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The Covid con: How billions in coronavirus relief was stolen or wasted

Criminals and gangs grabbed the money. But so did a US soldier in Georgia, the pastors of a defunct church in Texas, a former state lawmaker in Missouri and a roofing contractor in Montana

The Independent UK

T-Squared: The regular 2023 legislative session is behind us. We were with Texans the whole way.

The Tribune’s editor-in-chief on covering the 2023 Texas legislative session.

The Texas Tribune

Post your questions for Sharleen Spiteri of Texas

Have you got something to ask the Scottish singer and guitarist ahead of the band’s performance at Glastonbury? Send it our way and we’ll put it to her

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Election legislation roundup: Texas State Legislature

As of June 11, members of the Texas State Legislature, which includes the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate, have passed 10 bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those 10 bills, legislators passed four during the week of June 5-11. This…

Ballotpedia

Trap-neuter-release programs for cats are now legally protected in Texas

Animal advocates are deeply divided over whether so-called TNR policies are a good idea. A bill signed by the governor last weekend gives them legal protection statewide.

The Texas Tribune

Where Texas redistricting lawsuits stand after U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alabama case

The high court left intact a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act in a case many feared would go the other way. The decision’s importance in ongoing litigation over Texas’ political maps will largely be felt in what didn’t happen.

The Texas Tribune

Mac Engel: Heading to Omaha, TCU’s Kirk Saarloos has moved out of his predecessor’s shadow

FORT WORTH, Texas — As the mob of young men celebrated their trip to the College World Series in front of 9,000 people on Saturday night, the whole party scene at TCU’s Lupton Stadium felt inevitable.

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The Texas high school that delayed graduation says 100% of seniors are ready to walk

"It is graduation delayed, but not denied," Marlin ISD Superintendent Darryl Henson said. He also said that he'll be stepping in as the high school's new principal.

WEKU

Stanford Claims College World Series Berth After Texas Loses Walk-Off Hit in the Lights

The Longhorns will be stinging for a while after this heartbreaking defeat.

Sports Illustrated

With $1.4 billion investment, Texas hopes to sprint to the front of the microchip manufacturing race

Microchips are increasingly present in every day life, from phones and laptops to cars and washing machines. Gov. Greg Abbott approved last week a stimulus package in an effort to shore up the supply chain after the pandemic’s disruptions.

The Texas Tribune

Ohio State football recruiting weekend recap: June 9th-11th, 2023

There was plenty of positive recruiting action for the Buckeyes this weekend #GoBucks

USA Today Sports Media Group

Gov. Greg Abbott says he won’t renew his COVID-19 disaster declaration later this week

Texas appears to be the last state with a broad pandemic declaration, which was begun in 2020, still in place.

The Texas Tribune

Why thousands of fish washed up on these Texas beaches

Thousands of dead fish washed ashore in southeast Texas this past weekend. The cause of death was low oxygen, meaning fish struggled to "breathe" in the warm weather.

WEKU

Man who ran over bird’s nest drives across Texas to save only intact egg

Roadrunner hatchling named Miles was driven 660 miles in total before dying at wildlife rescue center several days later

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Nat-Gas Prices Move Higher on Hot Temps in Texas

July Nymex natural gas (NGN23 ) on Monday closed up +0.012 (+0.53%). July nat-gas Monday recovered from early losses and posted modest gains on forecasts for hotter-than-usual temperatures this week in Texas, the largest nat-gas consuming state. Nat-gas prices Monday initially moved lower after updated U.S. weather forecasts shifted milder,...

The Independent UK

US halts online asylum appointments at Texas crossing after extortion warnings

U.S. authorities have halted mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants are being extorted there

The Texas Tribune

Lawmakers passed a bill to stop insurers from considering ESG criteria in setting rates

So-called environmental, social and governance policies are often adopted by companies to reduce their carbon footprints. The new Texas bill aims to stop insurers doing business in Texas from using ESG criteria, but it doesn’t include penalties for violations.

The Texas Tribune

How Texas’ plan to curb school violence was knocked down by a pandemic and little oversight

Threat assessment teams were created to prevent the next school shooting. However, confusion surrounds how these teams operate and what they even do with a child exhibiting threatening behavior.

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No First Amendment Academic Freedom Right to Give Quizzes in Public University Class

From Fass v. Benson, decided Wednesday by the Texas Court of Appeals (Dallas), in an opinion by Justice Erin Nowell, joined by Justices Robbie Partida-Kipness and Nancy Kennedy: Professor Fass is a tenured professor of public policy and affairs at UTD [University of Texas Dallas]. For the past thirty years,…

Texas Observer

Dow’s River

Dow chemical company holds all the cards on the Brazos River. Part of the Observer's "Drifting Toward Disaster" series on Texas waterways.

The Texas Tribune

State environmental agency proposes new rules for concrete plants in Texas

The TCEQ has proposed changes to concrete batch plant permits including lowering production limits, reducing dust coming from plants and setting minimum distance requirements from nearby communities.

Axios

Why thousands of dead fish have been washing ashore along Texas Gulf Coast

Cleanup efforts at Quintana Beach have been under way since the event began on Friday.

Daily Mirror

Woman poisoned by deadly plant while weeding says tongue swelled and she couldn't breathe

Kenzie Kizer was in her garden in doing some weeding in Texas, US, when she suddenly felt like her arms were on fire after coming into contact with poison hemlock

Daily Mirror

Miracle mum survives lightning strike - and now she KNOWS when storm is coming

Mum-of-six Kimberly Krone, from Texas, US, was cleaning up a frying pan in her kitchen in June 2009 when a lightning strike came through her roof and struck her in the chest

Daily Mirror

Mum's 'miracle' trick to getting rid of painful sunburn in just 30 minutes

Cindie Allen-Stewart, from Texas, America, has taken to social media to share her 'miracle' cure for getting rid of sunburn - with users saying she's 'saved their summer'

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