The Texas Tribune

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A heat wave is hitting the South, from a tornado in West Texas to Florida beaches

Communities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday.

Tribune News Service

New Texas law extends Medicaid for new moms to a full year after childbirth

AUSTIN, Texas – Thousands of low-income mothers in Texas will receive a full year of health insurance after they’ve given birth under a new law that extends Medicaid benefits.

The Texas Tribune

As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullified

Gov. Greg Abbott approved this week a law that will eliminate city and county ordinances like Austin and Dallas’ mandated water breaks.

The Texas Tribune

“This is pretty devastating”: Three dead, more than 100 injured after tornado strikes Perryton

More than 100 people were injured in the tornado that hit the Panhandle town. Gov. Greg Abbott sent emergency crews to assist with recovery efforts.

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Commentary: Is racism making us too tired to fight it?

June already has its share of monthly observances, including Pride, ALS awareness and African American Music Appreciation. Let me add one more to the list: It should be National Vigilance Month.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes more than 70 bills amid property tax impasse

The governor says other issues aren’t as important as breaking a House-Senate stalemate over the best course on reducing property taxes.

Tribune News Service

Texas bans transgender athletes in college sports under new law signed by Gov. Abbott

AUSTIN, Texas — Transgender athletes can’t play on Texas college sports teams that don’t align with their birth sex under a new law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday.

The Texas Tribune

As Paxton allies press to avoid impeachment trial, House managers warn against “sham” proceeding

All eyes are on a secretive Senate committee that is drafting rules for an impeachment trial. Those rules are expected to be presented to the Texas Senate on Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

Greg Abbott decision to bus migrants to LA condemned as ‘despicable stunt’

Los Angeles mayor says Texas governor ‘using human beings as pawns’ amid reports migrants were not given food or drink on bus

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Texas governor sends bus of migrants to Los Angeles

Move by Greg Abbott is latest by a rightwing governor to send people seeking help to a region run by Democrats. Plus: how Google made $10m from ads misdirecting users seeking abortion services

The Independent UK

Migrants bussed from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls 'despicable stunt'

A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles were sent from Texas

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