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Beto O’Rourke confronts a formidable GOP firewall as he woos rural Texans

Despite its dwindling population, rural Texas has consistently helped protect GOP dominance in statewide races, even as Democratic support grows in the state’s populous metro centers and suburbs.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ oil and gas industry will produce “massive amount” of toxic wastewater with few reuse options, study finds

Oil and gas companies produce 3.8 billion barrels of wastewater per year in the arid Permian Basin. A state consortium is trying to figure out whether it can be reused.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program is what asylum advocates wanted all along

Texas’ migrant buses were meant to send a message about immigration and antagonize Democrats. But the program is also helping migrants get across the U.S. for free.

The Texas Tribune

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Pregnant woman who claimed her fetus was an HOV lane passenger gets another ticket

Brandy Bottone got the first traffic violation dismissed, arguing that under Texas' abortion law, her fetus counted as a person. She's hoping to make the same argument again.

WEKU

Mac Engel: The value of Instagram or TikTok for a college athlete isn’t a giant pile of money

FORT WORTH, Texas — Social media is the four-letter word that has changed just about everything in our world, up to and including the purity and sanctity of college football.

Tribune News Service

Baristas steamed at Ted Cruz depiction as pothead slackers eager for handouts

Jacqueline Farias has spent the last five years as a barista at Merit Coffee in Highland Park while working her way through Texas Woman’s University.

Tribune News Service

Pecan farmers get caught in power vacuum on Texas border

A large pecan farm in Eagle Pass, Texas, is the site of the latest dispute between Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over an unprecedented challenge to how the federal government polices the U.S. border with Mexico

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Texas court filing shows why Missouri judge sealed decision in Greitens custody case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A legal document filed in Texas this week offers new details as to why a Boone County judge sealed her ruling in the custody dispute between former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his ex-wife Sheena Greitens.

Tribune News Service

Nick Saban: This Year’s ‘Rat Poison’ Is ‘Worse Than Ever’

The Alabama coach wants his team to focus on one game at a time instead of looking ahead at the schedule.

Sports Illustrated

Oath Keepers attorney has been charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice

Kellye SoRelle, who was arrested in Texas, is latest person with ties to the group to face charges stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.

WEKU

Houston’s ‘Librotraficante’ Calls on Chicanos to Combat Censorship

In his unusual new book, The Tip of the Pyramid, Tony Diaz preaches the need for “cultural accelerators” to combat right-wing reaction.

Texas Observer

Mariners shut out Tigers for the sweep, move to 15 games above .500

DETROIT — This wasn’t like the uneven and frustrating three-game series in Texas and Oakland on the previous road trip, where they managed to win just one game in each.

Tribune News Service

Abbott forgets Texans were once immigrants yearning to become Americans

We once worried about the values of the people of Texas. Their leadership is showing us that worry has not changed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Buses of immigrants arrive from Texas, city readies for new COVID boosters and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Oath Keepers lawyer charged over Jan. 6

Prosecutors say Kellye SoRelle was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 — and tampered with documents

The Independent UK

Mother reported missing in Texas one year ago found on the run from police in Ecuador

Josefa Vela was apparently fleeing while out on bond for drug charges

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago welcomes immigrants bused out of Texas with open arms

Nearly 80 people seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border were sent to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as part of his plan to move them to Democrat-led cities; Blasting Abbott’s actions as racist, xenophobic, Lightfoot said, “We’re ready. We are the village.”

Roll Call

States watch Texas to determine impact of abortion bans - Roll Call

Planned Parenthood officials predict that those seeking abortions will drive up demand for the procedure in states where it remains legal.

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Chicago Tribune

Chicago becomes latest stop for migrants bused from Texas

CHICAGO — Seventy-five migrants who arrived in Texas were dropped off at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday night, officials said.

Al Jazeera

Texas buses migrants to Chicago, worsening political tensions

Governor Greg Abbott says the buses are needed because President Joe Biden has failed to secure the southern border.

The Independent UK

75 migrants bused from Texas arrive in Chicago

Chicago officials say 75 immigrants have arrived in the city on buses from Texas, as part of an aggressive border policy by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Texas Observer

Big Leaks, Little Regulation

Lax regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality means oil and gas facilities are able to pollute with impunity.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas A&M vs Sam Houston Prediction, Game Preview

Texas A&M vs Sam Houston game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 1 game on Thursday, September 1

Reuters

From Pakistan to Texas, big rains after extreme heat deliver double punch

While Pakistanis count the cost of one of the country's worst recorded floods, heavy rain is hitting southwestern China as the Texas city of Dallas recovers from a 10-inch deluge in a single day last month.

Tribune News Service

Texas Christians sue over federal insurance mandate for HIV prevention drugs PrEP

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of Christians from Texas is suing to knock down many of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive care mandates, specifically targeting HIV drugs.

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