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Texas Legislature OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Texas would soon become the largest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors under a bill now headed to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott

The Independent UK

School voucher bill hangs by a thread as key deadline approaches

The House public education committee chair said Wednesday he currently has no plans to bring the bill for a vote. Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to call a special session if the House doesn’t “expand the scope of school choice.”

The Texas Tribune

ESPN’s JJ Redick Decries Double Standard in Ja Morant Suspension

The retired NBA veteran weighed in on the punishment facing the Grizzlies star.

Sports Illustrated

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Texas House passes bill restricting the college sports teams transgender athletes can join

Senate Bill 15 would allow people to sue colleges or universities they believe violate a prohibition on trans athletes’ sports participation.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House approves bill to improve background checks on child-welfare workers

The action came after The Refuge, a Bastrop foster care facility, hired a caretaker without knowing her history of misconduct.

The Texas Tribune

JJ Redick defends Ja Morant, argues against lengthy suspension in fiery segment on First Take

JJ Redick is in Ja Morant's corner.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Giuliani is the face of MAGA "freedom"

Shielding debauched racists is exactly why there's so much right-wing whining about "cancel culture"

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Texas GOP close to eroding Dem power

Gov. Abbott and the bill's supporters have long sought legislation to push back against local regulations

Salon

Florida and Idaho governors answer Greg Abbott's call to send officers to Texas border

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he'll send help including 800 state National Guard members and 200 law enforcement officers.

Axios

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Announced The Deployment Of The State Personnel To The Southern Border

The response comes after the expiration of Title 42 and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's request for help at the southern border.

Zenger

Texas Senate approves bill that would let prosecutors pursue murder charges in some fentanyl deaths

House Bill 6 has widespread bipartisan support and is one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s priorities. The legislation now heads back to the lower chamber.

The Texas Tribune

Greg Abbott asked other governors for help patrolling the Texas-Mexico border. Ron DeSantis answered the call.

Although border encounters have fallen since Title 42 ended Thursday, Texas’ top Republican asks for “all available law enforcement personnel and resources.”

The Texas Tribune

House waters down some of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities, adding to late-session uncertainty

Although the lower chamber backed the Senate’s action on gender-affirming care, it has been less accepting of school choice and attempts to rein in higher education.

The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP’s broadest attempt yet to erode blue cities’ power gets one step closer to becoming law

Gov. Greg Abbott and other supporters of the bill have long sought legislation to push back against local regulations that they say hamper business owners and harm the state’s economy.

The Texas Tribune

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Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to veto pared-down school choice bill, warns of special sessions

Abbott says if a school voucher bill isn’t expanded to include more students, a special legislative session will be the result.

The Independent UK

Texas Governor Greg Abbott attacks Dominion over Tucker Carlson’s firing from Fox News

Abbott cites reporting claiming network ousted Carlson as part of Dominion settlement

The Texas Tribune

After Title 42’s end, Texas DPS pauses Austin patrols so officers can head to the border

Despite no major influx in border crossings, state troopers will be relocated to border cities. Austin and the Texas Department of Public Safety faced criticism for the racial disparities in state trooper arrests in the capital.

Chicago Sun-Times

City can’t dawdle to help migrants with money and resources readily available

The Lightfoot administration has been scrambling to find adequate housing for the migrants, who continue to arrive each day. So why leave $30 million on the table, and over 1,000 beds unused?

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The Guardian - US

How America’s fatal gun attraction turned schools into war zones

Texas alone has suffered 17 mass shootings this year and now lawmakers propose ‘battlefield trauma care’ facilities in schools

Texas Observer

‘He Failed to Signal’: When DPS Traffic Stops Turn Deadly

Shandra Hodge speaks out about her son’s death at the hands of state troopers in 2019.

The Independent UK

Title 42 explained: Has the policy expired – and when did it pass?

The Trump-era Covid policy expired last night at 11:59pm EST

The Texas Tribune

Texas sends more buses with migrants to Washington, D.C., the day before Title 42 is set to end at the border

As the Biden administration prepares to end the Trump policy that quickly expels migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Greg Abbott orders two more buses to take migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence.

Al Jazeera

Title 42 is about to expire in US. Here’s what you need to know

Expiry of contentious US policy will bring little relief to asylum seekers facing many other border curbs, experts say.

The Independent UK

Figuring out Texas: From guns to immigration, here's how one state's challenges echo the country's

Thirteen people dead in two mass shootings

Capital & Main

‘No Renewables’: Texas House Republicans Block Clean Energy in Political Ploy

Petroleum industry supports tax breaks for renewable energy projects but legislators refuse.

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