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Greg Abbott’s ‘State of the State’ Was a Weird, Alarming Infomercial

“I’m speaking to you from the manufacturing floor of Noveon,” announced Texas’ fearless leader to a limited audience before laying out yet another right-wing agenda.

Texas Observer

Texas Gov. Abbott sets priorities in State of the State speech, including fentanyl crisis

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named seven priorities on Thursday that he wants the Legislature to fast-track, singling out property tax relief, school safety, border security and a voucherlike education initiative as top issues.

Tribune News Service

Texas' Abbott uses televised address to target border, crime

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered no hints about whether he might run for president in a rare primetime address

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‘One of the Most Mentally Ill’ Inmates in Texas Is About to Be Executed

Andre Thomas is scheduled to be executed in April.

Texas Observer

The Governor’s Grid Gambit

Texas utility regulators are hawking a costly policy for grid reliability.

Texas Observer

How the 6-week Texas abortion ban is now a blueprint for library censorship

Draft ordinances could lead to Texans suing librarians.

Axios

Cielo Vista Mall workers who survived 2019 Walmart massacre describe horror of latest El Paso mass shooting

Several of the same local residents and workers who survived the massacre at a Walmart in 2019 were at the mall on Wednesday, living through their second mass shooting in the space of less than four years

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El Paso mass shooting: Everything we know about the massacre at Cielo Vista Mall

The Cielo Vista Mall is directly adjacent to the Walmart store where 23 people were killed in a racially-motivated mass shooting back in August 2019

The Independent UK

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative action on school choice, property taxes and fentanyl in State of the State

During his biennial State of the State speech, the Republican governor named seven emergency items that lawmakers can vote on immediately.

The Texas Tribune

El Paso shooting: Anger over Greg Abbott’s ‘meaningless’ response to latest Texas mass shooting

Texas governor receives barrage of criticism after tweeting about shooting incident at Cielo Vista Mall

The Independent UK

Official: Abbott plan would hurt schools

"Maybe that’s one less fourth grade teacher,” the official shrugged

Salon

In audio, high-ranking TEA official admits public school funds could drop with voucher-like programs

“School districts, what they have to do if they lose a student, [is] be smart about how they allocate their resources and maybe that’s one less fourth grade teacher,” Steve Lecholop, a TEA deputy commissioner, said in a call with a parent that was secretly recorded.

The Texas Tribune

Black and Latino lawmakers slam Gov. Greg Abbott for order limiting diversity considerations in hiring

The lawmakers called on major sports organizations to not host championship games in the state until the governor rescinds his guidance to agencies and universities.

The Texas Tribune

How Democrats are evolving on border security issue

After years of the Republican Party dominating the immigration conversation, President Joe Biden urged Congress to help secure the nation’s southern border with Mexico.

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Texas Gov. Abbott promises to pass ban on transgender collegiate athletes this year

AUSTIN, Texas — In his clearest sign of support for specific legislation aimed at the LGBTQ community this session, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants state lawmakers to ban transgender athletes from competing in collegiate sports.

The Texas Tribune

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priority bills signal another swing at pushing Texas to the right

Speaking in December, Patrick was less out front about conservative priorities like school book bans and restrictions to rights for transgender people. His priority bill list made clear those are a major part of his focus.

Salon

Abbott: Ban transgender college athletes

NCAA vowed to only hold championships in which transgender student athletes can participate without discrimination

Texas Observer

The Border Patrol’s Power Grab

The agency seeks more authority to nab trespassers and others in the state.

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Gov. Greg Abbott says he favors ban on transgender women competing in collegiate women’s sports

In 2021, Texas passed a law restricting transgender athletes’ participation in K-12 sports. Now there’s talk of extending those limits to colleges and universities.

The Independent UK

Texas AG settles with former aides who reported him to FBI

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI investigation into the three-term Republican

The Texas Tribune

Texas Military Department says it needs $460 million more to keep border mission afloat this year

State officials have repeatedly had to move money from other departments to keep Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border mission running this year.

The Texas Tribune

How a 12-year-old federal lawsuit turned a judge into Texas’ foster care czar

As Judge Janis Jack continues to threaten contempt-of-court fines in a federal lawsuit against the state’s foster care system, advocates say the case has moved the needle on reform — but it has come with a hefty price tag.

Tribune News Service

Texas scientists create fentanyl vaccine to combat opioid epidemic

To combat the fentanyl epidemic in the United States, researchers at the University of Houston have created a fentanyl vaccine that could help prevent overdoses. They aim to test the vaccine in a human trial within the next year.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Tech reviews its hiring practices as efforts to promote diversity come under fire

Texas Tech’s review comes as Gov. Greg Abbott has instructed state agencies and public universities that “forbidden DEI initiatives” violate federal and state employment discrimination laws.

WEKU

A man pleads guilty to federal charges in the El Paso shooting that targeted Latinos

Sentencing is not scheduled until later this year, but the U.S. government had previously announced it wouldn't seek the death penalty.

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