Tag: Texas
Effort to eliminate Houston-based immigrant rights group can continue after appeals court ruling | Houston Public Media
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Texas’ Fifteenth Court of Appeals cleared the way for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to snuff out a Houston-based immigrants’ rights...
Hotter weather may be making more children sick » Yale Climate Connections
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As a pediatrician at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Taylor Merritt often sees kids struggling with heat illnesses.
Some have mild cramps, but...
BALLOT: Nov. 4 election on funding for downtown Spurs arena and upgrades to Coliseum grounds, 17 Texas amendments
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Most off-year elections are ho-hum affairs in Bexar County.There are the usual constitutional amendments following the legislative session that voters...
Back to School, Back to Work—But Not Back to Normal
By Kisha A. Brown, Esq.
September always carries a familiar rhythm. Children step into classrooms with fresh braids or a fade. People return from vacations,...
Elon Musk is trying to build $760M tunnels under Houston. A Texas congressman is quietly helping him | Houston Public Media
This article is co-published with ProPublica, the Houston Chronicle and The Texas Tribune as part of an initiative to report on how power is...
Texas AG Ken Paxton asks federal court to end Harris County’s misdemeanor bail reform | Houston Public Media
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday asked a federal court to vacate the ODonnell Consent Decree, a first-of-its-kind bail reform...
New 1,700-acre state park to be developed in Uvalde County, TPWD says
UVALDE COUNTY, Texas – More wilderness will be available to explore in the Hill Country in the coming months, thanks to a land acquisition...
Eight Years Later: Remembering Hurricane Harvey’s impact on the Texas Coast
Eight years ago, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the middle Texas coast as a powerful and catastrophic Category 4 storm.On the night of Aug....
Art installation amplifies hundreds of voices on climate change » Yale Climate Connections
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At an art installation at Rice University in Houston, Texas, visitors walk into a large corridor. Light ripples around them. And the sounds of...
Texas Legislature sends Trump-backed congressional redistricting plan to Gov. Abbott’s desk | Houston Public Media
The Texas Senate gave final approval early Saturday to House Bill 4, the controversial redistricting bill that shifts the state’s congressional districts in Republican’s...
