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Billionaire George Soros donates $1 million to Texas governor candidate Beto O’Rourke

AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic mega donor George Soros and an Austin-area couple each gave $1 million to Beto O’Rourke’s campaign to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott.

Tribune News Service

Frequent lockdowns may have led to slow Uvalde response

Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died

The Independent UK

Only one Texas Republican in Congress voted to protect marriage equality

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales was the only Texas Republican to vote for a bill seeking to codify the right to same-sex marriage. The measure passed the House, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain.

The Texas Tribune

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State senator questions having Texas DPS review Uvalde shooting response

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas state senator who represents Uvalde questioned Tuesday whether the Texas Department of Public Safety can be trusted to review its own officers’ actions during the Robb Elementary School shooting.

Tribune News Service

Rural Texas districts struggling to attract teachers are switching to four-day school weeks

The switch to four-day school weeks is popular among smaller school districts that don’t always have the finances to attract or retain teachers with pay increases.

The Texas Tribune

Texas is barred from enforcing new restrictions on voter assistance

A federal judge has struck down provisions in Texas' new law that set limits on how people can help voters cast their ballots.

WEKU

Academy of Country Music Awards head to Texas on Prime Video

The Academy of Country Music Awards is heading to Texas next year as they continue their live-streaming partnership with Amazon Prime Video

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Blogger with ties to Vicente Gonzalez lobs racist attack at his congressional opponent Mayra Flores

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez’s campaign has a history with the politics blogger, using more than $1,000 in campaign funds to pay him for advertising services.

The Texas Tribune

Dallas joins growing list of Texas school districts requiring clear backpacks after Uvalde massacre

The bags will be distributed among students ahead of new term

The Independent UK

By raft and on foot, migrants cross Rio Grande from Mexico to Texas

Beneath a blazing sun, a record number of migrants seeking to enter the United States are crossing the Mexican border. Some wade or swim through the waters of the Rio Grande into Texas. Smugglers ferry groups of others on rafts.

Reuters

Wildfire burns homes around lake in Texas amid high heat

Authorities say a wildfire has burned at least five homes and resulted in about 300 homes being evacuated around a lake in north Texas amid sweltering temperatures and dry conditions

The Independent UK

North, Central Texas under red flag warning starting Tuesday as fire conditions grow

DALLAS — The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a red flag warning for counties in north and central parts of Texas as ongoing extreme weather conditions have elevated the risk for wildfires in the area.

Tribune News Service

Cancelled in Friendswood

Right-wing trolls forced a decorated veteran to pull out of Fourth of July festivities in this small Texas town of 40,000.

Texas Observer

Uvalde survivor confronts Texas school board in dress she wore during massacre: ‘Most of those kids were my friends’

‘I don’t want to go to your guys’ school if you don’t have protection,’ eight-year-old tells officials

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Dade Phelan raised more than any other Republican House candidate in Texas

Texas Republican candidates and officeholders have raised $164.5 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among state House candidates and officeholders, Dade Phelan has raised more than any other Republican.

The Independent UK

Gov Greg Abbott did not attend any funerals for Uvalde school massacre victims, schedule shows

Texas governor ‘doesn’t care that all these children were murdered and these teachers were murdered’, says father of Uvalde victim

Salon

Abbott hasn't come to any Uvalde funeral

"Honestly, many of the families didn't want him there," lawmaker says

Evening Standard

Man City vs Club America: Pre-season prediction, kick off time, TV, live stream, team news, h2h results - preview today

Manchester City take on Club America in Texas in the first of two pre-season friendlies Stateside.

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Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: As professionals flee antiabortion policies, red states face a brain drain

A few days ago, a university headhunter reached out to Elizabeth T. Jacobs, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Arizona, to gauge her interest in moving to a leading university in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

How to know the difference between a local power outage and rolling blackouts

Power outages are a possibility during any severe weather event. But a local power outage is different from a larger power grid problem.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Uvalde shooting report finds ‘systemic failures.’ Use it to prevent future attacks

Just when we thought details surrounding the Uvalde shooting couldn’t get worse, they have. Between the nearly 80-page report the Texas House’s investigative committee released and the latest bodycam video Uvalde’s mayor made public, the fullest account we have yet of that fateful day is nothing short of horrific.

Tribune News Service

Mark Bradley: With college football in major flux, the SEC stands strong

Nobody could have envisioned a sport like this. There’s no governing body, the NCAA having long ago washed its hands. There’s an NCAA tournament for every collegiate sport except FBS, which means “football bowl subdivision.” The greatest power rests in conferences, though they’re in constant flux and the sport’s biggest…

Chicago Tribune

A ‘second chance’: Oak tree thought to be extinct discovered in Texas

Somewhere on the rugged, pathless hills of Big Bend National Park, under the sweltering Texas sun, a singular tree stands apart from the rest. At least for the people who know what they are looking for.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: In post-Roe America, questions arise over the meaning of fetal personhood

A Texas woman is fighting a ticket she received on June 29 for driving in a Dallas HOV lane. Under normal circumstances, this would not merit an editorial mention. But times have changed in Texas. The woman, Brandy Bottone, argues that, because she is pregnant, her fetus counts as a…

The Independent UK

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