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Lawmakers offer stark choices for ending the crisis in Texas’ youth prisons — shut them all down, or build more

Plagued by decades of scandals over sexual and physical abuse of children, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is at a crossroads.

The Texas Tribune

Mum arrested after 'leaving her two children alone at home for a full two months'

Raven Yates, a 31-year-old mum-of-two from Texas, allegedly left her two children at home alone. She was found several months later in Alabama, hunderds of miles away from them

Daily Mirror

Texas led nation in white supremacist propaganda in 2022, report finds

Incidents increased by 61% in Texas and 38% nationally last year, driven by what experts say is an increasing normalization of extremism in political discourse.

The Texas Tribune

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A group of Mexican-American teen caddies were forced to build their own golf course. Then they became champions

In 1957, a group of teen caddies at a Texas border country club won the state high school golf championship — despite being banned from courses and tournaments for being Mexican-American. Their story went untold for decades until another local golfer wrote a book — and now a film about…

The Independent UK

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy offers warm reception to Biden border proposal as Democrats recoil

The Austin Republican’s tacit approval only adds fuel to the fire for Texas Democrats recoiling at the report that the Biden administration could detain asylum-seekers.

The Texas Tribune

Welcome to Snailbrook, the town Elon Musk is building in Texas

Dubbed “Snailbrook,” the 3,500-acre community will house workers from SpaceX, Tesla and Boring.

Fortune

Texas Tech men's basketball coach resigns after making racially insensitive comments

The school said head coach Mark Adams had encouraged a player "to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters."

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Bracket Watch: Wisconsin Suffers Devastating Loss, Pitt Not a Lock

Thursday is crucial for many teams that still need to play their way into the men’s NCAA tournament.

Sports Illustrated

Fifth American tourist reveals lucky escape from Mexico cartel kidnapping

Cheryl Orange was part of the group of American childhood friends who drove from South Carolina to the border so that Latavia ‘Tay’ McGee could get a tummy tuck procedure

The Independent UK

Texas executes Arthur Brown Jr. for Houston slayings despite claims of innocence, intellectual disability

Brown’s appeals ran out after almost 30 years on death row. Defense attorneys claim Harris County prosecutors hid evidence pointing to another suspect in the 1992 shooting deaths of four people in a Houston drug house.

The Texas Tribune

“I love my babies. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy”: One mother’s struggle to survive in pro-life Texas

Pregnancy forced Destiny Williams to quit her job. She almost died during childbirth. Now with a newborn in tow, she’s struggling to build a more stable life for her and her children.

The Texas Tribune

Girls in Texas could get birth control at federal clinics — until a dad sued

Trump-appointed federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that free birth control for teens from a federal program violates Texas law and parental rights. For now, it's still available in other states.

WEKU

How a pastor is trying to revive a 150-year-old US law to ban abortion

Mark Lee Dickson is trying to get the federal anti-obscenity law at the heart of ordinances enforced across the US

The Guardian - US

Mark Z. Barabak: Forget decency. In today's politics it's all about nastiness and party loyalty

Last weekend, the Texas Republican Party voted to punish one of its own.

Los Angeles Times

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Man who killed 4 during Houston drug robbery faces execution

A Texas inmate is facing execution for the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago

The Texas Tribune

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan’s new priority bills focus on school safety, requiring districts to adopt active-shooter plans

More than nine months after the Uvalde school shooting, top GOP lawmakers maintain focus on school safety reforms and investments in mental health resources in hopes it will prevent future tragedies.

Tribune News Service

Texas House prioritizes armed officer at each school and bolstering teacher quality

DALLAS — Every Texas school would have an armed officer and would-be teachers would receive extra support under legislation prioritized by House Speaker Dade Phelan.

USA Today Sports Media Group

MSU football listed in top 12 for Texas 2024 4-star RB Jeremy Payne

Michigan State football remains in the hunt for a big-time running back target in the 2024 class

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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Texas roundup

Texas is holding elections, including for municipal and school board offices, on May 6, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

The Independent UK

Friend warned police Americans feared missing in Mexico

The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive by a cartel in Mexico during a kidnapping that left two dead came after a fifth person who traveled with the group to Texas called police there

Tribune News Service

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Herschel Walker has moved his residency from Texas, report says

Tribune News Service

$3.3 million whistleblower settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office in jeopardy, lawyers say

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of whistleblowers who sued Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office are calling off a settlement they reached after the state agency refused to agree to the terms, lawyers said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Herschel Walker has declared to county that he doesn’t live in Texas anymore, report says

DALLAS — Herschel Walker says he doesn’t live in Texas anymore.

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton’s whistleblowers ask Texas Supreme Court to take up their case as $3.3 million settlement in jeopardy

Lawyers for four former employees who accused the attorney general of firing them for reporting alleged crimes to authorities say Paxton won’t agree to finalizing the deadline by the end of this legislative session.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Farmer Wants A Wife cast guide: Meet the 32 women and 4 farmers

Meet the 32 women looking for love on the rebooted reality show 'Farmer Wants A Wife.'

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