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Are Ron DeSantis' Migrant Flights Legal?

Critics of the Martha’s Vineyard flights are raising a bevy of questions about the finances and alleged deception behind the scheme.

Reason

Why Nebraska’s fall from grace is a cautionary tale for Texas, Oklahoma ahead of SEC move

These are exhilarating times for the football programs at Oklahoma and Texas. While the schools patiently wait to be showered with millions in SEC TV money, the Sooners sit at No. 6 in the current AP rankings, top dogs in the Big 12 once more. At No. 22, Texas isn’t…

Tribune News Service

Bay Area company 'horrified' buses it sold are being used to transport migrants across US

LOS ANGELES — A Bay Area shuttle company says it's not involved with Republican governors' efforts to transport migrants across the United States, even though buses with its distinct rainbow pattern on the side and name — Marin Airporter — have been plastered in news coverage.

Los Angeles Times

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First-round pick Tyler Smith holding his own at LT; Dallas Cowboys love his play style

FRISCO, Texas — Remember all the preseason concern and hand wringing about what the Dallas Cowboys were going to do at left tackle after eight-time Pro Bowler Tyron Smith suffered an alvusion fracture in his left knee, sidelining him until possibly December and forcing the team to sign 40-year-old Jason…

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Colleges would be required to be more transparent about transfer rules under new bill from U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro

The Transparency for Transfer Students Act would require all U.S. colleges and universities to post on their websites more details about their transfer policies to help more students complete degrees.

The Texas Tribune

Pat’s POV: Week 4 predictions for the College Wire matchups

Week 4 predictions from College Wire's Patrick Conn.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas to expand voluntary lead testing in schools, childcare centers

DALLAS — Texas will expand voluntary lead testing in schools and daycare centers.

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Texas Sheriff faces ‘influx’ of threats for investigating DeSantis sending migrant flights to northeast

The Florida governor claims that the migrants boarded the flights willingly

The Independent UK

City Council poised to protect right to abortion by declaring Chicago a ‘bodily autonomy sanctuary city’

The new ordinance would prohibit Chicago police or any other agency of local government from cooperating in investigations that seek to criminalize women who come to Chicago seeking abortions and other reproductive care.

Chicago Sun-Times

College Football Playoff watch: Georgia cruises into top spot, but Clemson’s chances keep falling

Still among teams with the best College Football Playoff chances in Week 4, Clemson's chances keep dropping.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Family of country music great Charley Pride reaches settlement in will dispute

DALLAS — Tyler Pride, an East Texas police officer who filed suit in Dallas County Probate Court in 2021, contesting the will of his biological father — country music great Charley Pride — said Tuesday that he and the singer’s family have reached a settlement, the terms of which were…

Tribune News Service

Time Traveling in a Glass-Bottomed Boat

In Edwards Aquifer country, as goes the blind salamander, so go we all.

Texas Observer

A free medical clinic opened in rural East Texas. Thousands poured in for help.

Texas ranks last among states in access to health care and has the highest rate of uninsured people in the country. Two longtime doctors in rural Henderson County created a homegrown safety net to fill the gap.

The Texas Tribune

Editorial: Abbott and DeSantis can’t have it both ways on migrants fleeing communism

Politicians in the Party of Trump are consistently unbothered by their own hypocrisy. Even still, it’s incredible to watch Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who never miss an opportunity to harp on the socialist leanings of political opponents and who’ve each officially recognized “victims of…

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Editorial: Guns for criminals? Texas judge’s gun rights ruling makes us less safe

When it comes to gun laws in this country, we are tipping from tragedy into farce. To be sure, the result will be yet more tragedy.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: DeSantis draws from white segregationist playbook for his latest political ploy

Whether out of ignorance or deliberate intent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drew from a white supremacist playbook when he tricked 50 immigrants into boarding a plane in Texas so he could stage the stunt of delivering them to wealthy vacationers at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The similarities are too striking to…

The Texas Tribune

Tarrant County sends more kids to youth prisons than any other in Texas. Many blame this judge.

Critics say state District Judge Alex Kim is sending too many children to the state’s failing youth prison system. The longtime GOP politician points to a rise in teen gang violence.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: There’s a crisis at the border all right, but one created by political posturing

Despite widespread outcry, the governors of Florida and Texas say they will continue to bus or fly more migrants to unexpected locations across the nation to raise awareness about the crisis at the border. Using vulnerable humans as pawns in a political game is morally wrong and further destabilizes an…

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The Guardian - US

Volunteers extend a hand to migrants from Texas: ‘We welcome them’

Mass bussing has been called a political stunt, but New York non-profit groups have mobilized to offer a sense of humanity

Salon

Heartbreaking journey after abortion ban

“It was just a matter of time before the baby died," said 27-year-old Lauren Hall

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The ugly historical roots of the GOP's sadistic migrant transports

Just about the only thing that one can say about the migrant transports sponsored by Republican governors in the South is that the picture is sure to get uglier as more facts emerge.

Tribune News Service

Tyler Cowen: When immigration hypocrisy landed on Martha’s Vineyard

When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent public money to fly about 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the ostensible point — besides trolling and publicity, of course — was to show that immigrants are a burden on red-state resources. But his stunt reveals a political…

The Independent UK

DeSantis’s team lured hungry migrants with $10 McDonald’s gift cards, lawsuit says

Unnamed people working with Florida governor ‘trolled streets outside of a migrant shelter’

USA Today Sports Media Group

Alabama vs Vanderbilt Prediction, Game Preview

Alabama vs Vanderbilt game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 4 game on Saturday, September 24

The Orange County Register

Angels beat Rangers with a rally that precedes triple play

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Angels’ best and worst were all on display in the sixth inning of their 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

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