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Short list of Packers-specific draft prospects following NFL combine

Using RAS and the team's usual size/athleticism thresholds, we can cut down the list of most likely prospects for the Packers in the 2023 NFL draft.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Rams 2023 Draft Prospect Profile: Roschon Johnson (RB, Texas)

Roschon Johnson out of Texas is a prospect to watch if the Rams elect to take a RB during the 2023 NFL draft.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas executes Gary Green for 2009 murder of his wife and her 6-year-old daughter

Green’s appellate attorneys unsuccessfully argued that his intellectual impairments and mental health status made him ineligible for the death penalty.

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The Texas House has a record number of LGBTQ representatives as lawmakers face scores of bills focused on gender and sexuality

The Texas Legislature has nine lawmakers who are openly LGBTQ, all Democrats. At the same time, some Republican lawmakers are pushing a slate of bills aimed at drag queens, transgender children and how sexuality is discussed in schools.

The Texas Tribune

Alligator stolen from Texas zoo 20 years ago finally returns after being found in nearby home

An alligator thought to have been stolen from a Texas zoo some 20 years ago has finally been returned after it was found living at a nearby home.

Evening Standard

Man faces execution in death of estranged wife, her daughter

A Texas inmate is facing a scheduled execution Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago

The Independent UK

2 Americans dead, 2 rescued after violent Mexico kidnapping

The surviving Americans were back on U.S. soil after being sped to the border near Brownsville, Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted machine guns.

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5 women file lawsuit against Texas over the state's abortion laws

It's the first suit brought on behalf of women denied abortions that's been filed against a state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

Axios

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court issue eight opinions from Feb. 20-26

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued six opinions from Feb. 20-26. The Texas Supreme Court issued two opinions from Feb. 20-26. Both courts are the state’s courts of last resort. As of Feb. 26, the court of criminal appeals issued63 opinions in 2023—29 more than this point a year…

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Tony Pollard gets franchise tag, Dallas Cowboys focus shifts to Ezekiel Elliott’s status

FRISCO, Texas — The Cowboys officially did the expected on Monday, placing the franchise tag on running back Tony Pollard, guaranteeing him $10.1 million in 2023.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Mark Adams situation has Texas Tech once again looking at yet another coaching mess

Mark Adams’ tenure as Texas Tech’s men’s basketball coach is all but over.

Tribune News Service

These 10 Texas contributors gave over $47.9 million

In Texas politics, state-level candidates and political action committees have received $956.4 million in total contributions between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2022. The 10 largest contributors gave more than $47.9 million, or 5 percent of all contributions.

Ballotpedia

The top fundraisers among Texas statewide elected offices

Campaign finance requirements govern how much money candidates may receive from individuals and organizations, how often they must report those contributions, and how much individuals, organizations, and political entities may contribute to campaigns.

Ballotpedia

The State’s Houston ISD Takeover Is Unfair, Racist, and Wasteful

Texas policymakers keep moving the goalposts in the middle of the game to pursue their political agenda, no matter the cost to Houston kids.

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Tribune News Service

With the kidnapping of 4 US citizens, is it safe to travel to Mexico?

DALLAS — Public safety concerns have spiked around travel to Mexico, with the kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. The visitors had just crossed the border through Brownsville, Texas.

Tribune News Service

Texas power generator Vistra acquires nuclear plants in $3.4 billion deal

Texas’ biggest power generator Vistra Corp. is acquiring Energy Harbor Corp. in a deal valued at $3.43 billion to create one of the largest clean energy businesses in the country.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans have filed dozens of bills affecting LGBTQ people. Here’s what they’d do.

Texas lawmakers this year are debating whether to block transgender kids’ access to transition-related health care, classify businesses that host drag shows as sexually oriented establishments and limit public school lessons on sexuality and gender identity.

Tribune News Service

FedEx driver pleads not guilty to capital murder, kidnapping of 7-year-old Athena Strand

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tanner Horner, the FedEx driver indicted on capital murder and kidnapping charges in the killing of 7-year-old Athena Strand, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment hearing Monday in Wise County.

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Arch Manning Receives Mixed Review After First Longhorns Practice

The new Longhorn practiced for the first time with the team this spring.

The Independent UK

4 US citizens kidnapped in Mexico border city amid shootout

The FBI and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were kidnapped by gunmen after crossing into Mexico

Tribune News Service

Texas’ next ESG target will be insurers: ‘We’re gonna teach them some manners’

Texas’ fight against environmental, social and corporate governance policies may soon expand to another front: insurance companies.

Texas Observer

The New Children’s Crusade: Recruiting for America’s Culture War

Powerful interests are sending Texas youth out to do battle against LGBTQ+ people, abortion, and progressive causes.

Sports Illustrated

UCLA Rises, Tennessee Slips in AP Men’s Basketball Poll

Houston remains No. 1 for the third consecutive week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Houston, UCLA top new AP men’s basketball poll

Houston hadn’t reached No. 1 before this season since 1983 during the “Phi Slama Jama” era, but the Cougars have now spent a total of seven weeks at the top to tie Purdue for the most of any team this season.

The Independent UK

Mexico kidnappings: What we know about the abduction of four US citizens in Matamoros

US citizens ambushed and taken hostage in border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after crossing into country from Brownsville, Texas, for cosmetic surgery procedure

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