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Texas GOP’s broadest attempt yet to erode blue cities’ power gets one step closer to becoming law

Gov. Greg Abbott and other supporters of the bill have long sought legislation to push back against local regulations that they say hamper business owners and harm the state’s economy.

The Texas Tribune

Why tax policy experts fear the Texas House plan to lower property taxes could have dire ripple effects

Both the House and the Senate’s proposals on property tax cuts would give modest savings to the typical Texas homeowner, but critics say the House plan could create vast inequities and disproportionately benefit wealthy homeowners.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House approves bills to spend up to $1 billion to buy more state parkland

The Texas House paved the way for a billion-dollar investment in state parks, which one advocate said would create “a new golden age” for the park system. Texas now ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas Bill Would Legalize Townhouses

The Texas Senate has passed two bills legalizing building homes on smaller lots and accessory dwelling units across the state.

Reason

Rick Perry teases possible 2024 run against Trump

‘It’s early in the process, I think, for any of us to sit back and say, I’m for this person or that person,’ former Texas governor says

The Independent UK

Houston-area chemical fire highlights gaps in Texas environmental enforcement

A fire broke out at a Deer Park Shell plant the day after a public hearing on renewing the permit for ITC, a nearby facility that caught fire in 2019, sparking a Texas Tribune/Public Health Watch investigation that documented failures in state and federal oversight.

The Texas Tribune

Neville analyses Arsenal slump and Murray wants cake – Monday’s sporting social

Jason Day is a PGA Tour winner again after victory in Texas.

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Rick Perry hints at 2024 presidential bid and revives memories of debate gaffe

Republican former Texas governor, who has run twice before, once forgot name of government department he planned to abolish

The Guardian - US

Those Who Don’t Know the Past…

The outcome of a fight to control a nonprofit group could shape the teaching of history in Texas.

Texas Observer

Tesla Cybertruck Spotted Driving On Texas Road Near Austin Plant

Up until now, the vast majority of Tesla Cybertruck sightings took place in northern California, mostly in Fremont and Palo Alto.

InsideEVs

Specialty crop producers seek farm bill recognition, support - Roll Call

Growers of specialty crops are urging lawmakers to give their interests higher priority in the 2023 farm bill.

Roll Call

His kidney saved Gail Fink’s life 18 years ago and his wife delivered her twins. Now they pray she can find another kidney.

After Texas pastor Juan Uribe donated a kidney to Gail Fink of Northbrook, his wife served as a surrogate for her twin boys. Now Fink needs to find another donor so she can watch her 15-year-old boys continue to thrive.

Chicago Sun-Times

Eliminating countywide voting in Texas would make the process harder on voters, cost more money, election leaders say

Currently, more than 80% of Texas voters can vote anywhere in their home county, a model that originated in Lubbock County. If lawmakers approve new legislation, that would change.

The Texas Tribune

Texas schools say it’s time to stop tying mental health funding to school safety money

Federal pandemic aid helped build public school mental health services in Texas. School officials now brace for the expiration of those funds next year. They’re urging lawmakers to create a dedicated funding stream for mental health assistance in schools.

The Texas Tribune

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Metal Hammer

Watch a death metal band start a circle pit outside a GameStop store while people queue for the new Zelda game

If you were queuing at midnight at a Game Stop in Texas to buy the new Zelda, you could have witnessed death metallers Severance entertaining a bunch of young gamers

The Guardian - UK

China jails US citizen for life on espionage charges

Hong Kong resident John Shing Wan Leung was chair of Texas branch of Chinese ‘reunification’ association

The Independent UK

Widely interviewed witness of Texas mall shooting isn’t ‘credible,’ police say

Steven Spainhouer says he is ‘hurt and disappointed’ and questions ‘why it took 20 minutes’ for police to reach front of H&M store

Sports Illustrated

Doyle Brunson, ‘Godfather of Poker,’ Dies at 89

The Texas native was the first to officially make $1 million playing the game.

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The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to veto pared-down school choice bill, warns of special sessions

Abbott says if a school voucher bill isn’t expanded to include more students, a special legislative session will be the result.

The New Daily

Emotional Jason Day breaks five-year PGA Tour drought

Australian golfer Jason Day has closed with a stellar round of 62 to end a five-year PGA Tour title drought at the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship in Texas.

ABC News

Jason Day wins first PGA Tour title since 2018, winning Byron Nelson tournament by one stroke

Thirteen years after winning his maiden PGA Tour crown at the Byron Nelson, Australian Jason Day wins the Texas event again for his first victory since 2018 and 13th overall.

Zenger

Rare Tornado Hits Southern Texas Coast Near The Mexican Border Tearing Down 60 Homes

South Texas is not known to prepare for tornadoes as 10 people had lost their lives during the unusual storm.

The Independent UK

Texas Governor Greg Abbott attacks Dominion over Tucker Carlson’s firing from Fox News

Abbott cites reporting claiming network ousted Carlson as part of Dominion settlement

The Independent UK

Trans teens suddenly lose care as Texas attorney general investigates Austin hospital

Texas officials are seeking to ban gender-affirming care for youth

Reuters

With barbed wire and warnings, migrants stopped at US-Mexico border

After hours of waiting on the U.S. side of the border and hoping the Texas National Guard would let them seek U.S. asylum, a group of 15 migrants crossed a shallow green river back to Mexico, their faces drawn in disappointment.

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