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Texas nurses say ban on abortion is merely the start of the health problems women will face

Health workers caring for pregnant women now face a bewildering array of legal questions.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar tells progressives to back off after narrow primary win

"[L]et me be me, and I'll keep this seat as a Democrat."

Axios

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders truck inspections at border after migrant deaths

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered state police to resume inspecting trucks entering Texas from Mexico after 53 migrants died in a tractor-trailer abandoned near San Antonio.

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Since 2005, Texas has lost more newspaper journalists per capita than all but two other states

Of Texas’ 254 counties, 27 no longer have a newspaper. Loss of local news coverage has been associated with higher levels of mistrust, misinformation and malfeasance. Only California and New Jersey have lost more newspaper journalists, relative to population.

The Texas Tribune

Texas man on death row pleads guilty in 2 cold-case killings

A man already sentenced to death for an Oklahoma cold-case killing has pleaded guilty to murder in the deaths of two girls whose disappearances also went unsolved for decades

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rules Texas veteran may sue to get his job back; conservative justices dissent

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday an injured Iraq War veteran may sue to get his job back as a Texas state trooper in accordance with a federal law guaranteeing that returning soldiers can reclaim their government positions.

Los Angeles Times

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Faces A Reckoning

Texans are calling out the Texas Commission For Environmental Quality for failing to address environmental injustices throughout the state.

Texas Observer

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Texas truck driver 'very high on meth' when he abandoned 51 migrants to die in 40C heat

Police investigating a truck full of migrants abandoned to die in temperatures reaching nearly 40C have made three arrests, with the driver revealed to be "very high" on meth

Daily Mirror

Abortion funds languish in legal turmoil, their leaders fearing jail time if they help Texans

It’s unclear whether Texas’ tangled web of abortion laws would make it a crime to pay for a Texan to leave the state to get an abortion, but the threat has compelled the funds to cease services.

The Texas Tribune

Mexican migrant in Texas tragedy hoped to reach kin in Ohio

Two cousins from a remote community in southern Mexico were among the 67 people packed into a tractor-trailer and abandoned under the sweltering Texas sun

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Abortion ruling sparks wave of new legal issues

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that abortion is not a constitutional right, federal and state courts around the country saw a rush of activity as abortion rights advocates raised new legal challenges and states sought judges’ clearance to limit abortions

The Independent UK

Texas will increase checkpoints for trucks crossing from Mexico after migrant smuggling deaths

DPS said the checkpoints won’t occur at the ports of entry, which is different than in April when Abbott mandated all commercial vehicles entering from Mexico be checked by state police. The order snarled trade with Mexico at the time.

The Texas Tribune

Mac Engel: WNBA player speaks honest truth about Brittney Griner: ‘If this was Shaq, he’d be home’

FORT WORTH, Texas — A prominent American remains detained in Russia because Brittney Griner is not as prominent as her supporters want to believe.

Tribune News Service

RBC Capital Cuts Verisk Analytics Price Target By ~8%

RBC Capital analyst Ashish Sabadra lowered the price target for Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) to $210 from $227 while maintaining the Outperform rating on the shares. The analyst expects 2Q22 revenues modestly below consensus as the tailwinds from strong insurance premium growth, international travel, and a potential uptick in auto insurance are more than offset…

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Five-Star 2023 Wide Receiver Commits to Texas

This is the second five-star recruit the Longhorns have landed just this week.

Tribune News Service

Texas manufacturers raise recession fears amid falling demand, slower output

Texas manufacturers are tapping the brakes.

Benzinga

Kraft Heinz Inks Power Purchase Pact With Berkshire Hathaway Energy Business

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with BHE Renewables, a Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK-A) Energy business. Under the agreement, BHE will provide power from renewables to Kraft Heinz's operations within the U.S. The facilitation is part of Kraft Heinz's aim to procure most of its electricity from renewable sources…

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris criticises Texas governor for going ‘straight to politics’ after 53 migrants die in San Antonio

The Vice-President said in an NPR interview that the ‘broken’ immigration system ‘was decimated’ by the Trump administration

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Al Jazeera

Texas migrant deaths: Families anxious amid efforts to ID victims

US officials are working to confirm identities of 53 people who died after a truck was abandoned in heat in south Texas.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court backs Congress on veteran job protection law

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court backed a broader reading of the federal government’s war powers Wednesday, finding that Congress can give veterans the ability to file lawsuits against states if they face job discrimination over their military service.

Benzinga

Texas Attorney General Pledges To Defend Anti-Sodomy Law If Supreme Court Reverses Ruling

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has declared himself ready, willing and able to recriminalize sodomy in his state if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a nine-year-old decision that declared the Lone Star State’s prohibition of the act unconstitutional.

The Independent UK

Kamala Harris criticised Texas governor for going ‘straight to politics’ after 53 migrants die in smuggling event

The Vice-President said in an NPR interview that the ‘broken’ immigration system ‘was decimated’ by the Trump administration

The Texas Tribune

Military veterans can sue Texas over employee discrimination allegations, U.S. Supreme Court rules

Texas had claimed sovereign immunity when a former state trooper filed a lawsuit accusing the state of not giving him an accommodation when he returned from military service.

The Independent UK

Two men charged with illegal weapons possession in connection with Texas migrants found inside semi-truck

The driver of the truck and two other people were arrested shortly after the incident, officials said

The Independent UK

Texas attorney general wants to prosecute companies that help women access abortions

Ken Paxton wants to impose fines of more than $100,000 on corporations that facilitate abortion care

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