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Texas grid nears breaking point as heat drives up demand

The Texas power grid is facing its biggest test of the year as scorching temperatures threaten to drive demand for electricity beyond the system’s breaking point.

Tribune News Service

Texas power demand crests, and threat of blackouts fade

Power demand has crested in Texas after officials asked homes and businesses to conserve, easing the threat of blackouts in America’s second most populous state.

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After Uvalde, will Texas lawmakers push for a school discipline crackdown?

DALLAS — State leaders are parsing the Uvalde shooter’s past, looking for signs that could inform plans aimed at preventing future mass shootings in Texas schools.

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Appeals courts delays Texas execution set for this week

An appeals court has stayed this week’s execution of a death row inmate who had raised questions about whether prosecutors had presented false and inaccurate testimony from an expert on whether he would commit more crimes in the future

The Independent UK

Texas woman says unborn baby counts as passenger in HOV lane

When an officer pulled Brandy Bottone over for driving by herself in a high occupancy vehicle lane in Texas just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she pointed to her pregnant belly and told him her unborn daughter now counts as a person

The Independent UK

A Term Of DIGs And Almost-DIGs

This past term, the Court only issued 58 signed opinions. As low as that number is, it was made even lower by DIGs. The Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted two cases: United States v. Texas was DIG'd. Justice Sotomayor dissented from the DIG. Arizona v. San Francisco was DIG'd.…

Reason

Texas risks summer blackouts with broiling 100 degree days

The Texas power grid operator is asking people to conserve electricity this week.

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‘We’re in trouble’: Electric rates in Texas have surged over 70% as summer kicks in

There’s no escaping rising oil prices. They’ve driven up the cost of gasoline, and the higher expense registers every time people fill up the tank.

Tribune News Service

Texas officials agree to release hallway video from Uvalde school shooting

Local district attorney accused of blocking release of footage, taken from surveillance video at Robb elementary school

The Guardian - US

Uvalde Marches for Transparency and Gun Reform

Some 500 protesters withstood the brutal heat to demand justice for those lost in the May 24 school massacre.

Texas Observer

Previewing U.S. House general elections

Elections to the United States House of Representatives will take place on November 8, 2022. The seats of all 435 representatives are up for election this year, along with the seats of five of the six non-voting members of the U.S. House.

Ballotpedia

What will US abortion sanctuary networks look like?

Volunteers, lawyers and non-profits are creating sanctuary networks for people seeking abortions in the United States.

Al Jazeera

Texas women to travel farther, spend more for abortions after fall of Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON — As states move to restrict abortion after the reversal of Roe vs. Wade, travel times and costs are expected to dramatically increase for Texans seeking out-of-state abortions.

Tribune News Service

Ann Richards’ Legacy Is a Light for Dark Times

The One Ann Only, a new collection of photographs and quotes, captures the unforgettable singularity of Texas’ last Democratic governor.

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Before ‘Roe’—and After

A look back at criminalized abortion in Texas before 1973, and forward towards what it may look like after 2022.

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Amid heat, power grid operator asks Texans to conserve electricity on Monday afternoon

The operator of the major power grid in Texas asked people in the state to conserve electricity on Monday during a period when it expects a record high demand.

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Texas Democrats will ponder how to win at this week’s convention in Dallas

DALLAS — Texas Democrats will gather this week in Dallas to figure out the best way to push a boulder up a hill.

The Texas Tribune

Beto O’Rourke to launch 49-day campaign tour of Texas

The Democratic gubernatorial challenger plans to hold 70 public events in more than 65 counties.

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The Independent UK

This doctor helped send Ramiro Gonzales to death row – now he’s changed his mind

Texas plans to execute Gonzales this week even though the expert witness says he isn’t a threat to society, write Maurice Chammah and Keri Blakinger

Ballotpedia

Sneak preview week – setting the stage for this fall

Welcome to the Monday, July 11, Brew.

The Texas Tribune

Texans have been slow to vaccinate their youngest against COVID-19, but they’re slightly ahead of the national average

For some parents of kids under 5 who want to vaccinate them, the wait has been excruciating, fraught with delays and close calls. Others are hesitant to have their young children vaccinated.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: The Texas Rangers’ 2022 MVP is not Corey Seager; it’s air conditioning

ARLINGTON, Texas — On behalf of all critics of the Texas Rangers’ needlessly pressing Arlington tax payers for a new stadium when a perfectly good one was in working order, we propose the following amendment:

Tribune News Service

The state of barbecue: How NC is clinging to tradition in its most famous food

RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s an impossible question but Wyatt Dickson has an answer.

Tribune News Service

Here’s how much money you need to make to be happy in Texas

Not everyone believes the saying, “money can’t buy happiness.” And for good reason.

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As states ban abortion, the Texas bounty law offers a way to survive legal challenges

States can now enforce laws that criminalize abortion. But a Texas law that outsources enforcement to civilians could have legal immunity that other laws don't, pushing more states to follow suit.

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