Austin’s ban on some digital billboards can stand, U.S. Supreme Court says
The high court upheld Austin’s ordinance that prohibits companies from digitizing some billboards, saying it does not violate free speech. Full Story
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In McAllen, Gov. Greg Abbott’s border inspections meant late deliveries, rotten produce and lost business
The delays caused by the state’s inspections are the latest blow to farmers and produce businesses in the Rio Grande Valley recovering from the pandemic and losses from last year’s winter storm. Full Story
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![Eladio Corder sorts through mixed quality jalapenos at Trinidad Produce at the McAllen Produce Terminal Market. McAllen, TX. April 14, 2022.]()
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Top U.S. border official says busing migrants out of Texas complicates federal officials’ jobs
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner said Gov. Greg Abbott isn’t coordinating with the agency as Texas sends migrants far from their immigration proceedings. Full Story
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![Illuminated by a video camera's light, Cordalis, who is from Venezuela, held her child in a chair in Union Station in Washington while others accepted clothing and supplies provided by Catholic Charities on April 13, 2022.]()
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Food banks struggle to help Texans as grocery prices increase
The pressures pushing up costs for consumers are also hitting agencies trying to combat hunger, making it hard to keep up with rising demand for their aid. Full Story
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![Baron Reedy loads a box of food supplies provided by the Central Texas Food Bank into a vehicle during a drive-thru distribution event at the Onion Creek Soccer Complex in Austin on March 22, 2022.]()
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants Texas version of Florida law that critics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay”
The Florida law prohibits teachers from teaching sexual orientation or gender identity to kids below the fourth grade. Full Story
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Watch: Former NATO Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison says U.S. could have better prepared for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The Republican former Texas senator also says America should issue harsher sanctions against Russia. Full Story
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Texas Republicans pushed Biden administration to keep rule that turns asylum-seekers away at the border
The Biden administration will drop the policy that critics have called an inhumane rule. Full Story
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![Families are turned away from making their asylum claims at the Paso del Norte International Bridge after the Biden administration announced they would stop metering families at ports of entry into the United States. CBP agents told the asylum seekers they were at capacity before calling Mexican INM officials to remove them from the bridge. Earlier in the day the United States opened land borders to vaccinated people from Mexico. El Paso, on Nov. 8, 2021.]()
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What is Operation Lone Star? Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border mission, explained.
The governor has ordered thousands of state troopers and National Guard members to the border since last year. Here’s what you need to know about the initiative. Full Story
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Texas A&M to grant free tuition, room and board to its Ukrainian students
So far, about 14 students could receive the aid, but the number might increase as more candidates are identified, the university system said. Full Story
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The stories behind the Texans lost to COVID-19
Since vaccines became widely available for Texans 12 and older last May, about 82% of Texas’ COVID-19 deaths were among the unvaccinated. Full Story
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![Laurena Ellis lost her granddaughter, Sha’Niyah McGee, to COVID-19 when she was 16 years old in September of 2021.]()
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Ted Cruz and John Cornyn question Ketanji Brown Jackson about anti-racism books, Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the other Republican senator from Texas, asked the nominee about the court case legalizing gay marriage and questioned her defense of Guantánamo Bay detainees who allegedly faced mistreatment. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, holds up the book "How To Be an Antiracist" as he questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her testimony before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, at Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 22, 2022.]()
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What is harm reduction, the drug-treatment program that Sen. Ted Cruz has criticized?
A $30 million grant program aims to mitigate the fallout from drug addiction and overdoses. Officials say Cruz’s comments about it are misleading. Full Story
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![U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers" in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21, 2021.]()
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Attorney General Ken Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to let investigations into transgender families continue
The temporary injunction was issued as part of a lawsuit brought on behalf of parents being investigated by child welfare workers for letting their transgender teenager access gender-affirming health care. Full Story
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Gov. Greg Abbott declares disaster as wildfires rage in several Texas counties
Wildfires have burned more than 58,000 acres across the state. At least one person has died and dozens of homes have burned down. Full Story
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Texas warns firms they could lose state contracts for divesting from fossil fuels
A new law prohibits the state from contracting with or investing in companies that divest from oil, natural gas and coal companies. Full Story
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Video: As more Texans die from fentanyl overdoses, advocates and experts urge harm reduction policies
Alyssa Pastrana was 21 years old when she died of an accidental fentanyl overdose at her home in Abilene. Full Story
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Feds say Texas discriminated against communities of color when it denied Houston flood aid
Land Commissioner George P. Bush is in the middle of a fierce runoff in the Republican primary for Texas attorney general against incumbent Ken Paxton. During the race, several of Bush’s opponents have criticized his office’s work in distributing Hurricane Harvey relief funds. Full Story
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![Jeremy Boutor carries personal items from his home on an air mattress in a neighborhood along Eldridge Parkway in Houston on Aug. 30, 2017. The streets were flooded by waters released from the Addicks Reservoir and from Hurricane Harvey.]()
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Texas students push back against book bans for censoring LGBTQ, racial justice issues
Students are forming banned-book clubs and distribution drives to contest restrictions that focus mostly on LGBTQ and racial themes. Full Story
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![Alyssa Hoy listens to another club member during the meeting in Vandegrift High Scool's library on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022. They discussed the banned book "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez and what they learned from the book's events and themes.]()
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Houston hospital pauses hormone therapy for transgender children as threats of child abuse investigations loom
Citing potential criminal penalties, Texas Children’s Hospital will no longer provide hormone therapy to transgender patients. Full Story
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As Texas targets trans kids, their families scramble to find lawyers
Ever since Gov. Greg Abbott directed the state’s child welfare agency to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their children, LGBTQ-affirming family lawyers statewide have been deluged with calls. Full Story
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![Atlas, left, and Sam, right, chant in front of the Texas Capitol during a protest for transgender kids' rights on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Sam said he came "so kids like me don't have to go through the hard strifes of CPS or healthcare procedures to feel like themselves."]()
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