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Expanded access to medical marijuana gains traction as Texas House passes bill

The bipartisan legislation is an expansion on the state’s 2015 “Compassionate Use” law, which has allowed a growing number of patients to legally use cannabis to treat debilitating symptoms of conditions such as epilepsy, autism, cancer and PTSD.

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Texan leading TikTok ban in Congress urges state lawmakers to rein in their own social media legislation

U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul has warned members of the Texas Legislature to keep their China-countering legislation focused on espionage and not to target Chinese immigrants.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate gives initial OK to critical race theory ban at state’s public universities

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Senate voted Tuesday to give initial approval to a bill that aims to ban critical race theory from being taught at the state’s public universities.

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Abortion drug rulings spur drugmaker worries about precedent

WASHINGTON — Experts worry two recent rulings challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of a drug used in medication abortions threaten to complicate the agency’s oversight and the pipeline for future research and drug approvals.

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WATCH: Chiefs TE Jody Fortson working with Patrick Mahomes in Texas

#Chiefs TE Jody Fortson has arrived in Texas to work with Patrick Mahomes and his teammates ahead of the start of the offseason program.

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Steve Murdock, Texas scholar who headed Census Bureau, dies

Steve Murdock, a former state demographer of Texas who served one year as the director of the U.S. Census Bureau, during which he helped keep the 2010 census on track, has died

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Texas families could face steeper penalties for truancy under bill up for debate

DALLAS — Texas families whose children frequently miss school could face steeper penalties, as some state lawmakers debate bringing back harsher elements of the state’s truancy system.

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Banning critical race theory from Texas colleges up for debate in Senate

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Senate is set to vote on a bill Tuesday that would ban critical race theory at public universities.

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Texas paid Bitcoin company $175k an hour to stop using energy during fatal 2021 winter blackout

Computers at the Bitcoin mine were using enough electricty to power 6,500 homes

The Independent UK

Conflicting rulings for abortion pill

A bit of legal "whiplash" could occur in the next few days, one expert says

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Cops dig up patio in hunt for missing disabled boy, 6, whose mum said she SOLD him

Authorities are doing extensive efforts to recover the body of 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, who is believed to be dead after being missing for monthsfrom Everman, south of Fort Worth, Texas

Daily Mirror

Environmental groups sue EPA over water pollution standards

A coalition of environmental groups claims the EPA has failed for decades to update limits on the discharge of some dangerous chemicals into waterways. Most of the worst polluters are in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

The 10 all-time passing yard leaders in Texas high school football history

Here are the top 10 passing yardage leaders in state history.

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Elizabeth Holmes loses battle to delay imprisonment

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ months-long battle to extend her freedom is over: A federal court judge on Tuesday denied her bid to delay imprisonment, ruling she must surrender April 27 to serve her sentence for felony fraud at a Texas prison camp.

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Texas House votes to permanently stay on daylight saving time. But Congress won’t allow it — yet.

The chamber voted 138-5 on Wednesday to approve a bill that seeks to end the practice of changing clocks twice a year. But that doesn’t mean the measure has an easy path to reality.

Roll Call

Abortion drug rulings spur drugmaker worries about precedent - Roll Call

Critics of a court decision banning an abortion drug say the ruling undermines the FDA's ability to regulate the drug industry.

The Guardian - US

Missing woman found alive in vehicle submerged in Texas lake

Woman had been reported missing since 5 April but on 7 April a local fisher spotted a black Jeep almost completely underwater

The Independent UK

Abortion pill rulings in conflict: What happens next?

The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow women to continue to be able to access to the most commonly used abortion drug in the U.S. while a lawsuit over it plays out

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What to stream: 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' and other movies about environmental activism

Last weekend, the first weekend of Earth Month, the incendiary ecoterrorism thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” debuted in theaters after premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Adapted from the book by Andreas Malm, the film, directed by Daniel Goldhaber, is a swift, pulse-pounding thriller about a…

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A Texas abortion provider moved to New Mexico. Today, most of its patients are Texans

DALLAS — Nine months after shuttering its Texas clinics, one of the nation’s largest independent abortion providers has opened a clinic in neighboring New Mexico.

Zenger

Judge Halts FDA Approval Of Abortion Pill As The Biden Administration Vows To Fight

A Texas judge halted the approval of the abortion pill as the Biden Administration plan to appeal the decision in post-Roe

Salon

GOPer accused of intern "relationship"

Bryan Slaton allegedly told her to not speak with anyone about boozy visit to his condo

WEKU

Police came to pull a Jeep out of a lake. They found a woman inside, alive

It wasn't until after a tow truck came that anyone realized someone was in the vehicle, some 40 feet from shore in a Texas lake.

Reason

Massive Leak of Ukraine Intelligence Documents Angers U.S. Allies

Plus: Evan Gershkovich charged with espionage in Russia, the DOJ appeals a Texas judge's abortion ruling, and more...

The Independent UK

Justice Department urges halt to abortion pill order: ‘Extraordinary and unprecedented’

DoJ is calling a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the US “extraordinary and unprecedented”

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