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An early look at the 2024 primary election calendar

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 31, Brew.

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Across Texas, a slow and sputtered rollout of foster care privatization

Lawmakers were assured that outsourcing management of foster care services would fix the state’s troubled child welfare agency. But the rollout of the new model, set to be completed by 2029, has been complicated by setbacks.

The Texas Tribune

Dobbs decision now a factor in med school residency picks - Roll Call

Data shows abortion ruling may play a role in medical school residency decisions, could drive some away from becoming OB-GYNs.

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Elizabeth Holmes prison: Everything we know about disgraced Theranos founder going to jail

Inmates at the Texas prison where Holmes is expected to report to on Tuesday are placed into work programmes where some earn as little as 12 cents an hour

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Elizabeth Holmes news: Theranos founder surrenders to Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence

Disgraced tech entrepreneur reported to prison in Texas minutes before a court-imposed deadline on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes starts prison sentence for blood-testing hoax

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes entered a Texas prison Tuesday where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and hubris in Silicon Valley.

France 24

Prosecutors seek pretrial detention without bail in deadly shootout at New Mexico biker rally

Two men from Texas made a court appearance to confront drug-possession and firearms-related charges in connection with a deadly shootout at a motorcycle rally in northern New Mexico that left three people dead

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Ron DeSantis plans 3-day fundraising swing through Texas next week

The Florida governor’s events in six cities are drawing some of the state’s biggest Republican donors.

The Texas Tribune

6 Texas AG employees take leave of absence to defend Ken Paxton at impeachment trial

The defense team includes the agency’s chief appellate lawyer and head of its general litigation division.

The Texas Tribune

It’s Time for the SEC to Act Like the Alpha Dog It Is

A nine-game conference schedule could be tricky for the TV deal and CFP viability, but the biggest bully on the college football block shouldn’t take the easy way out.

Sports Illustrated

14 U.S. House Republicans from Texas vote against raising the debt limit

Joined in opposition by four Texas Democrats, the “no” votes weren’t enough to sink the proposal, which next heads to the U.S. Senate.

The Texas Tribune

Texas State Legislature sends 13 ballot measures to the November ballot during its regular session—the most since 2007

Texas voters will decide on 13 constitutional amendments this November—the most since 2007 when voters decided on 17 measures on two election dates. The average number of measures appearing on Texas odd-numbered-year ballots was 14 between 1985 and 2021. The year with the highest number of measures was 1987 with…

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Election legislation roundup: Texas State Legislature

As of May 28, members of the Texas State Legislature, which includes the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate, have passed four bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those four bills, legislators passed two during the week of May 22-28. A…

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What's to know about the Texas prison where Elizabeth Holmes is starting her 11-year sentence?

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has reported to a federal prison in Texas — marking the start of her 11-year sentence for overseeing a notorious blood testing hoax

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How Texas House impeached Ken Paxton

The long list of accusations were outlined as part of 20 charges of impeachment adopted by the Texas House

The Texas Tribune

Special election to replace expelled Bryan Slaton in Texas House set for Nov. 7

At least five candidates have already announced their intention to run in the solidly Republican North Texas district.

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Holmes surrenders to federal prison in Texas to begin 11-year sentence for Theranos scandal

Saga began two decades ago when Holmes dropped out of Stanford University in 2003 at the age of 19 to found Theranos

Daily Mirror

Disgraced Theranos tech mogul Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison

Elizabeth Holmes reported to prison in Bryan, Texas, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of her hometown of Houston and begin her 11-year prison sentence

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Camp Bryan: What do we know about the Texas prison holding Elizabeth Holmes?

Among the inmates at Camp Bryan is Real Housewives star Jen Shah, while January 6 rioter Jenna Ryan spent a 60-day stretch there in 2021

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Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg closes college career with 2023 Haskins Award, given to men’s college player of the year

Ludvig Aberg is closing his college career in style.

Texas Observer

Who Judges the Judges?

In Texas, an opaque system undermines accountability for judges.

WEKU

Is Texas next up? Lawmakers clear the way for the state to leave voter data group ERIC

Texas is on its way to being the latest — and largest — state to leave a bipartisan data sharing partnership that states across the country use to cross check their voter rolls.

The Independent UK

Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband's impeachment

The coming impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a twist

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Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg finishes first in 2023 PGA Tour University standings, earning a PGA Tour card through the 2024 season

Ludvig Aberg made PGA Tour history on Monday evening.

Sports Illustrated

Inside the NIL Battle That Is Splintering the SEC: ‘We’re All Money Laundering’

Within the 11-state footprint of the country’s most dominant league, some schools have worked with state lawmakers to rewrite statutes to give them an advantage over neighboring programs.

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