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Texas countywide voting bill would allow fewer polling sites

Senate Bill 985 would revise a 2023 law that raised the minimum number of voting locations. County election officials say they’ve struggled to comply with it.

The Texas Tribune

Republican Argues Veterans Do Not Have 'A Right By God to Have a Job' In the Government as Trump Admin Prepares to Fire Thousands

Texas Rep. Brandon Gill suggested it's more important to get the U.S. out of debt than it is for veterans to have federal jobs during a CNN interview Thursday.

Latin Times

FIRE Files Challenge to Texas A&M Drag Show Ban

From the motion for a TRO and preliminary injunction in Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council v. Mahomes, just filed yesterday… The post FIRE Files Challenge to Texas A&M Drag Show Ban appeared first on Reason.com.

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ICE to Resume Detaining Migrant Children at Texas Center Targeted for Mistreatment Allegations

The Biden administration ended the practice of detaining families at the site, converting some family detention centers into processing facilities aimed at releasing migrants within 72 hours

Latin Times

Texas Senate advances bill to start a $3 billion dementia research fund

The legislation would require voters to approve the $3 billion start-up cost, and then the fund would be maintained at no more than $300 million annually.

The Texas Tribune

US surveillance balloon breaks free near Texas border and travels to Dallas area before crashing

A large balloon used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for surveillance along the Texas border broke free and traveled about 600 miles (966 kilometers) to the north before crashing as high winds swept through the state

The Independent UK

JFK's Grandson Calls On RFK Jr.'s Wife to Apologize to Family of Child Who Died of Measles in Flirtatious Video

Jack Schlossberg, JFK's grandson, shared multiple social media videos imploring RFK Jr.'s wife, actress Cheryl Hines, to contact the family of the child who died from the measles outbreak in Texas and apologize.

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Elon Musk and Texas governor celebrate firing of worker over pronouns in email signature

Billionaire Trump ally and Greg Abbott tweet about Frank Zamora, who was let go after refusing to remove pronouns

The Guardian - US

Why a Rio Grande Valley hospital is helping to feed its patients

As the Edinburg facility and others seek to assist people experiencing food insecurity, state lawmakers have more than a dozen bills that could tackle Texas’ food deserts.

The Texas Tribune

FBI responds after flight headed to Mexico diverts to Texas over ‘security concern’

The aircraft landed safely and no one was injured

The Independent UK

Outrage after Texas pastor brags online about his school having the state’s lowest measles vaccination rate: ‘We celebrate it’

The pastor’s remarks come amid an outbreak of once ‘eliminated’ measles virus that killed an unvaccinated child in West Texas

The Independent UK

10 Democrats vote to censure Al Green

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was formally condemned by his peers for interrupting President Donald Trump on Tuesday

Salon

Men’s Bracket Watch: Florida Back As One-Seed, Bubble Teams Eye Regular-Season Finales

The first NCAA tournament automatic bids will be earned this weekend, while power-conference teams like Oklahoma and North Carolina are right on the cut line.

Sports Illustrated

Siemens announces $285 investment in US manufacturing

Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said Thursday, including two new facilities in California and Texas

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South Texas immigration detention center with capacity for 2,400 people to reopen

The Biden administration shuttered the Dilley facility last year because of high operating costs. It’s expected to hold immigrant families under the Trump administration.

The Independent UK

Texas Democrat Al Green censured after repeatedly interrupting Trump’s speech to Congress

The 77-year-old was the first Democrat to push for Trump’s impeachment during the president’s first term

Roll Call

At the Races: Censure and sensitivity - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including censure resolutions and Democratic angst.

Roll Call

Rep. Al Green censured by House colleagues, sings ‘We Shall Overcome’ - Roll Call

The House voted Thursday to censure Texas Rep. Al Green for heckling President Donald Trump during his joint address to Congress this week.

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The Independent UK

Texas border facility due to close over falling number of crossings from Mexico

The Firefly holding facility at Eagle Pass is due to shut its doors as apprehensions for illegal crossings plummet

The Texas Tribune

With Texas facing soaring electricity demand, the politics of energy quietly shift at the Capitol

The Legislature has tried to clamp down on renewable energy resources in the past, but many lawmakers are recognizing the need to support all types of generation to meet record demand growth.

International Business Times UK

Who Is DJ Daniels? Youngest 'Secret Agent' And Cancer Survivor Honoured By Trump

In 2019, DJ's journey into law enforcement began when he was sworn in as an honorary officer with the Brookshire Police Department in Texas at the age of 6.

The Independent UK

Privately run immigration detention center that previously held families in Texas will reopen

A private prison company says it will reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement CoreCivic announced the contract with ICE and the city of Dilley on Wednesday

The Texas Tribune

Texas House majority signs on to new bill restricting the use of bathrooms in public buildings by transgender people

House Bill 239, which echoes a bathroom bill that failed in 2017, includes new provisions for shelters and prisons.

Salon

Texas bill would criminalize being trans

The bill proposed by State Rep. Tom Oliverson would leave transgender Texans open to charges of fraud

The Texas Tribune

Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.

Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.

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