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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after billion-dollar Sandy Hook court ruling

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist ordered to pay $473m in damages on top of nearly $1bn verdict handed down in October

The Guardian - US

Hundreds of Texas churches seek approval to leave the United Methodist Church Saturday

DALLAS — The regional governing bodies of the United Methodist Church are called annual conferences. They typically meet once a year to conduct church business. But two of those Texas conferences will meet this weekend in special sessions to approve the withdrawal of potentially hundreds of churches from the UMC.

Tribune News Service

Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5B damage/year

Eight years into a U.S. program to control damage from feral pigs, the invasive animals are still a multibillion-dollar plague on farmers, wildlife and the environment

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Infowars host Alex Jones files for bankruptcy as $1.5bn Sandy Hook damages bill looms

EXTREME right-wing talk radio host Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy as he faces nearly $1.5 billion (£1.2bn) in damages over over conspiracy…

The National (Scotland)

Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy

Infowars host Alex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in Texas as he faces nearly $1.5 billion in court judgments over conspiracy theories he spread about the Sandy Hook school massacre

The Independent UK

MSU football to host 2023 Texas WR Jaelen Smith on official visit this weekend

Michigan State football will be hosting a rising 2023 wide receiver prospect this weekend on an official visit

USA Today Sports Media Group

Photos: “We don’t feel safe here.” A transgender teen and their family flee Texas.

Texas policies targeting access to health care for transgender youth forced one family to leave the state.

The Texas Tribune

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Mac Engel: It would be a sports tragedy if TCU QB Max Duggan isn’t a Heisman Trophy finalist

FORT WORTH, Texas — It was in July when new TCU head coach Sonny Dykes said, “The question mark is the quarterback position.”

Tribune News Service

Uvalde survivors file a $27 billion class-action lawsuit against police and others

Parents, teachers, school staff and students who were on scene the day of the shooting are demanding redress for "the indelible and forever-lasting trauma" caused by the failures of law enforcement.

WEKU

Supreme Court leaves student debt relief program on hold after Texas judge blocked it

More than 16 million people had already been approved for student loan debt relief by the Education Department when a federal judge in North Texas struck down the plan last month.

The Texas Tribune

Creighton vs. Texas, live stream, TV channel, time, odds, how to watch college basketball

The Creighton Bluejays will meet the Texas Longhorns in college basketball action on Thursday night from the Moody Center.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Katherine community asked to back justice reinvestment project to tackle crime

Justice reinvestment has seen prisons in the US state of Texas shut down. Could it work in a rural town with one of the highest crime rates in Australia?

ABC News

Florida Atlantic Football Hires Former Texas Coach Tom Herman, per Report

The former Texas coach is getting another chance to lead an FBS program.

Sports Illustrated

Jason David Frank’s wife sets record straight with details of night he died by suicide

Jason David Frank, the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” star who died in Texas on Nov. 19, took his own life, his wife confirmed in an interview Wednesday. She also said they had reconciled in their 19-year marriage in the weeks before his death.

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Texas Observer

Texas Wants to Save Community Colleges From Sinking

State lawmakers are considering new ways to fund schools that historically have given more students a chance to succeed beyond high school.

The Texas Tribune

By tradition, the minority party gets to chair some Texas House committees. Some in the GOP want to end that.

Republican critics say conservative priorities will always be hamstrung if Democrats, who are in the minority party, get a say in which legislation reaches the floor.

Sports Illustrated

Race for No. 1 Recruiting Class Narrowing in December Ranking

Ahead of the Early Signing Period, the likes of Notre Dame, Texas and Georgia chase Alabama for the nation's top recruiting class.

USA Today Sports Media Group

LOOK: 137 photos that capture Deshaun Watson’s career with the Texans

Take a look at Deshaun Watson's career with the Houston Texans from 2017-21 through these 137 images.

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The Texas Tribune

A growing number of Texas rural counties are declaring local immigration “disasters”

The latest county to make a disaster declaration is an eight-hour drive away from the Texas-Mexico border, but local officials there say they’re under “invasion.”

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: On migrant flights, what is DeSantis hiding?

You can see why Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to prevent Floridians from learning more about the flights that took migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.

Tribune News Service

Dozens excused from jury pool in murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jury selection in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean resumed Wednesday with the court excusing 29 out of 74 prospective jurors who were individually questioned by 4 p.m.

The Texas Tribune

Texas lawmakers have a $27 billion surplus, but a spending cap complicates their goal of lowering property taxes

Texas homeowners have some of the highest property tax bills in the nation, a byproduct of the state’s reliance on such taxes to help pay for public schools and the state’s lack of an income tax.

The Texas Tribune

Migrants flown from Texas to Massachusetts sue “Perla,” who recruited them for flights

The flights, financed by Florida at the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, were filled by Perla Huerta of San Antonio, who was added to a lawsuit against DeSantis and others on Tuesday.

Miami Herald

Watchdog wants Gov. DeSantis’ office held in contempt over unreleased migrant flight records

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A public records watchdog on Wednesday asked a Tallahassee judge to charge the DeSantis administration with contempt of court for continuing to withhold public records about its handling of the relocation of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in September.

The Texas Tribune

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick prioritizes property tax relief, electric grid fixes and border security for 2023 legislative session

Patrick, who presides over the Senate and wields tremendous power over legislation, said lawmakers have an “extraordinary opportunity” to shape the future of Texas at the start of the next legislative session, which begins Jan. 10.

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