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One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels

The Department of Family and Protective Services has increasingly relied on housing foster kids in hotels when it can’t find them a home. In the 2022 fiscal year, after record staff turnover, more than 1 in 4 caseworkers had less than one year of experience.

The Texas Tribune

Whistleblowers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI want court to continue lawsuit

A group of whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI are asking a court to resume their lawsuit against the Republican

The Independent UK

College Football Week 4 Winners and Losers: Nick Saban puts Lane Kiffin in his place, Notre Dame misses colossal opportunity

Though it wasn't quite as compelling a slate as we though coming in, there's still plenty we can glean from Week 4 in college football.

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Texas cities struggle to address influx of arrivals along US-Mexico border

The administration of US President Joe Biden has reached out to Mexico for help confronting the spike in migration.

Al Jazeera

Busch: "I just don't know what to do" after Texas DNF

Busch entered the Round of 12 eight points clear of the elimination zone. He started Sunday's race with high hopes, knowing that ex-RCR driver Tyler Reddick was the defending winner of the event in that No. 8 Chevrolet.

Motorsport

Toxic red tide algae, last seen in 2018, returns to Texas coast

Areas of the Texas Gulf Coast are seeing blooms of the algae, which can make people sick and kill fish.

The Texas Tribune

“We are not going away”: Paxton whistleblowers vow to continue legal fight in court

On Monday, the former state employees argued that Paxton has failed to uphold key parts of the settlement agreement, including a $3.3 million payment and a promise to apologize.

The Texas Tribune

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Forde-Yard Dash: Pac-12’s QBs Take Hold in Heisman Race

Four or five strong Heisman contenders reside out West, including the reigning winner.

Sports Illustrated

Reconciliation on Death Row

A murder and an execution date changed those on both sides of the bars. A changed viewpoint on capital punishment.

Texas Observer

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 has agreed to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims

The Independent UK

Big Ten bowl projections and College Football Playoff predictions after Week 4

Our latest Big Ten bowl projections and College Football Playoff picks. How did Ohio State's huge win over Notre Dame change things? #GoBucks

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Texas leads the nation in oil production. What about industry-related deaths?

An industry leader in the Permian Basin said the new report proves safety regulations are helping. Other observers say more data is needed to understand risks of extraction.

The Texas Tribune

A unique Texas legal rule lets the attorney general’s office supersede some judges’ orders

Lawyers criticize a provision they say erodes the separation of powers between Texas’ executive branch and its courts. It’s been used repeatedly this year as Texans try to block new state laws from going into effect.

The Texas Tribune

Colorado drops out of AP Top 25; Ohio State moves up to No. 4

The Pac-12 has four teams in the top 10 for the first time in the history of the conference.

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Nevada Football: Wolf Pack Blow Lead, Lose To Texas State 35-24

Nevada Football: Wolf Pack Blow Lead, Lose To Texas State 35-24 Nevada lead after the first half, but fell apart in the second half as they lost their 14th straight game. Contact/Follow @BrandonGBlake & @MWCwire Wolf Pack Lose First Half Lead, Drop ...

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US LBM Coaches poll released after Week 4: UGA remains No. 1

Four Pac-12 teams are in the top 10 of the US LBM Coaches poll. UGA football retains the No. 1 spot

The Guardian - US

Texas death row inmate at mercy of supreme court – and junk science

Robert Roberson was convicted of murdering his two-year-old daughter on the basis of the now largely discredited shaken baby syndrome theory

Al Jazeera

El Paso ‘at breaking point’ amid surge in refugee, migrant arrivals

El Paso in Texas pleads for help amid a dramatic increase in asylum seekers crossing into the US from Mexico.

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Two Texas Democrats detail how they hope to topple U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who will meet in the 2024 Democratic primary, talked about gun laws, abortion and bipartisanship in separate Texas Tribune Festival panels.

The Texas Tribune

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones urges Texans to get organized, learn from history

In an interview for The Texas Tribune Festival, the journalist urged Texans to organize in response to the state’s book bans and restrictions on public school lessons.

The Texas Tribune

Texans in U.S. House describe GOP in chaos ahead of likely government shutdown

Texas Democrats decry Republican infighting that has halted attempts to approve annual spending bills and avoid a federal government shutdown.

Evening Standard

Family of black student suspended for his hairstyle sue Texas officials

“He has to sit on a stool for eight hours in a cubicle,” says Darryl George’s mother

The Texas Tribune

Sarah Stogner announces second campaign for the Texas Railroad Commission

After losing in a Republican runoff last year, Stogner said she plans to challenge incumbent Chair Christi Craddick as a member of the Forward Party.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton prosecutors blame politics for trumping evidence in attorney general’s impeachment trial

Houston attorney Dick DeGuerin said his team was naive in its belief that “principle would win out over politics.”

The Texas Tribune

Compromise or pick a side? Texas House members offer preview of school vouchers debate ahead of special session

Lawmakers at a Texas Tribune Fest panel found common ground on school funding and teacher pay but took starkly different stances on “school choice.”

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