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The attorney general and his wife helped promote a company run by an ex-lobbyist accused in court of breaching his fiduciary duty to other firms.

Texas Observer

‘Heartbreaking’: Anti-Trans Healthcare Law Takes Effect in Texas

Despite ACLU win in lower court, an appeal by the state means transgender kids and their families will feel the devastating effects of the ban.

Texas Observer

Texas authorities say 2 people including shooter dead outside shopping center in Austin

A shooting outside a large shopping center in Texas has killed one person and left another victim with critical injuries

The Independent UK

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Colleen Hoover writes charming, addictive novels. Her own rags-to-riches story reads like a bestseller

Colleen Hoover has broken records and amassed a Taylor Swift-esque following with her New Adult novels — but her own life story reads like a real-world fairytale. From a single-wide trailer to TikTok fame, the Texas author shows no signs of slowing down more than a decade after self-publishing propelled…

The Independent UK

Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US

After the latest wave of legal rulings on restrictions for transgender people, a Texas ban on gender-affirming care for minors is in effect

The Independent UK

USA TODAY HSS/AVCA girls volleyball regional rankings: Week 1

The best volleyball teams in the 10 regions for the 2023 season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

USA TODAY HSS/AVCA Super 25 national girls volleyball rankings: Week 1

The nation's 25 best girls volleyball of the 2023 season

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In Scathing Rulings, Federal Courts Block Arkansas and Texas Age Verification Laws

Plus: Meta revises controversial "dangerous organizations" policy, a win against civil asset forfeiture in Detroit, and more...

Reason

Bruce Bochy’s Levelheaded Demeanor Is Just What the Slumping Rangers Need

The 68-year-old manager has experienced plenty of rough patches during his career. He knows Texas can get out of it, if only it doesn’t panic.

Sports Illustrated

SI’s College Football Expert Predictions for 2023

Can anyone stop Georgia? Will the Big Ten send two teams to the Playoff again? Who has the inside track on the Heisman? SI’s experts offer their prognostications.

Sports Illustrated

Few Texas Republican voters support Ken Paxton impeachment

Only 28% of Republican respondents agreed that the charges against Texas’ attorney general were warranted, compared to 42% of independents and three-quarters of Democrats, the poll found.

The Texas Tribune

‘Death Star law’ to abortion: the new rightwing laws taking effect in Texas

Hundreds of new state laws come into effect on 1 September, including attacking trans rights, further limiting abortion and pushing back climate efforts

The Guardian - US

Dan Patrick says he won’t accept donations during trial, after taking heat for pro-Paxton money

The Senate Republican and Democratic caucuses also said they will not fundraise as organizations during the trial, which starts Tuesday.

The Texas Tribune

School safety, tutoring and hair: These are some of the new education laws that go into effect this year

Lawmakers failed to pass legislation on school vouchers or teacher raises this year, but they approved other education-related laws like an $800 million investment in high-quality instructional materials and new rules for students found vaping or using marijuana.

The Texas Tribune

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How ERCOT is narrowly getting through an extreme summer — and how experts say it could do better

Record-high power demand and faltering electricity sources have tested the grid in the past month, forcing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to dig deep into its toolbox to keep power flowing.

The Texas Tribune

Who’s who in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, from key participants to potential witnesses

The suspended attorney general has been ordered to appear in the Texas Senate chamber to answer to 16 allegations of misconduct that were approved by the House in May.

The Independent UK

Texas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can't meet that standard

A vision of putting an armed guard at every school in Texas is crashing into the reality of not enough police or funding

The Independent UK

Two dead and one critically injured after shooting at Texas shopping mall

Austin police say no threat to public following gunfire

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The Independent UK

Federal judge blocks Texas drag ban hours before taking effect

LGBT+ advocates filed lawsuit over constitutional violations in the ‘sweepingly overbroad and vague’ state law

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge bars Texas from enforcing book rating law

House Bill 900 requires book vendors to rate all their materials based on their depictions or references to sex before selling them to schools. Vendors say the law aims to regulate protected speech with “vague and over broad” terms.

The Texas Tribune

ERCOT’s pleas for power conservation raise concerns: Are Texans tuning them out?

Repetitive power conservation appeals by the state’s grid operator face a challenge: Texans becoming less responsive to calls. Past conservation requests have helped reduce 100,000 homes worth of power demand on the grid.

The Texas Tribune

“It’s troubling,” Ted Cruz says after Mitch McConnell’s second freeze

“Age is something that all of us experience, and it’s coming for all of us,” Cruz added. Fellow Texas Senate Republican John Cornyn said McConnell had told him that he was fine.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, says Texas law banning drag shows is “likely” unconstitutional

U.S. District Judge David Hittner heard from LGBTQ+ groups, businesses and a drag performer in a hearing this week, who argued Senate Bill 12 violated their First Amendment rights.

The Independent UK

A judge has blocked, for now, a Texas law drag show performers fear will shut them down

A federal judge has blocked a new Texas law that drag artists fear will be used to shut them down or put them in jail

The Independent UK

Union sues over changes in teacher evaluations prompted by Texas takeover of Houston school district

Days after Texas’ largest school district began its first school year under a state takeover, a teachers union has sued over changes in how educators will be evaluated

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