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"Constitutional sheriffs" hit Texas

Some 50 Texas officials have attended trainings on the unsupported notion that sheriffs can overrule the law

Salon

Tesla Gets New 1 Million-Square-Foot Building Outside Houston, Texas

Tesla is expanding outside of Austin. It's working on a lithium refinery near Corpus Christi and leasing a new building near Houston that may be battery-related.

InsideEVs

EPA moves away from Permian Basin air pollution crackdown

The oil industry pushed hard against the proposal to issue an ozone nonattainment designation, which would have required that companies reduce oilfield emissions.

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EPA Backs Down from Permian Air Pollution Crackdown

Oil sector advocates pushed hard against an ozone nonattainment designation, which would have required oilfield emissions reductions.

Texas Observer

Texas oil patch gears up for more growth and spending with the Permian leading the way

What a difference a few years make in the Texas oil patch.

Tribune News Service

The U.S. renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman

The renamed sites are in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas, and complete a yearlong process to remove the historically offensive word "squaw" from geographic names across the country.

WEKU

CBS Sports: MSU is one of five teams that could go from losing season to College Football Playoff

Michigan State is listed as one of five teams that could be the next TCU in 2023 and go from missing postseason to title contender

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T-Squared: Renzo Downey will write the Tribune’s politics newsletter

Downey, who currently reports on Florida politics, covered the Texas Legislature’s 2019 session for the Austin American-Statesman.

The Texas Tribune

COVID-19 upended Texas schools’ finances. Now they’re calling for a new funding system.

Districts like Pflugerville ISD, which is struggling with a $12 million deficit and weighing school closures, say the pandemic and rising inflation have eroded the value of the state’s last effort to overhaul its public education finance system.

The Texas Tribune

The fringe ideology of “constitutional sheriffs” is attracting believers within Texas law enforcement

Some 50 Texas sheriffs and numerous elected officials have attended trainings on the unsupported notion that sheriffs can single-handedly overrule state and federal law. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which offered state peace officers credit for the seminars, is now investigating.

The Texas Tribune

Mark Story: For John Calipari and Kentucky, can this marriage be saved?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — To a degree that would have been unthinkable five years ago, the John Calipari coaching era at Kentucky has begun to feel like the end days of Tubby Smith’s UK coaching regime and the final seasons of Denny Crum’s coaching tenure at Louisville.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: School choice would benefit rural students in Texas

The Texas legislature will soon consider a proposal to give families greater freedom to choose learning environments that align with their values and meet their children’s individual learning needs.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Biden’s border policy struggles reflect a deeper neglect of Latin America

EL PASO, Texas — Perhaps the most fitting sight of President Joe Biden’s recent trip to the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border was this one: He went to the less important bridge spanning the Rio Grande.

Los Angeles Times

ExxonMobil predicted climate change while downplaying risk

US-based company’s own scientists accurately predicted global warming as far back as the 1970s, study says.

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Gov. Abbott says migrants in ‘military style gear’ are crossing border in ‘invasion’ of Texas

WASHINGTON – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shrugged off a rebuke for calling the surge of illegal border crossings an “invasion,” ramping up the rhetoric Thursday by warning that migrants in “military style gear” are now sneaking into Texas.

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2023 NFL draft: Updated RB rankings

Draft Wire editor Luke Easterling updates his rankings of the top running back prospects in the 2023 NFL draft class

Tribune News Service

What’s next for Texas’ Beto O’Rourke? A teaching gig

Texans have speculated about Beto O’Rourke’s future since he lost the governor’s race in November. Now we have an idea.

Chicago Sun-Times

Next stop Chicago? In-N-Out burger expanding east of Texas for first time

The beloved Southern California burger chain announced plans for a new location in Tennessee in 2026 and teases more shops to follow in other states.

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The Independent UK

US renames 5 places that used racist slur for a Native woman

The U.S. Department of the Interior has renamed five places in California, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas that previously included a racist term for a Native American woman

The Conversation

How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to judge a person on character and not race.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton wants more power to prosecute election crimes. These bills in the Texas Legislature would give it to him.

Although no evidence of widespread voter fraud has been found, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been actively pursuing election-related crimes since he took office in 2015.

Roll Call

At the Races: Cooking with gas - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

The Independent UK

DeSantis tested on immigration as he weighs 2024 candidacy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted illegal immigration last fall by sending dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast

The Texas Tribune

Texas higher ed leaders optimistic about funding, faculty uneasy about culture wars as new session starts

Community colleges want a funding overhaul this legislative session, and four-year universities are hoping for a boost in research funds. Meanwhile, faculty are bracing for a potential threat to tenure and limits to conversations about race.

InsideEVs

Tesla Starts Hiring For Its Lithium Refinery In Texas: Here’s What Jobs Are Available

Tesla published three job listings for the new facility near Corpus Christi: Area Superintendent, Project Scheduler, and Area Construction Manager.

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