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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.

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UT Dallas student accused of stabbing in Las Vegas banned from campus, officials sa

A woman accused of a stabbing in Nevada last year has been banned from the University of Texas at Dallas campus, officials said Wednesday.

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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Lawyers representing children in federal foster care lawsuit rebuked for hiring lobbyists

Texas lawmakers and a federal judge say attorneys in the case against the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services should not hire lobbyists using funds won in court.

The Texas Tribune

Texas death row inmate dies after December surgery for tumor

A spokesperson for the Texas prison system says a man who had been on the state's death row for nearly 30 years after being convicted in the killings of his girlfriend and her two sons has died of natural causes

The Independent UK

High School Esports Rankings: Updated top teams since 2019

The top esports teams in the country since 2019, according to PlayVS

USA Today Sports Media Group

Who will pay $3.3M settlement in whistleblower suit against Texas AG Ken Paxton’s office?

AUSTIN, Texas — What happens now that Ken Paxton’s office has settled the lawsuit filed by four whistleblowers who accused him of bribery and abuse of office?

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Texas man pleads guilty to assaulting police in Jan. 6 US Capitol riot

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Hurst man has pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement, resulting in body injury during the January 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to the Department of Justice.

Tribune News Service

State Rep. Chris Paddie to stop lobbying after regulators crack down on loophole he used

A 2019 law says a former lawmaker cannot register to lobby until two years after they last used campaign funds to donate to another politician. Paddie, R-Marshall, sought to get around that earlier this year by reimbursing his campaign account with personal money.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge dismisses Wendy Davis’ challenge to Texas abortion ban

Davis, best known for her 13-hour filibuster of a 2013 abortion bill, sought to block the state’s ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. A federal judge found Davis had not “articulated a credible, imminent threat.”

The Texas Tribune

‘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

Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola with no approved vaccines or treatments, is spreading in West Africa. Here's what you need to know

The risk to the U.S. is low, experts say. But "what happens in Africa can show up in your backyard hospital in less than 24 hours,” Dr. Luis Ostrosky, an infectious diseases specialist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, tells Fortune.

Fortune

Texas mall shooting started as fight between groups

El Paso police say a shooting at a Texas mall that killed one person and wounded three others began as a confrontation between two groups

The Independent UK

Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe

Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the the probe

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The Governor’s Grid Gambit

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

Daily Mirror

Huge Texas meteorite caught on camera leaves locals shaken by 'loud explosion'

Authorities received multiple calls from worried residents when the meteorite caused a massive noise and vibration in Mission, southern Texas, US, on Wednesday evening

Roll Call

Texas challenges federal spending law over proxy voting rule - Roll Call

Texas filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to wipe out the $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 spending package over former House rules for proxy voting.

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Texas Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals issue nine opinions from Feb. 6-12

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued seven opinions from Feb. 6-12. The Texas Supreme Court issued two opinions from Feb. 6-12. Both courts are the state’s courts of last resort. As of Feb. 12, the court of criminal appeals issued 48 opinions in 2023—17 more than this point a…

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Rose Zhang just continues winning, match play in Hawaii after cancellation and more highlights from the last week in college golf

Here's what you need to know from the last week in college golf.

Daily Record

Scots UFO sighting takes new twist after American Marine had sighting in Texas

In September 2018, we told how a video surfaced online apparently showing an unidentified object on fire and in distress in the skies above Kippen, Stirlingshire.

Axios

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

Draft ordinances could lead to Texans suing librarians.

The Independent UK

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

Tribune News Service

Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care

Near the end of his scheduled three-month stay at a rehab center outside Austin, Texas, Daniel McKegney was forced to tell his father in North Carolina that he needed more time and more money, he recently recalled.

Daily Mirror

Texas shooting: One killed and three injured after gunman opens fire in shopping mall

Two suspects were taken into custody after the shooting at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, US, that left one dead and three more injured on Wednesday night

The Independent UK

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

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