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After Texas disaster, community and industry come together to transform water infrastructure
Dell Doyle, PhD Posted 8 hours ago. About 5 minutes to read. Image: Dow Sponsored Content / This article is sponsored by Dow. Disasters such as the aftermath of the February 2021 ice storm that left millions of Texans without running water have laid bare the urgent need for updated utility infrastructure across the United …
Michelle Vallejo Exclusive: Meet the South Texas Community Organizer Running for Congress
January 24, 2022 9:24 a.m. EST Michelle Vallejo Exclusive: Meet the South Texas Community Organizer Running for Congress TAG24 NEWS spoke with Congressional candidate Michelle Vallejo, who is running to ensure South Texans can live lives of dignity and equal opportunity. By Kaitlyn Kennedy Alton, Texas – Michelle Vallejo is running for Congress to ensure …
Texas Law-Defying Abortion Clinics Suffer Another Setback
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court dealt yet another defeat to opponents of Texas’ strict abortion law on Monday by steering the case to the side of the state’s Republican-majority Supreme Court, making fear that the near total ban on abortion will remain intact for the foreseeable future. The Texas law that bans …
Texas Community Virtual Power Plant Will Use SolarEdge’s Energy Bank Battery Storage
Tenants of the Houston building will be able to subscribe to benefit from the site’s solar power as well as access to its battery storage during outages. Image: PearlX/SolarEdge. Texas households in rented accommodations will be able to subscribe to a solar-plus-storage virtual power plant (VPP) equipped with SolarEdge hardware and cloud-based software services. The …
Why I’m Running for the Texas State Board of Education
PHARR, Texas — Victor Perez, a former paraprofessional, teacher, principal, and school board member, says teachers are “overworked, underpaid, and burnt out” and he plans to do something about it . Perez, the executive director of Pharr Economic Development Corporation, recently announced that he is running for the Hidalgo County-based open seat of the State …
Six-figure bonus for partners of Texas law firms
To attract and retain talented business lawyers in a highly competitive Texas market, business law firms are offering six-figure vacation bonuses to their associates this year. Several companies operating in Texas – Akin Gump, DLA Piper, Gibson Dunn, Hogan Lovells, Katten, Norton Rose Fulbright, O’Melveny, Paul Hastings, Simpson Thacher, Weil Gotshal and Willkie Farr – …
Texas state official urges US Senate to pass voting rights law
State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer believes members of the US Senate should work as long as it takes to pass two laws. DALLAS – State Representative Trey Martinez Fischer believes members of the United States Senate should work as long as it takes to pass two laws, even if that means working on vacation. The …
Under Texas law, televangelist Kenneth Copeland legally avoids paying taxes on the mansion
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland is able to use a loophole in Texas state law to legally avoid paying property taxes on his $ 7 million, 18,000 square foot mansion near Forth Worth, a t -on revealed Wednesday. This despite the fact that Copeland is said to be the richest pastor in the United States, with an …
After Supreme Court Ruling on Texas Law, Abortion Rights Advocates See No Clear Path to Victory
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential news from Texas. In its expected ruling on Texas’ controversial abortion ban last week, the US Supreme Court expressed serious concerns about the law’s unique enforcement mechanism, which allows anyone to sue those who break the law. …
Why progressives should resist the temptation to emulate Texas law
“Going in circles is fair play” may be a good slogan for sport or even for the hustle and bustle of political life, but it is not a way to preserve constitutional order. Progressives should remember this lesson and resist the temptation to emulate the infamous SB8. This bill, in outright disregard of the Supreme …
What happens next in abortion providers’ fight to challenge Texas law: NPR
Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion protesters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion protesters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Saying the Supreme Court “let us …
IOC opinion on trans athletes contradicts arguments for Texas law
AUSTIN (KXAN) – New guidelines shared by the International Olympic Committee on transgender and intersex athletes contradict many of the arguments made by Texas lawmakers who approved a ban on student sports this year. After a three-year review with medical and human rights experts as well as athletes, the The IOC last month released a …
Temporary border fence to be erected in Starr County, South Texas, state official says
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) – The Texas General Land Office has given the Department of Public Safety access to 3,100 acres of farmland to build temporary border fences in Rio Grande City, and officials State is actively asking ranchers in the rural Starr County area to lease additional land as part of the governor’s plan …
10,000 Texas State and National Guard troops deployed to border for “Operation Lone Star”
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has deployed 10,000 state troops and National Guard units to the Texas border in support of “Operation Lone Star,” said Monday his office at Border Report. Last week, Abbott posted on social media a video showing dozens of steel shipping containers and Department of Public Safety …
10,000 National Guard and Texas State Troopers deployed to border for ‘Operation Lone Star’
McALLEN, TX (Border report) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has deployed 10,000 state troops and National Guard units to the Texas border as part of “Operation Lone Star,” his office told Border Report Monday. Abbott posted a video to social media last week showing dozens of steel shipping containers and Department of Public Safety soldiers …
Southeast Texas community gathers for late Veterans Day ceremony
PORT ARTHUR – It’s hard to have a more humble start to life than being born in a boxcar in San Antonio on St. Patrick’s Day in 1923 to a mother who didn’t speak English, or a change more important that at 98 years old basking in the appreciation of his community and veterans, but …
Pandemic, Texas law fuels interest in abortion drugs
TOPEKA, Kan. – The covid-19 pandemic and Texas’ virtual abortion ban have increased interest in getting abortion drugs by mail, but the legality of doing so is in doubt in several states. The case takes on new urgency with the Supreme Court due to hear arguments next month in Mississippi’s attempt to erode the Roe …
Lifestyle Communities (LC) paves the way for Texas’ first community
Artistic rendering of LC Pflugerville – a vibrant new mixed-use community Today LC celebrated the grand opening of LC Pflugerville – a vibrant new mixed-use community. It is a great honor to mark this moment in time. We have worked closely with the Town of Pflugerville to design a community that will enrich the neighborhood …
Texas Community Colleges Find Creative Ways To Work Around Diminishing Funding In Response To Low Enrollment Rate
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board released its preliminary enrollment for Texas schools in the fall of 2021, revealing an 11% loss in Texas community college enrollment since 2019. “Unfortunately, the pandemic has had a disparate impact on community colleges, and she touched everyone,” said Jacob Fraire, president of the Texas Association of Community Colleges …
Ohio’s proposed near-total abortion ban mimics Texas law but goes further
Click to enlarge Photo by Graham Stokes for the Ohio Capital Journal Over 1,000 people gathered at the Statehouse for the National Women’s March focusing on reproductive rights. The planned walk to Goodale Park was changed to a tour around the city center due to the high attendance on Saturday October 2, 2021. A new …
$ 450,000 proposal for separated families is fair, says Texas law professor
Republican politicians criticize President Joe Biden’s administration for considering paying $ 450,000 to separated immigrant families under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the US Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services plan to offer approximately $ 450,000 to each person separated from their …
Ohio lawmakers introduce abortion bill that goes beyond Texas law
Ohio Republicans on Wednesday introduced a bill calling for a total abortion ban in the state, going beyond the Texas “heartbeat” law currently under review by the Supreme Court. . The bill, called law 2363, which lawmakers say is the number of children lost every day to abortion in the United States, seeks to ban …
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Ohio GOP lawmakers propose abortion ban echoing Texas law challenged in Supreme Court
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) – Republican lawmakers in Ohio want to replicate the abortion ban passed in Texas and facing a challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court. Bill 480, introduced Tuesday, would allow anyone to sue a doctor who performs an abortion or an individual who “aids or encourages” an abortion. Anyone who performs or …
High Court Hears Cases Over New Texas Law, But Outcome May Not Affect Abortion Access
The Supreme Court, whose conservative majority is seen on the verge of overturning decades-old rulings guaranteeing the right to abortion, heard its first two abortion cases for the 2021-2022 term on Monday. But the court could decide this case without ruling on the fate of abortion rights in America. At stake is the future of …
New Texas Law Targets Abortion Pills | Oakland News Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fw73g_CvO0 Oakland News Now – Texas’ new law targets abortion pills – video made by the YouTube channel with the logo in the upper left corner of the video. OaklandNewsNow.com is the original blog post for this type of video blog content. An international group that sends abortion pills to women says demand in Texas …
Abilene businessman named to Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB / KRBC) – A businessman from Abilene has been appointed to the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners. Darrin Black was one of three Texas men appointed to the board of directors by Governor Greg Abbott with a term set to expire in September 2027. The other two named are Thomas “Tommy” …
Illinois abortion notification repeal backed by Texas law
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Alarmed and at the same time energized by a Texas law that bans most abortions, abortion rights advocates in the General Assembly are targeting what people on both sides of the contentious issue see as the last restriction on access to abortion in Illinois. What would you like to know Illinois …
Texas law triggers hundreds of US protests against abortion restrictions
Women marched by the thousands on Saturday outside the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest the state’s growing restrictions on abortion. (AP) Women marched by the thousands Saturday outside the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol and cities across the United States to protest the state’s growing restrictions on …
Abortion activists rally against Texas law
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the womb.” The anger that had built up over the month of September finally boiled over on Saturday. It started on September 1 with Texas effectively banning abortions using a mechanism that sounds a lot like vigilante justice. Then, just a day later, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to …
Proposed Texas Map Adds Two New Congressional Districts In Austin, Houston
Texas lawmakers are looking to carve out two new congressional districts in the Austin and Houston areas, according to a redistribution map proposal released Monday. The map, which was proposed by State Senator Joan Huffman (R), would effectively lock in the Republicans’ long-standing advantage in Texas for another decade, reducing the number of competitive districts …
New Texas Law Cuts Time For Doctors To Administer Abortion-Inducing Medications
It comes after another abortion law gained national attention for banning abortions in Texas after six weeks of pregnancy. TEXAS, United States – This month, a new Texas abortion law gained national attention because it banned abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy. Now there is another bill that has come into force …
House passes bill to guarantee access to abortion in response to Texas law
The House passed a law on Friday to guarantee access to abortion nationwide after the Supreme Court earlier this month refused to block a Texas law that bans the procedure in almost all cases. The bill passed along party lines, 218-211, with only one conservative Democrat, Representative Henry Cuellar (Texas), voting against. He is now …
Most Americans disapprove of state abortion law, Monmouth poll finds
A majority of Americans disapprove of the two key parts of Texas’ law restricting access to abortion, according to a recent Monmouth University poll. The survey conducted earlier this month also found that most disagreed with a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the law, which prohibits abortions when most women realize they are pregnant. , …
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J&J Could Use Texas Law To Cut Payments To Ovarian Cancer Victims
Greg and Sally Schmoll After Sally Schmoll was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016, she learned that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was a cause of the disease known as “the silent killer.” Growing up without central air conditioning in the sweltering heat of St. Louis before moving to Indianapolis, she had used the powder …
Kathleen Passidomo insists on supporting anti-abortion legislation, but not Texas ‘cut and paste’ law
Sen. Kathleen Passidomo Tuesday clarified her wish for stricter abortion regulations in Florida. “Given the recent opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, we could seek greater protections for life in Florida,” said the Republican from Naples, who is in line be president of the Senate if the Republicans retain a majority in …
Texas law gives limited window for abortions
DALLAS (AP) – Gov. Greg Abbott, in defending a virtual abortion ban in Texas, says women and girls who are raped will not be forced to give birth because the new law “provides at least six weeks for that a person is able to have an abortion. But that’s not how pregnancy works. Texas law …
MHMR Helps Central Texas Community During National Suicide Awareness Month | KWKT
WACO, Texas – The CDC says there is one suicide every eleven minutes, plus millions of attempts each year. September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and from September 5 to 11, Prevention Week is celebrated. The heart of the Texas region MHMR Waco cares for community members on a daily basis, giving them the resources …
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Central Texas community unites to help veteran shocked by power line
GATESVILLE, Texas (KWTX) – The community of Gatesville is rallying to help Jason Shields, a local veteran and businessman recovering in a hospital after being shocked by a power line on Monday, June 28. Shields is the owner of Cutting Edge Graphics, a signage company. His family and witnesses say he was removing a sign …
A great session for Texas community pharmacies and their patients
Kudos to the Texas Legislature for their decisive actions this session to curb Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). Pharmacies across the state worked closely with lawmakers to pass House Bills 1763 and 1919, two measures that preserve patient access to affordable, life-saving medicines while protecting small pharmacies from overbreadth of the drug. PBM which threatens their …
Doctor Out: Texas Community Worried About Future Without Local Health Care | FIRST LINE | PBS
In partnership with: It was like a normal Tuesday afternoon. Ramonna Matthews Polk was sitting in the living room of her Bowie house when her husband walked in during his lunch break. “[Randy’s] life is so routine – he comes home and eats lunch, takes a 15 minute nap and goes back to work, ”Ramonna …
Texas Community Colleges Recognized for Excellence / Public Information Service
AUSTIN, Texas – San Antonio College (SAC) is the 2021 recipient of the so-called “Oscars” for outstanding achievement by a community college, and the reason is its commitment to students who have often find it difficult to stay in school. the Aspen Award for Community College Excellence is given every two years. Dr Robert Vela, …
Southeast Texas community leader Pastor Michael Cooper announces his candidacy for governor
At a press conference on Thursday, he said he wanted to come forward to help teachers in Texas. BEAUMONT, Texas — Southeast Texas community leader and pastor Michael Cooper has announced he is running for governor of Texas. He is a former Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor and the United States Senate. The local pastor …
New documentary examines Elon Musk’s conflict with small Texas community
“A Community Destroyed,” reads a slogan in the trailer for a new documentary about a small neighborhood just steps from Elon Musk’s SpaceX facility in South Texas. Airing tonight (September 21) is “Vice Versa: Between Musk and Mars” (10pm, Vice TV). The producers present it as an investigation into what happens when SpaceX founder and …
New documentary examines Elon Musk’s conflict with tiny Texas community – East Bay Times
“A Community Destroyed,” reads a slogan in the trailer for a new documentary about a small neighborhood just steps from Elon Musk’s SpaceX facility in South Texas. Airing tonight (September 21) is “Vice Versa: Between Musk and Mars” (10pm, Vice TV). The producers present it as an investigation into what happens when SpaceX founder and …
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Coronavirus in Texas: Community spread could occur in Houston area
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated throughout. Local health officials said on Wednesday they were unsure how a Houston-area man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus this week had become infected, suggesting the first signs of community spread of the virus in Texas. “This could very possibly be the first community spread,” said …
Star of the Republic Museum Launches Texas Map Collection | Local News
Eagle Staff Report The Star of the Republic Museum’s new exhibit, “So Others Might Follow: Four Centuries of Maps That Define Texas,” will open Saturday and will illustrate through maps the evolution of Texas over four centuries, both topographically and politically, under seven flags. It runs until February 15, 2019. The exhibition includes 20 maps …
Texas Community Colleges Lead the Way
Samy Vasquez | Special for the Standard-Times With 50 community college districts spanning the great state of Texas, it’s no wonder Texas community colleges offer more access to higher education than any other state. Howard College is an educational partner in our West Texas region – offering dual credit programs to 23 area high schools, …
The United States of Texas? The map shows Texas divided into 9 states
To say that Texas is great would be the understatement of the century. It would take about 12 hours to drive through Texarkana state to El Paso. All over Texas you will find lush forests, rolling hills, plains, beaches, and deserts. In addition to a changing landscape, you come across small towns, sprawling towns, and …
Strange names dot the map of Texas
It was 1880 and the residents of a small community in Travis County were ready to step into the big leagues by getting a post office. This required getting the name of the town approved. Residents applied, but federal postal agents rejected their town’s name. So they came up with another one. It was also …