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A leaked video shows in painful detail how incompetent the Uvalde response was

The footage shows cops checking their phones, cleaning their hands while children were being killed.

Mic

Migrants say US policy at border is leading to abuse by Mexican authorities

MONTERREY, Mexico — A campaign by Mexican governors, under pressure by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to stem the flow of migrants from Central America and beyond to Texas has led to a surge of complaints of abuse by state authorities, including violent attacks, extortion and even forcing migrants to disembark…

Tribune News Service

Texas death row inmate asks to delay execution to donate kidney

A man on death row in Texas has asked the state to delay his execution so that he can donate a kidney.

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Texans urged to save energy as extreme heatwave strains power grid

Electricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits, shattering records

The Guardian - US

Texas grid nears breaking point as heat drives up demand

The Texas power grid is facing its biggest test of the year as scorching temperatures threaten to drive demand for electricity beyond the system’s breaking point.

Tribune News Service

After Uvalde, will Texas lawmakers push for a school discipline crackdown?

DALLAS — State leaders are parsing the Uvalde shooter’s past, looking for signs that could inform plans aimed at preventing future mass shootings in Texas schools.

Tribune News Service

Beto O’Rourke to launch 49-day campaign tour of Texas

The Democratic gubernatorial challenger plans to hold 70 public events in more than 65 counties.

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Judge orders Texas not to investigate two more families with transgender children

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge on Friday issued an injunction prohibiting the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from pursuing child abuse investigations into two more families with transgender children.

Tribune News Service

Administration seeks Supreme Court OK on deportation policy

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to put in place guidance that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk

The Independent UK

What we know about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant executive order

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is testing state powers to enforce federal immigration laws, citing a surge of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service

'Don't vote for that party': Mexican president slams Texas migrant policy

Mexico's president on Friday attacked the governor of Texas' latest steps to crack down on unauthorized migration, saying he would urge voters of Mexican origin in the United States not to vote for "anti-immigrant" candidates.

Reuters

LZ Granderson: Texas keeps trying to make slavery sound less slaveryish

Involuntary relocation.

Los Angeles Times

Most Texans disapprove of trigger law banning abortion, say state is on wrong track

A majority of Texans disapprove of the state’s trigger law, which will ban almost all abortions, new polling shows.

Tribune News Service

Understaffed, and under federal investigation, Texas juvenile detention system halts intake

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department doesn’t have enough staff to keep minors safe or deal with increasing suicidal behavior, its interim head says. Gov. Greg Abbott recently shifted millions of dollars from the long-troubled agency to his controversial border security mission.

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Gov. Greg Abbott empowers state authorities to return migrants to border crossings

Immigration law enforcement is a federal responsibility. Abbott appears to be testing the limits of state authority by empowering state law enforcement to bring migrants to the ports of entry — stopping short of using state resources to expel migrants from the country.

Salon

Abbott's lead over Beto shrinks: poll

Abbott's lead now smaller than when Republican George W. Bush ousted Democrat Ann Richards in 1994

The Texas Tribune

Volkswagen argues that Greg Abbott’s choice of judges in lawsuit could tilt emissions case in Texas’ favor

Because the state is a party in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s cases against the companies, Volkswagen lawyers have argued that allowing the Texas governor to appoint justices to a case for which the state stands to win a substantial amount of money would give “the impression that the State has…

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Voter fraud claims not new to Republicans

The Republication preoccupation with voter fraud didn’t start with Donald Trump.

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Uvalde shooting victims are not getting funds fast enough, local officials say

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott’s lead over Beto O’Rourke narrows to 6 points, poll finds

The Republican incumbent’s lead over his Democratic challenger shrank last month, according to a Texas Politics Project poll. The 6-point gap is smaller than when Republican George W. Bush ousted Democrat Ann Richards in 1994.

Salon

Roe, Uvalde could upend Texas election

A history-making spring in Texas is laying the groundwork for a contentious final four months in the race

Tribune News Service

Uvalde’s mayor, state senator say victims relief center providing ‘meager’ benefits

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde’s mayor and its state senator say a one-stop resiliency center created to provide aid to victims’ families in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting is failing to provide adequate aid and should be taken over by the state.

The Texas Tribune

Republican county officials in South Texas want Gov. Greg Abbott to deport migrants. Only the federal government can do that.

Immigration law enforcement falls under the jurisdiction of the federal government. In recent months, a fringe legal theory has found more mainstream supporters who are calling on state leaders in Arizona and Texas to deport migrants with state resources.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde shooting victims aren’t getting compensated from state fund as intended, officials say

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to remove the Uvalde County district attorney from overseeing the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

Texas Observer

U.S. Immigration Policy Is to Blame for the Horrific Mass Death in San Antonio

Federal and Texas immigration policy should take the blame for the 50 immigrants who were found dead in a sweltering hot truck.

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