TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons
On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about the problems within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and with Eleanor about the state’s efforts to expand postnatal Medicaid. Full Story
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![Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department correctional facility, in Lee County on July 20, 2022.]()
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Texas House speaker says he’s confident Legislature will revive expiring corporate tax break program
Lawmakers let the program, known as Chapter 313, expire at the end of this year after the Senate declined to consider a bill extending it. It was the first time in its 20-year history that legislators decided not to renew the program. Full Story
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Texas health agency says its plan to extend maternal Medicaid coverage is “not approvable” by feds
HHSC said it was initially told the plan was “not approvable.” Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texas’ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is now busing migrants to New York City
Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics. Full Story
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![Two buses transporting migrants from Texas arrive at Union Station on April 21, 2022. Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan in response to the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era emergency health order which allowed immigration authorities at the border to deny entry.]()
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EPA says it is looking for “super-emitters” of methane gas in Texas’ Permian Basin
The federal environment agency says it will continue flyovers of the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico until Aug. 15 using infrared cameras to survey oil and gas operations. Full Story
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![Dozens of stacked oil drilling rigs sit in a yard just north of Interstate 20 between Midland and Odessa, March 18, 2016.]()
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Jury awards parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim $4.1 million in defamation case against Alex Jones
The parents sought $150 million in their defamation lawsuit against the conspiracy theorist. The jury could still issue more damages in an upcoming phase of the trial. Full Story
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![Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas, U.S., August 3, 2022. Briana Sanchez/Pool via REUTERS]()
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Texas cities say streaming giants Disney, Hulu and Netflix owe them millions of dollars in unpaid fees
As people have cut cable subscriptions in favor of streaming services over the years, Texas cities say they have lost out on revenue from franchise fees they claim are owed by streaming giants like Disney, Hulu and Netflix. Full Story
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![TV remote control is seen with Netflix logo displayed on a screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 6, 2022.]()
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Tarrant County conservatives push questions about Texas election integrity
After “seeking God’s guidance,” the group has engaged in yearlong campaign chasing evidence, lobbying government, and harassing an election official, with little to show for it. Full Story
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![Elections Administrator Heider Garcia goes through boxes of ballots from the 2020 GOP primary elections that will be recounted by an election integrity group at the Tarrant County Elections Administration building in Fort Worth, TX on July 22, 2022. Ballots become public records after 22 months, granting this group access to review the votes from this election, and eventually, the general.]()
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Texan basketball star Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years after being found guilty in Russian drug case
Griner’s allies remain hopeful President Joe Biden will secure a prisoner swap, much like he did earlier this year with another Texan, ex-Marine Trevor Reed. Full Story
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![U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, before receiving the verdict in a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 4, 2022.]()
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A Panhandle publisher is ready to retire. But first she wants to sell her family’s newspaper.
Readers say Canadian, Texas, wouldn’t be the same without its weekly newspaper, The Canadian Record. The current editor and publisher is looking for a successor who wants to make a living — and an impact. Full Story
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Listen: Abortion is considered basic health care in Mexico City. Its clinics are open to U.S. women.
Private clinics offer abortions at a fraction of the cost in the United States. City public health clinics may be more difficult to navigate but offer abortions free of charge, including for noncitizens. Full Story
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![Dr. María L. García Martínez, checks the intrauterine device, IUD, which is inserted in the uterus to provide birth control, in the patient Lilia del Carmen Ortega, 47, at the Inguarán Maternity Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico on July 1, 2022.
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Volunteer networks in Mexico aid at-home abortions without involving doctors or clinics. They’re coming to Texas.
Before abortion was legal in parts of Mexico, an extensive “accompaniment” system grew to help women safely terminate pregnancies on their own. Its organizers are now moving abortion-inducing medication across the border and helping replicate the system in the United States. Full Story
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![Sandra Cardona, sits during a meeting at her home near Monterrey in Guadalupe, Mexico on June 27, 2022. Sandra and her wife Vanessa Jiménez, not pictured, are part of a network called, “Necesito abortar,” ‘I need to have an abortion’ and they have turned an upstairs room into “La Abortería,” ‘the abortion place’ where people that are seeking to terminate their pregnancy can take the abortion inducing pills in comfort and privacy. Them along with other volunteers provide what they call accompaniment to people that have these kind of abortions by being there for emotional support, to provide information, and or assistance while the person goes through this process.
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Texas Democrats see hope in Kansas abortion vote, but challenges remain
Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas are energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted to keep the right to an abortion in their state constitution. Full Story
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Lawyers for Alex Jones turned over evidence that contradicted his testimony
After years of telling his followers the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged, Jones admitted on the stand that the massacre was real. He is being sued in Austin by parents of one of the shooting’s victims. Full Story
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![Alex Jones speaks with the media after day six of the trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin on Aug. 2, 2022.]()
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Because of Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare
The state’s abortion law brings a new layer of obstacles for Texas women with complicated pregnancies. Full Story
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![Elizabeth and James Weller at their home in Houston two months after losing their baby girl due to a premature rupture of membranes. Elizabeth could not receive the medical care she needed until several days later because of a Texas law that banned abortion after six weeks.]()
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With rural Texas watching, Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke dig in on school vouchers fight
O’Rourke is hammering Abbott over vouchers on the campaign trail in rural Texas, where Democrats know they need to do better and where vouchers are a political hot potato for Republicans. Full Story
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“I think of them always,” survivor of El Paso Walmart shooting says of those who were killed three years ago
Speaking out for the first time, an El Paso mom recounts the moments from a bank inside the Walmart where 23 people were fatally shot and dozens more were injured in 2019. Full Story
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![Jamie hugs her son, Julian, as they visit the Healing Garden for the first time on Wednesday. Jamie worked at a bank inside Walmart in 2019 and witnessed the shooting just weeks before Julian was born.]()
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Texas program that gives out lifesaving drugs to combat opioid overdoses has been out of money for months
The state’s federally funded “More Narcan Please” program ran out of money in January, in part due to high demand. Advocates say Texas should invest more in the harm reduction effort. Full Story
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![Callie Crow, the founder of Drew's 27 Chains, conducts a Narcan training session with officers from the Caddo Mills Police Department, on March 31, 2022. Callie started her nonprofit to educate law enforcement departments about the opioid crisis after her son, Drew Crow, died from an opioid overdose.]()
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A mother watches helplessly as her teenage boy deteriorates in a Texas youth prison
The state of Texas has essentially controlled her son’s life since he was 11. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department was supposed to keep him safe and help him get better. It has failed at every turn. Full Story
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![Amnisty sits in front of a table containing pictures of her son, at her home in Paris, Texas, on June 17, 2022. According to Amnisty, her son has suffered abuse while in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department system.]()
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After fierce criticism for delaying landmark veterans bill, Ted Cruz votes to pass it
Cruz drew ire last week for fist bumping another senator who also voted against advancing the bill that will help provide care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. On Tuesday, he joined Senators in passing the legislation. Full Story
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