A handful of Texas communities have passed resolutions barring immigrants from being housed there on an emergency basis.
Gilad Edelman
Gilad Edelman was a reporting fellow in 2014. He is a graduate of Yale Law School and previously interned at the New Haven Independent.
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Demographics
Undocumented Journalist Faces Uncertain Future After Detention
Jose Antonio Vargas, the country’s highest-profile undocumented immigrant, was detained by Border Patrol officials in McAllen on Tuesday. Now all eyes are on the federal government, which must decide whether to begin deportation proceedings or let Vargas stay.
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High Hopes Mix With Skepticism for Houston’s “One Bin for All” Plan
The city of Houston hopes to increase recycling rates by letting residents toss everything into the same bin and sorting it out later. Critics argue that similar approaches have failed.
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Dallas Loses Bid to Host 2016 GOP Convention
Cleveland, not Dallas, will host the 2016 Republican National Convention, the Republican National Committee announced Tuesday. An earlier start date appeared to tip the balance in Cleveland’s favor.
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Criminal Justice
Judge Orders Senator to Testify in Hurricane Claims Case
A state senator will have to testify in response to allegations that he exerted improper political pressure on the state windstorm insurance agency, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Ten Commandments Sign May Prompt Rule Change
The Texas Department of Transportation has proposed changes to a potentially unconstitutional rule that prohibits some people from expressing themselves through signs on their property.
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Health care
Texas Conservatives Laud Court Ruling on Birth Control
Republicans hailed a Monday Supreme Court ruling on contraceptive insurance, while reproductive-rights activists decried it as an invitation for employers to interfere with women’s access to birth control.
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Demographics
Abbott, Cruz Blame Obama for “Humanitarian Crisis”
Warning of the dangers faced by undocumented and unaccompanied children crossing the border into the U.S., Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday called on the Obama administration to more strictly enforce immigration laws.
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Politics
Promoting Memoir, Clinton Draws Supporters in Austin
In Austin on Friday, Hillary Clinton played coy about presidential ambitions, called her first meeting with Barack Obama after the 2008 primary “an awkward teenage first date” and said the Benghazi attack was her greatest regret.
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Texas Among Nation’s Worst Water Polluters
Texas is the second-biggest water polluter in the country, in terms of pounds released. But when the toxicity of the pollution is factored in, Texas jumps to the top of the list — and it’s not even close.
