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City receives 15th bus carrying immigrants from Texas to Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Another bus carrying immigrants from Texas arrived in Philadelphia on Thursday, making a total of 15 busloads and more than 630 people sent to the city since Nov. 16, officials said.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lashes Atmos Energy for spotty delivery of natural gas during storm

AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott has asked state regulators to investigate Atmos Energy for failing to deliver natural gas to North Texas residents during the recent cold snap.

Tribune News Service

Greg Abbott calls for investigation into Atmos Energy following disrupted natural gas services during freeze

Atmos, a major natural gas provider for the state, apologized for last week’s service disruption that left some Texans without heat during freezing weather.

The Texas Tribune

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The very worst Republicans of 2022

This column doesn't even mention Marjorie Taylor Greene: She can't compete with the true depths of GOP horror

Salon

Migrants bound for NYC spent 5 days on buses while stuck in winter storm: ‘They were in disarray’

NEW YORK — Dozens of Latin American migrants — including children and a pregnant woman — spent five days on buses in order to get to New York City from Texas after Winter Storm Elliott upended their itinerary, volunteers who greeted the wary travelers told the Daily News.

Tribune News Service

‘This you, Herod?’ Texas governor slammed over his Christmas message after dumping migrants in freezing cold

Greg Abbott’s Christmas Day tweet slammed as insensitive and tone deaf

The Independent UK

Looking back at some of The Texas Tribune’s best reads of 2022

It was another historic, news-filled year. As you get ready for 2023, check out these memorable articles the Tribune published in 2022.

The Texas Tribune

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Abbott's cruel migrant bussing stunt

"Being a heartless POS isn't going to make you the next Republican president," Rep. Joaquin Castro said

Salon

Migrants dropped off at US VP Harris’s home over Christmas

Aid groups say more than 100 migrants and refugees, who are seeking asylum in the US, were transported from Texas.

Al Jazeera

Busloads of migrants dropped off near Kamala Harris's home on Christmas Eve

It appears to be the latest action in an escalating battle between some state governors, and the federal government, over immigration policy.

WEKU

Buses from Texas drop off more than 100 migrants in a bitterly cold Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve

Gov. Greg Abbott reportedly sent the migrants, who arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence Saturday night. The governor has been busing migrants to Democratic-let cities since April and first sent buses to Harris’ home in September.

The Texas Tribune

Anger as ‘worthless’ Texas governor drops off migrants outside Kamala Harris’s residence in freezing weather

Temperatures in the capital were well below freezing

The Independent UK

Migrants dropped off at Vice President Harris' home on Christmas Eve

Washington D.C. declared a public emergency in September in response to Texas, Arizona and other states sending thousands of migrants to the nation's capital.

Axios

Buses from Texas drop off migrants in frigid Washington, DC

Local organizers in Washington say three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on Christmas Eve

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Two Texas businessmen pitched Trump on plan to overturn 2020 election, Jan. 6 report reveals

Morgan Warstler and John S. Robison, who have ties with former Gov. Rick Perry, met the president at the White House one week after the 2020 election. They advanced a fringe theory that state legislatures could overturn election results.

The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP lawmakers warming to opioid harm-reduction policies they once opposed

Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans have expressed support for legalizing fentanyl test strips, which help users identify whether the drugs they are planning on taking contain the deadly synthetic opioid.

The Texas Tribune

Texans should prepare for “life-threatening” wind chills, but officials remain confident in power grid

Gov. Greg Abbott and other leaders say Texans should protect their homes and vehicles as large portions of the state will experience dangerously cold temperatures.

The Texas Tribune

After Uvalde shooting, Texas senators recommend better mental health care access and school security

The committee urged lawmakers to pay special attention to rural areas. But its lone proposal on guns would not have made a difference in the Robb Elementary shooting.

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With rifles and razor wire, National Guard and state troopers are blocking migrants at the border in El Paso

As cities on the Texas-Mexico border continue preparing for a possible influx of migrants and Title 42 remains in limbo, a shallow spot in the Rio Grande where thousands have recently crossed became the scene of a standoff Monday.

The Texas Tribune

Texas elections secure despite COVID-related “irregularities” in 2020, audit finds

Four Texas counties were evaluated in a 359-page audit released by Secretary of State John Scott on Monday, two weeks before he steps down as chief election official.

Al Jazeera

As US debates Title 42 policy, asylum seekers left in limbo

The Supreme Court intervened on Monday to block the controversial immigration policy’s scheduled expiration this week.

The Independent UK

Texas border cities plan for cold, busy end to Title 42

Texas officials are preparing relocation, coordination and emergency aid plans ahead of an expected dramatic increase in the number of asylum-seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as pandemic-era immigration restrictions are set to expire this week

Axios

Texas Gov. Abbott calls on courts to uphold Title 42

“If the courts do not intervene and put a halt to the removal of Title 42, it's going to be total chaos," Abbott said.

The Texas Tribune

Anticipating a surge in border crossings amid cold temperatures, El Paso declares a state of emergency

With Title 42 ending Wednesday, El Paso officials expect the number of migrants crossing the border could double. Declaring a state of emergency should open more options to provide migrants shelter from below-freezing temperatures.

Salon

Texas GOPer hires anti-LGBTQ extremist

Rep. Tony Tinderholt hired Jake Neidert as his office’s legislative director amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ violence

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