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The Latest Breaking News from Texas

As hurricane season begins, here's how small businesses can prepare in advance of a storm

The hurricane season roared into the U.S. with Hurricane Beryl hitting Texas in early July

The Independent UK

The Banality of Border Evil

What a long-dead, cartoonishly corrupt Texas bureaucrat can tell us about the nature of immigration enforcement and the U.S.-Mexico divide

Texas Observer

Court battle to keep Annunciation House open underscores how faith groups strive to welcome strangers in the face of anti-immigrant sentiment

Over the past few months, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been locked in a court battle with Annunciation House, a network of shelters in the El Paso area that assists migrants with basic needs and legal aid. On July 2, 2024, district court Judge Francisco Dominguez issued a ruling…

The Conversation

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Glen Powell isn’t letting billion-dollar Hollywood hits stop his plans to graduate college

'Twisters' and 'Top Gun: Maverick' actor Glen Powell is now juggling his booming career with studying at the University of Texas.

Fortune

OpenAI billionaire Sam Altman gave away millions in a universal basic income trial: these were the findings

The multi-year study provided people in Texas and Illinois with $1,000 a month and monitored how they spent it

Evening Standard

In Texas, violating campaign ethics laws rarely yields repercussions. The attorney general’s office is to blame.

The number of fines for breaking state campaign ethics laws has exploded in recent years as Ken Paxton’s office rarely pursues stricter enforcement.

The Texas Tribune

Texas is once more flirting with expanding passenger rail

The state’s booming population, congestion problems and billions of federal dollars on the table have officials eyeing ways to boost passenger rail.

The Texas Tribune

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Technology enables abortion surveillance

Salon interviewed Tom Subak, who co-founded abortion access chatbot Charley, about abortion surveillance

Salon

Voto Latino Pledges $44 Million To Support Kamala Harris' Presidential Bid

The group will focus on young Hispanic voters with campaigns against disinformation, and efforts for voter registration and mobilization in Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Latin Times

Texas Gas Prices Drop To .84 Per Gallon

In Texas, as of 22 July 2024, gas prices have seen a notable decrease, now resting at .84 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. This marks a welcome ...

Top News

Texas GOP leaders paint Harris as a disaster on border security

Everything wrong with border security is the fault of the Democratic vice president, these Republicans say.

The Texas Tribune

Falcons release ‘The Power of Example’ short film with Bijan Robinson

WATCH: Falcons release "The Power of Example" short film following running back Bijan Robinson

USA Today Sports Media Group

In Beryl’s wake, heat-related Texas deaths climb after millions left without power

So far, 23 people have died after Beryl made landfall on July 8.

The Texas Tribune

Woman, 64, dies from extreme heat as Texas outages continue two weeks after Beryl hammered state

At least 23 people have died due to heat-related illnesses in the wake of power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl amid a deadly heat wave

The Independent UK

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Texas family saves orphaned baby bird by wrapping it in tortilla: ‘That’s all I had’

Family found a tiny Mississippi Kite alone and worried that it was getting cold, so they swaddled it in a warm tortilla

Latin Times

Texas dad of two who died in police custody was unarmed, 'just asked for help', family says in lawsuit

The lawsuit claims police officers used excessive force and paramedics failed to provide proper medical care

Texas Observer

Their Laws. Our Bodies.

Two years after the constitutional right to abortion was eliminated, what’s left of Texans’ reproductive rights is ambiguous.

The Conversation

How do 9 states get by with no income tax? A tax expert explains the trade-offs they choose

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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The Texas Tribune

A federal utility assistance program favors cold-weather states, giving less money to hot places like Texas

The program helps low-income people with heating and cooling bills, but advocates say it disadvantages Texas and other warm-weather states, even though extreme heat is a key cause of weather-related deaths.

Latin Times

Heat Caused A Third Of Hurricane Beryl Deaths In Texas

Deaths due to heatwaves are becoming more common, and this shows how different types of environmental disasters can easily overlap. The deaths highlight how poorly prepared Texas is for extreme weather events.

Top News

Texas Gas Prices Drop To .85 Per Gallon

In Texas, as of 21 July 2024, gas prices have seen a notable decrease, now resting at .85 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. This marks a welcome ...

USA Today Sports Media Group

2024 Cardinals roster preview: OL Christian Jones

We will preview every player on the Cardinals' roster heading into training camp. This is about offensive lineman Christian Jones.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ DNC delegates vote 260-6 to back Kamala Harris

The delegates voted late Monday, a day after President Joe Biden exited the presidential race and endorsed Harris.

The Texas Tribune

Several Texas delegates coalesce behind Kamala Harris after Joe Biden abandons reelection

The vice president is not guaranteed the Democratic nomination and some delegates want an open nominating process.

The Texas Tribune

Republican former state Rep. Jim Pitts has died at 77

The Waxahachie Republican served as chief budget writer for the Texas House for nearly a decade. He died in Dallas surrounded by loved ones.

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