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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office calls Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing strategy “racist”

Abbott late Wednesday announced Chicago would be a new destination for migrants bused from Texas in his strategy to draw attention to the influx of people at the southern border. Chicago leadership welcomed the migrants “with dignity and respect.”

The Texas Tribune

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to bus migrants to more sanctuary cities across America

FAIRVIEW, Texas — After creating a firestorm in New York, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that he plans to bus migrants at the southern border to other communities known as “sanctuary cities” around the nation.

Tribune News Service

Texas governor pushes back on raising gun age after Uvalde

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back on calls by Uvalde families for new gun control measures in Texas in wake of the Robb Elementary School massacre

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Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program costs Texas $12 million

Abbott’s office said Chicago will now also become a regular drop-off location in addition to New York City and Washington, D.C.

The Texas Tribune

Investigating parents of transgender youth has agency on ‘brink of collapse,’ staff warns

AUSTIN, Texas — Continuing to investigate the parents of transgender youth could put Texas’ child protection agency over the brink of collapse, a group of its staffers said in a new court filing.

Tribune News Service

Age to buy AR-15s can’t be raised from 18 to 21, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says

FAIRVIEW, Texas – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that a Texas law raising the age to buy assault-style weapons would be unconstitutional.

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Abbott says raising the age to buy an assault-style rifle is “unconstitutional” based on recent court rulings

The gunman in Uvalde bought two AR-15-style rifles days after he turned 18, the legal purchasing age in Texas, and used the weapons to kill 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary.

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Texas spent more than $12m bussing migrants to New York and DC, documents show

The buses have escorted somewhere between 8,051 to 9,033 migrants north, meaning each ticket would cost about $1,400 per person

The Independent UK

Thousands of migrants are pouring into NYC from Texas, straining a shaky shelter system. When will it hit a tipping point?

NEW YORK — Around 7,600 migrants have poured into New York over the last several weeks — many on buses from Texas courtesy of Gov. Greg Abbott — straining an already-shaky social service network.

Tribune News Service

Austin voters banned homeless people from camping in public spaces. The city is creating housing for them but not fast enough.

Police have had to eject hundreds of people from encampments. They still struggle to tell many of them where to go.

The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP stonewalls gerrymandering suit

Voting rights groups are challenging the map over intentional discrimination and vote dilution

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Texas’ child welfare agency told staffers to keep quiet about gender-affirming care investigations, documents show

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services leaders instructed employees to avoid written communications about the cases and barred low-level employees from handling the investigations, according to internal agency communications.

The Texas Tribune

After a decade of hype, Dallas-Houston bullet train developer faces a leadership exodus as land acquisition slows

Texas Central has made little visible progress financing the high-speed rail project and acquiring property for the route in recent years. The company maintains that the bullet train is still being developed but declined to provide details about the path forward.

The Texas Tribune

El Paso joins Texas Gov. Abbott’s strategy of busing migrants to New York, other East Coast cities

EL PASO, Texas — A chartered bus carrying migrants is scheduled to leave El Paso for New York on Tuesday, marking the first time city and county officials have agreed to work with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

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Beto O’Rourke pauses Texas governor campaign as he’s hospitalised with bacterial infection

Bete O’Rourke says he was diagnosed with bacterial infection after he fell ill on Friday

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Beto O'Rourke turns to virtual campaigning due to a bacterial infection

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke said he will rest from home after being diagnosed with a bacterial infection. He's now holding virtual campaign events instead.

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Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke diagnosed with bacterial infection

DALLAS — Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke said on Sunday that he’s been diagnosed with a bacterial infection, two days after cutting a book signing in San Antonio short because he was feeling ill.

Axios

Beto O'Rourke postpones Texas campaign events after bacterial infection

He says his "symptoms have improved" after being treated in a San Antonio hospital, but doctors told him to rest at home.

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Uvalde families protest outside Greg Abbott’s house calling to raise minimum age to buy AR-15

Gunman Salvador Ramos legally purchased the firearm used in the massacre as soon as he turned 18 – thanks to Texas’ lax gun laws

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Greg Abbott raised more than any other Republican statewide candidate or officeholder in Texas

Texas Republican statewide candidates and officeholders have raised $137.4 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among statewide officials and candidates, Greg Abbott has raised more than any other Republican.

The Texas Tribune

Families of the Uvalde shooting victims denounce Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun reform

The governor has made a vocal enemy in the families of Robb Elementary shooting victims. They are demanding a special legislative session to reach a compromise on the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles.

Texas Observer

Three Months After Uvalde Tragedy, Hundreds Demand Increase in Assault Weapon Age Limit (Photos)

“Our children's lives depend on common-sense laws that the vast majority of Texans desperately want,” declared the father of one victim.

The Independent UK

HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claim

A deadline has passed with no resolution over whether Texas will settle a dispute over claims it discriminated against minority residents in how it distributed flood relief money from Hurricane Harvey

The Texas Tribune

TribCast: How Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing is affecting New York

In this week’s episode, we discuss how the busing of migrants to New York is affecting Texas, New York and the migrants themselves.

The Independent UK

Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction

A federal judge has struck down one of Texas’ few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional

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