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Texas’ response to Uvalde shooting? Bills could feature shields, school funding

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican legislative leaders are approaching a deal on new spending by the state this summer in response to the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde.

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Texas judge temporarily halts 2 transgender child abuse investigations

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge on Friday temporarily halted the state’s child abuse investigations into two families with transgender children, agreeing they faced immediate harm.

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Estimates of transgender youth in Texas doubles, study shows

AUSTIN, Texas — The number of transgender youth in Texas is higher than previously predicted at least in part due to better data collection, according to new estimates from the nation’s top research institute for LGBT issues.

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Nations League Was Foundational for USMNT, but Its Return Isn’t Ideal

Events in the inaugural Concacaf competition helped mold the U.S. into a World Cup–caliber team, but as it prepares for Qatar, its group games are ill-timed.

Sports Illustrated

Can Haji Wright be the U.S. men’s soccer team’s answer at striker?

AUSTIN, Texas — Five months before the World Cup, the U.S. men’s soccer team has a striking problem.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Families of trans children file new lawsuit against Texas child abuse policy

AUSTIN, Texas — Three more families with transgender children are suing to block abuse investigations the state has opened against them, adding to the litigation Texas faces after deeming certain gender-affirming medical treatments child abuse earlier this year.

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Texas House speaker taps brakes on Dan Patrick’s $50M request for bulletproof shields

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan indicated Monday that he wants to wait on a proposal from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calling for $50 million to outfit police with bulletproof shields to combat mass shootings.

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Yoga teacher wanted for star cyclist’s murder vanished from Newark airport as police offer $5k reward

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong is accused of shooting 25-year-old Anna Moriah Wilson dead on 11 May when a dramatic love triangle turned deadly

The Independent UK

Greg Casar Superstar?

The organizer, groundbreaking Austin policymaker, and congressional nominee plans to be the House’s ‘most pro-labor’ member.

Texas Observer

In Texas, where abortion rights began, GOP builds new barriers

AUSTIN, Texas — Linda Coffee was in her mid-20s and barely out of law school when she and former classmate Sarah Weddington stunned the legal establishment—and much of America—by successfully arguing Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in 1973.

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How Texas Gov. Greg Abbott learned not to cross his party on guns — ever again

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has had to respond before to a mass shooting in a Texas school.

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Texas House creates special committee to investigate Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announced Friday the creation of a special investigative committee to examine the Robb Elementary School shooting.

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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees — but not a special session — following Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

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5 years. 5 mass shootings. 87 dead in Texas. What gun laws could have applied in each case?

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has experienced multiple mass shootings in recent years.

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Chicago Sun-Times

17-year-old boy shot in Austin

The teen was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.

The Independent UK

Austin is largest US city to challenge 2020 census numbers

One of the most booming cities in the U.S. over the past decade thinks that it grew even bigger than the U.S. Census Bureau says it did

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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees following Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

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Texas Can't Start Enforcing Social Media Law, Says SCOTUS

Plus: Who's bringing fentanyl across the border? Will Austin become a sanctuary city for abortion? And more...

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Reason

"Texas should not be required to seek preclearance from the federal courts before its laws go into effect"

Well, at least from the U.S District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division.

Chicago Sun-Times

Taste of Chicago 2022 food vendors, music lineups announced; Nelly, Aterciopelados, Drive-By Truckers among artists on tap

The celebration of Chicago’s restaurant scene takes place in Grant Park, Austin, Pullman and Little Village.

The Guardian - US

Austin resolution aims to ‘decriminalize’ abortion if Roe v Wade is overturned

Group of city council members seeks to protect patients from criminal prosecution if supreme court ends abortion rights

USA Today Sports Media Group

Air Force Baseball: Falcons Headed To Austin For Texas Regional

The Falcons clinched their first Mountain West baseball title ever and now head deep into the heart of Texas for its NCAA regional.

Al Jazeera

Inside the minds of Americans who do not think guns are a problem

Republicans in Texas double down on their pro-gun stance after the latest in a string of mass shootings in the state.

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Republican joins push for Abbott to call special legislative session after Texas school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — State Sen. Kel Seliger became the first Republican on Friday to urge Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session for lawmakers in wake of the Uvalde school massacre.

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Texas Gov. Abbott going to Uvalde — not NRA — on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

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