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Young leaders fuel a new labor movement reaching across Texas

Tevita Uhatafe proudly wore a Texas union cap and shirt as he marched toward New York City’s Times Square in a rally on Labor Day. Lest people forget where he had traveled from, he periodically unfurled his Tarrant County labor flag to don as a cape.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

College Football Expert Picks, Predictions: Week 7

College football expert picks and predictions for Week 7 highlighted by Alabama at Tennessee, Penn State at Michigan, and USC at Utah

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 11, 2022

Campaign finance deadline today in Texas

Candidates and organizations involved in Texas’ statewide elections must file campaign finance information by October 11, 2022. The general election will take place in Texas on November 8, 2022.

Ballotpedia · Oct 11, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hit with 3rd lawsuit over migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard

An open government group is suing in an effort to compel the release of records on the flights from Texas.

Axios · Oct 11, 2022

Texas lawsuit latest to target President Biden’s student loan-forgiveness program

FORT WORTH, Texas — The number of legal challenges to President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel millions of dollars of student debt continues to mount. The latest, a lawsuit by the Job Creators Network Foundation, was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth.

Tribune News Service · Oct 10, 2022

LAUSD cyberattack woes and uncertainties could be long-lasting, experts say

LOS ANGELES — Retirees from the Baltimore school system are having trouble with pension and health care payments two years after a ransomware attack. The identity of a child in Toledo, Ohio, is being used to apply for credit months after a cyberattack on schools there. A midsize Texas school…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 10, 2022

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz partners with iHeartRadio, expands to 3 podcasts a week

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz’s media empire is catching up to his political career, as he turns a weekly podcast begun at the start of Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial into a thrice-weekly operation bankrolled by iHeartMedia.

Tribune News Service · Oct 10, 2022

Forde-Yard Dash: Heisman Race Is Coming Into Focus

This year’s pool of contenders is large, but a lot thinner if we assume the usual formula wins out.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 10, 2022

Watchdog group sues Gov. DeSantis, claims public records law was violated over migrant flights

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A nonprofit government watchdog group has filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Ron DeSantis and his staff violated the state public records law for failing to produce documents and other material it requested related to two flights relocating migrants from Texas to Massachusetts.

Orlando Sentinel · Oct 10, 2022

Super 25 football Week 6 recap: Mater Dei beats St. John Bosco in top showdown, Oakland stumbles

This past week Mater Dei defeated St. John Bosco to remain on top of the high school football world.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 10, 2022