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Chip Roy and other Texas holdouts flip votes and now support Kevin McCarthy, who remains short in speaker bid

Roy, R-Austin, as well as U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Victoria, and Rep.-elect Keith Self, R-McKinney, switched their votes for McCarthy after voting against him 11 times.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Awards Biggest Border Wall Contract Yet to Trump-Tied Firm

The state awarded $224 million to a construction company that built a private wall now on the brink of collapse into the Rio Grande.

Texas Observer

Can airline darling Southwest recover from a holiday meltdown of its own making?

Simon Calder loves the carrier that Herb Kelleher founded in Texas in 1971. But there are limits

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Alex Jones lawyer suspended 6 months over records release

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from practicing law in Connecticut for six months

The Independent UK

Gen Z, pay transparency, flexibility move top of mind in 2023 workplace trends

The past year has been rife with evolving ideas about what future workplaces might look like. There’s been a shift in what workers expect from their jobs and who those workers are.

Tribune News Service

Tang Leads Five Hoops Coaches Overperforming in Year 1

Early success has been a common theme at these schools in 2022–23.

Sports Illustrated

How Texans helped plot, foment and carry out the Jan. 6 insurrection

From those who planted the seeds of Trump’s strategy to try to challenge the election, to others who sowed doubt and anger by spreading baseless election-fraud conspiracy theories, Texans played major roles in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol two years ago.

The Texas Tribune

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There Are Some Guarantees With Bobby Petrino. Just Not Good Ones.

The disingenuous coach is on the move again, this time as a coordinator at Texas A&M. He might call great plays, but will leave behind scorched earth and false promises.

Sports Illustrated

Fort Worth looks to rename Hillside Community Center after Atatiana Jefferson

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth City Council will consider Tuesday renaming the Hillside Community Center in honor of Atatiana Jefferson as a “tangible legacy and reminder to the life she lived.”

Tribune News Service

Ex-TCU Coach Gary Patterson Opines on Horned Frogs’ CFP Run

The longtime Texas Christian football coach worked for Steve Sarkisian at rival Texas this season.

Sports Illustrated

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over enforcement of “public charge” law for immigrants

Paxton has sued the Biden administration a dozen times over its immigration policies. Most of those lawsuits have been filed in Trump-appointed judges’ courts.

The Texas Tribune

Why Sonny Dykes Was the Final Piece to TCU’s Playoff Puzzle

The coach has led the Horned Frogs to the national title game, building off the foundation Gary Patterson put together.

Sports Illustrated

Midland is the latest Texas city to issue a boil-water notice

Officials said the water levels at the local reservoir were too low to meet safety standards.

The Texas Tribune

After Firing Chris Beard, Who Might Texas Target as Coach?

Musselman, Sampson and Calipari are among the names who could get a look.

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Texas Offered Chris Beard Chance to Resign Before Firing Him

The Longhorns parted ways with the embattled coach Thursday.

Texas Observer

Students Taking Back ‘Ownership’ of Education

“We defended these books, which remained in the library ... We saw book banning slow down, and that was really phenomenal to see.”

Tribune News Service

Texas Longhorns fire Chris Beard, men’s basketball coach accused of assaulting fiancée

Less than a month after Chris Beard was charged with a third degree felony for family violence, Texas has fired its men’s basketball coach.

The Independent UK

Court goes against Texas inmates questioning execution drugs

Texas’ top criminal appeals court has barred a civil court judge from issuing orders in a lawsuit by three death row inmates who allege the state plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to execute them

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Chicago Sun-Times

Texas fires basketball coach Chris Beard

Beard faces a felony domestic family violence charge stemming from a Dec. 12 incident involving his fiancée. His contract with the Longhorns includes a provision he could be fired for cause if he was charged with a felony.

The Texas Tribune

UT fires head basketball coach Chris Beard after domestic violence arrest

Beard was hired by UT in 2021. The university paid $4 million to buy out his contract at Texas Tech University. He was one of UT’s highest-paid employees.

Sports Illustrated

Texas Fires Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Beard

The school announced the decision on Thursday following an assault charge in December.

Tribune News Service

Migos rapper Takeoff’s suspected killer released on $1 million bond

The suspect in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff posted a $1 million bond and was released from a Texas jail, court records show.

Daily Mirror

Mum gives birth to twins born on different days in separate months and years

Kali Jo Scott, from Texas, US, went into labour with her first twin baby girl Annie Jo at 11.55pm on New Year's Eve as her sister followed just minutes later into New Year's Day at 12.01am

The Independent UK

Alexis Vidler: Everything we know about the Texas teen’s disappearance

Celina police issue amber alert warning missing girl could have been abducted and be in danger and say they are seeking a black 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage

Sports Illustrated

ESPN Did Everything Right in Covering Tragic Damar Hamlin Injury

Under scary, unknown circumstances, ESPN handled the news story right away.

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