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Hardline conservative donors Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks ballooned Bo French’s Railroad Commission campaign

Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks made their fortune in the oil business. They’ve deployed millions of dollars to pull the Texas GOP and Legislature toward their hardline stances.

The Texas Tribune

Bo French, Jim Wright head to runoff for seat on Texas Railroad Commission

The Texas Railroad Commission is responsible for regulating the state’s oil and gas industry. The election included a clash over China and diversity rules.

The Texas Tribune

MAGA Mum Who Backed Trump for Years Stunned as ICE Arrests Her Son-In-Law in Shocking Immigration Twist

Curtis James Wright, a Canadian-born legal resident, faces prolonged detention in the US, raising questions about immigration enforcement and due process.

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‘We’re devastated’: Canada-born permanent US resident held in ICE custody; family demands safe return

A 39-year-old Canadian-born father of three has spent nearly four months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after being detained at a Houston airport over a misdemeanor charge from when he was a teenager, a move his family says has left them “baffled” and devastated.

The Times of India

In a contest to regulate Texas’s oil and gas industry, one Republican wants to talk DEI and China

Jim Wright, the GOP incumbent, and several other Republican candidates dismissed Bo French’s campaign rhetoric as distracting from the Railroad Commission’s mission.

The Texas Tribune

Chip Roy, Mayes Middleton leading Texas attorney general GOP primary in new poll

The poll, released Wednesday, also showed Sid Miller and Don Huffines with comfortable leads in their Republican primary bids for agriculture commissioner and comptroller.

The Texas Tribune

Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French announces run for Texas Railroad Commission

French will face commission Chair Jim Wright in the Republican primary. The three-person panel is in charge of the agency that oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry.

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Democratic Rep. Jon Rosenthal will run for Texas Railroad Commission

The day after the four-term Houston lawmaker launched his statewide bid, his former chief of staff, Odus Evbagharu, announced he was running to succeed his former boss in the Texas House.

The Texas Tribune

Bill would stop Texas oil drillers from secretly burying toxic waste on private property

House Bill 4572 would introduce new requirements for pits where drillers bury oil and gas waste.

The Texas Tribune

Texas regulators overhaul oilfield waste rule for the first time in four decades

The new rule modernizes some aspects of commercial oilfield waste disposal and recycling. But rules for burying oilfield waste on private property remain limited.

The Texas Tribune

Level of oil and gas regulation at heart of Texas Railroad Commission race

Incumbent Christi Craddick is touting the health of the Texas energy industry and its impact on the economy. Her top opponent says regulation on the commission is too lax.

The Texas Tribune

Texas proposes first new rules for oilfield waste in 40 years

While environmentalists say the new rules don’t do enough to protect groundwater, oil and gas operators are contesting stricter requirements for waste pits near wells.

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Mike Johnson and the troubled history of recent Republican speakers

Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the office end in relative degrees of defeat or frustration.

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Drownings, off-duty rescues, lives saved: 'very busy' summer for water heroes

Hunter volunteers look back on how summer season stacks up.

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Teens clinging to capsized boat rescued at Lake Macquarie

The three boys were returned to shore safely, where paramedics were waiting.

The Independent UK

$100M will be left for Native Hawaiian causes from the estate of an heiress considered last princess

There will be at least $100 million left in the estate of the so-called last Hawaiian princess to support Native Hawaiian culture

Newcastle Herald

Woman dislocates shoulder, skipper's face cut amid drop in incidents on lake

Dredging of Swansea channel has led to a drop in rescue calls.

Texas Observer

Texas Still Issues Thousands of Permits for Natural Gas Flaring

Advocates say the Texas Railroad Commission process is more of a "rubber stamp" for oil and gas companies to keep polluting indefinitely.

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Salon

Jim Jordan, Newt Gingrich and history

Every Republican speaker since the rise of Newt has been an incompetent troll — or a felon. Jordan's no big change

Newcastle Herald

Houseboat debris clean up to take days after police tow line snapped

Rough sea conditions deemed 'too dangerous' for another tow attempt.

WEKU

McCarthy's fall marks new low in the speakership's declining status

The status of the speakership has been declining for years. McCarthy's ouster is an extreme example in a sequence of events that have made the speaker more vulnerable — and thus weaker.

The Texas Tribune

Oilfield companies helped to craft Texas’ new waste rules for 2 years before the public got to see them

The effort to update the state’s oilfield waste disposal rules was initiated by Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright, one of the state’s top oil and gas regulators who has investments in the industry.

The Texas Tribune

For Texans, fighting state-regulated oilfield waste dumps can be a costly, do-it-yourself effort

Some Texans who challenge oil and gas waste sites must spend significant sums and time on investigating what they say the Texas Railroad Commission should examine. Will new regulations for handling waste increase oversight or just maintain the status quo?

Newcastle Herald

Rescue crews on duty as boaters make the most of 'last long weekend'

The boating season wraps up on Anzac Day.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Unprecedented and trivial? Trump's protestations don't match the historical record

To hear it from Donald Trump and his supporters, his prosecution in New York is an unprecedented abuse of the court system for political ends based on the most trivial of charges. Trump, of course, uses far more colorful language to make that point, but even former Vice President Mike…

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