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Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

The Conversation

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz walk out of U.S. Senate hearing as Democrats vote on Harlan Crow subpoena

The Texas Republicans opposed subpoenaing conservative donor Crow over his ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, casting it as a partisan attack.

The Texas Tribune

A star cyclist was killed. Now her jealous love rival has been convicted of murder

Kaitlin Armstrong evaded police for 43 days after being named a suspect in the murder of Moriah Wilson. This week, her murder trial ended. Andrea Cavallier and Mike Bedigan explains how events unfolded

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State supreme courts issue 108 opinions from Nov. 20-26

State supreme courts issued 108 opinions from Nov. 20-26. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court led the field with 25 opinions issued, followed by New York with 18 and North Dakota with 12. Last week’s 108 opinions account for 2% of the year-to-date total of 6,079. The Supreme Court of Appeals of…

Ballotpedia

A Texas politician wants to provide emergency services to constituents who don’t have them. Will they let him?

In unincorporated West Odessa, residents relish their freedom. And they also go without basic services. Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett, a young Republican with Ronald Reagan good looks and politics, wants to change that.

The Texas Tribune

How to buy Oklahoma State tickets for Big 12 Football Championship Game

Want to watch Oklahoma State battle Texas for the Big 12 Championship in person? Get tickets for as low as $121 per person

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Idaho asks supreme court to decide on law penalizing abortion providers

At issue is a court ruling that the state’s abortion ban conflicts with government rules mandating the provision of emergency care

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Climate change, costly disasters sent Texas homeowner insurance rates skyrocketing this year

Texas rates have increased 22% on average so far in 2023, twice the national rate. More billion-dollar disasters have occurred in Texas this year than any other year on record.

The Texas Tribune

More than 765,000 older Texans are struggling to cover housing costs

A new Harvard University study found an increase in the number of Texas households headed by people 65 or older spending more than 30% of their income on housing. Advocates say keeping older adults housed will require substantial public investment and reforms.

The Texas Tribune

Safety officials release details of their investigation into a close call between planes in Texas

Safety officials are releasing details of their investigation into a close call between a FedEx plane and a Southwest Airlines jet earlier this year in Austin, Texas

The Independent UK

College Football Fans Roast Big 12 After Mike Gundy Wins Coach of the Year Over Steve Sarkisian

If you're leaving the Big 12, you're not going to get voted for a trophy on your way out.

Sports Illustrated

Jan. 6 suspect who later fired a gun toward Texas officers gets 2 years for firearm charge

A Texas man who shot toward sheriff’s deputies making a welfare call to his house on the day he’d agreed to surrender on charges for taking part in the in the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to two years in prison on a firearm charge

The Independent UK

Texas teen jailed for 10 years for hate crime arson attack on synagogue

Franklin Sechriest, 19, said he set blaze in Austin ‘because of his hatred of Jews’

The Independent UK

No. 14 Westlake takes on Lake Travis: How to watch the Texas high school football playoff game

6A Texas high school football features an All-Austin semifinal this Saturday!

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Mark Cuban will sell majority stake in Mavericks to Las Vegas’ Adelson family in $3.5B deal

Cuban would retain control of the team’s basketball operations.

The Independent UK

Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue sentenced to 10 years

A Texas man who set fire to an Austin synagogue in an antisemitic attack two years ago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison

Ballotpedia

Election legislation roundup: Texas House of Representatives

As of Nov. 26, Ballotpedia has tracked 201 election-related bills in the Texas House of Representatives since the beginning of the year. Of the 201, Ballotpedia tracked one from Nov. 20-26. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is below:

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Mavericks likely will end up in the hands of one of Las Vegas' most powerful families

Mark Cuban in many ways has been the face of the Dallas Mavericks franchise since he bought the club in 2000

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Five new candidates declare in Texas

Ballotpedia tracked five new state-level candidates in Texas between Nov. 20-26. This was equal to the number of candidates tracked last week.

The Texas Tribune

Federal appeals court questions Texas’ new school library regulations

House Bill 900 seeks to rid school libraries of inappropriate books by requiring book vendors to rate materials. A legal challenge says the law is too vague and broad.

The Independent UK

Sands casino family say they'll buy majority of Mavs from Cuban. AP source says valuation is $3.5B

The family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company says it has entered agreements to buy the majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks from team owner Mark Cuban

USA Today Sports Media Group

Top 5 most watchable college football conference championship games

Conference Championship Week has arrived and its setting up for perhaps the most dramatic finish to a college football season we've ever seen.

Texas Observer

Texas Rangers Investigation Sheds Light on Dallas Judge’s ‘Bizarre’ Behavior

Dallas County Judge Amber Givens was accused of having her court coordinator impersonate her during a 2021 Zoom bond hearing, prompting a Rangers inquiry.

Guitar World

Jimmie Vaughan may be Stevie Ray’s older brother, but he paved his own way to blues guitar stardom – learn his red-hot brand of Texas blues that left even Clapton in awe

Jimmie Vaughan is a bona-fide blues great, whose techniques are compulsory learning for any guitarist. This tab and audio lesson takes you into his style, and how you can spice up your pentatonic lines with Dorian flavor

The Texas Tribune

How one man's open records obsession sparked a fight over transparency and power in East Texas

Once a tool of journalists and concerned citizens to hold government accountable, open records requests have been increasingly used by political opponents and conspiracy theorists to slow down the pace of government.

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