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Texas Gov. Abbott receives $44.8 million, with a Greg Abbott PAC as top donor

In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott is the number one fundraiser in state politics in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports made to the Texas Ethics Commission, the governor received $44,778,653 in total contributions and spent $37,930,300 between January 1, 2021 and February…

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It's a 'sad and scary time' for LGBTQ students and their families

LOS ANGELES — Paria Hassouri feels fortunate that her family lives in California and not Texas, where the Republican governor recently issued a directive to investigate parents who seek "gender-transitioning procedures" for their minors.

Los Angeles Times

Texas anti-trans law risks kids' lives

I'm a Texas doctor who provides gender-affirming care. The GOP's ban will tear families apart — and cost lives

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‘Politics over safety’: the pro-gun laws giving Americans easier access to firearms

Called ‘constitutional carry’ or ‘permitless carry’, the bills have been criticized by police and activists who say removing permits poses a safety risk

The Guardian - US

Texas AG calls Pride Week "illegal"

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday accused the Austin Independent School District of violating state law

Salon

Texas attorney general says school district’s Pride week ‘breaks state law’

Ken Paxton called district’s Pride week ‘sex education’ and claimed without parental consent it is against law

The Guardian - US

Anger as Texas attorney general declares Pride Week ‘illegal’

‘The Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents – not school districts – are in charge,’ writes Ken Paxton

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Is this overlooked fact the real reason dinosaurs went extinct?

In this edition of Inverse Daily, find the possible real reason dinosaurs went extinct, the American paranoia in the FBI’s Albert Einstein file, and more.

Inverse

Tornado Wreaks Havoc In New Orleans, Leaves At Least 1 Dead

When the funnel was spotted, people in a city generally without basements had to look for shelter elsewhere.

Zenger

“We need to stop this now”: How tabletop RPGs raised $350,000 for trans charities

Following an order targeting trans kids in Texas, game designer Rue Dickey organized a charity tabletop RPG bundle that exceeded all their expectations.

Inverse

Tornado rips through New Orleans and its suburbs, killing 1

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans and its suburbs Tuesday night, flipping cars, ripping roofs off homes and killing at least one person in a region that was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina 17 years ago

The Independent UK

Texas governor signs disaster declaration for 16 counties ripped apart by tornadoes, storms

DALLAS — Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a disaster declaration for 16 counties where severe storms swept through Monday, tearing open schools and leveling homes.

Tribune News Service

Guardian of the Guard

Jason Featherston, who has devoted more than half his life to the National Guard, is now the leading critic of Governor Greg Abbott’s border surge.

Texas Observer

Tornado warning - live: Video shows Texas Walmart shoppers being dragged as South now faces flooding

About 22 million people are at risk for severe storms

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Texas appeals court again halts child abuse investigations into parents of transgender youth

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals court has again temporarily blocked the state from investigating parents solely for providing gender affirming care to their transgender children.

Tribune News Service

Beto O’Rourke officially responds to oil pipeline billionaire Kelcy Warren’s defamation lawsuit

DALLAS — Democratic nominee for governor Beto O’Rourke on Monday reaffirmed that he wouldn’t let a defamation lawsuit brought by billionaire energy executive Kelcy Warrant “silence” him from telling Texans how Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s allowed energy companies to “profit off last year’s power grid failure.”

Axios

Texas appeals court temporarily blocks investigations of families with trans kids

The temporary injunction is "necessary to maintain the status quo and preserve the rights of all parties."

Texas Observer

DISRUPT, DEPLETE, DESTROY

This is merely the latest incarnation of a decades-old Republican playbook to discredit, defund, and ultimately destroy the Texas public education system.

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Gov. Greg Abbott signs disaster declaration for 11 counties as wildfires rage west of Fort Worth

Dozens of local, county and state crews were struggling to contain a cluster of wildfires about 120 miles west of Fort Worth on Friday. Fueled by wind and dry conditions, the largest of the fires had swelled to over 45,000 acres, burning dozens of homes, forcing evacuations in Abilene and…

Tribune News Service

Transgender children, families rally outside Texas Capitol, Governor’s Mansion

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 200 people showed up on Gov. Greg Abbott’s doorstep Sunday with a message: Leave transgender children alone.

The Guardian - US

Beto O’Rourke calls Texas governor Greg Abbott an ‘authoritarian’ and ‘thug’

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate compared his Republican opponent to the Russian president Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - US

Judge blocks Texas from investigating parents of transgender children

The halt follows an ACLU lawsuit that accused Greg Abbott of trampling ‘on the constitutional rights of transgender children’

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Does Texas have a solution to teacher shortages?

We are pleased that Gov. Greg Abbott wants a task force to examine the reasons behind a chronic shortage of teachers in Texas and to recommend policy changes. But if we’re truly honest with ourselves, most of us already know a few uncomfortable truths about this shortage.

Tribune News Service

Does Texas think transgender care is abuse? Ken Paxton’s comments contradict state's legal stance

AUSTIN, Texas — Fighting to keep his job in a heated GOP primary this year, Attorney General Ken Paxton repeatedly insisted that certain medical treatments for transgender youth abusive and illegal.

The Independent UK

Texas flagged 27,000 mail ballots for rejection in primary

More than 27,000 mail ballots in Texas were flagged for rejection in the first test of new voting restrictions enacted across the U.S. It puts the rate of rejected mail ballots in Texas on track to significantly surpass previous elections

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