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With full state coffers and bipartisan support, Texas teachers are hopeful they’ll get a raise this year

The COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and burnout have pummeled teachers in the last few years. Lawmakers from both parties agree they should get a pay bump — but it won’t happen without some negotiation.

The Texas Tribune

In East Texas, a town fights to keep an oilfield waste dump from opening near wetlands and water wells

The Texas Railroad Commission has rejected the proposal twice over water contamination concerns, but locals are dismayed that the commissioners keep giving the developer more chances to alter its application.

The Texas Tribune

Court cases test opposing views of online content moderation - Roll Call

Four cases will test justices' views on whether social media companies are doing too much to moderate online content, or too little.

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State Fair of Texas ‘reigns supreme’ as highest-attended fair, report says

DALLAS — The State Fair of Texas had the highest attendance of all fairs in 2022, industry news source Carnival Warehouse announced last week. The State Fair of Texas saw 2.5 million people at Dallas’ Fair Park in 2022, edging it just above the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s 2.4…

Tribune News Service

Texas zoo will let you name a cockroach after an ex for Valentine’s Day

The annual ‘Cry Me a Cockroach’ fundraiser supports the ‘future for wildlife in Texas’

The Independent UK

Chinese Americans gather in downtown Dallas to oppose ‘hateful’ state Senate bills

Hundreds of people from North Texas gathered in downtown Dallas Sunday to voice their opposition toward two Texas senate bills that they say are unjustly targeting Chinese Americans.

Tribune News Service

Jalen Hurts is going to the Super Bowl? Bears’ Justin Fields should feel free to follow him

The Eagles’ Hurts is 16-1 as a starter this season. If that seems a few million miles from where Fields is with the Bears, well, it is — for now.

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Mike McCarthy, Dallas Cowboys part ways with offensive coordinator Kellen Moore

FRISCO, Texas — Seven days have passed and the reverberations from the Dallas Cowboys’ season-ending loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional Playoffs are continued to be felt.

Tribune News Service

Former UGA quarterback Stetson Bennett arrested in Dallas in public intoxication case

Stetson Bennett, the quarterback of the University of Georgia’s back-to-back national championship teams, was arrested on charges of public intoxication in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday morning, according to police.

Tribune News Service

Texas national guard soldier shoots and wounds migrant at Mexico border

Injuries not life-threatening after soldier fires at migrant in the shoulder as he was attempting to detain migrant

The Guardian - US

Baylor vs Texas Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Baylor vs Texas preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Monday, January 30

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Stetson Bennett arrested for public intoxication in Dallas

Per reports, Stetson Bennett was arrested Sunday morning in Dallas, Texas for public intoxication

USA Today Sports Media Group

Retired woman puts up warning sign outside home as dozens of men think it's a brothel

Elaine White, 66, says that scores of men have been knocking at the door of her Plano, Texas, home for over a year, asking for women named Nikki, Kelly and Rhonda

Daily Mirror

Lessons from shuttle Columbia disaster could stave off next tragedy

ORLANDO, Fla. — “Never again” is the phrase echoed among NASA leaders recalling the last major tragedy in the space program that occurred 20 years ago this week, when Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003, never making its way back home to Florida.

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Gov. Abbott to abortion opponents: “All of you are life savers”

Abbott lauded the efforts of the anti-abortion movement after a landmark year for opponents of the procedure.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas vs. Tennessee, live stream, TV channel, time, odds, how to watch college basketball

The No. 4 Tennessee Volunteers will face the No. 10 Texas Longhorns on Saturday night in the 2023 SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

Daily Mirror

'Most expensive suite in world' where Elvis stayed shown frozen in time in haunting pics

The Celestial Suite in Houston, Texas once hosted some of the world's biggest stars but the now forgotten penthouse has been left looking like a time-capsule from the 60s

USA Today Sports Media Group

14 Prospects for Packers fans to watch during East-West Shrine Bowl week

Prospects for Packers fans to watch during East-West Shrine Game Week.

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The Independent UK

Afghan soldier seeking US asylum hopes for 'American dream'

After being held in detention in Texas for months during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi is now a free man as he works to secure asylum in America

The Texas Tribune

TribCast: The fight against solitary confinement in Texas

In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about a hunger strike in Texas prisons and a lawsuit seeking to reform the use of solitary confinement on death row.

Tribune News Service

Texas safety officials stop enforcing handgun age limits for young adults

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is no longer enforcing a state law that bars adults under 21 from carrying handguns in public.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge again threatens contempt-of-court fines for Texas’ slow progress on foster care reforms

The judge warned the state could be held in contempt of court for not following through with three mandates: youths not knowing their rights, not adequately responding to abuse allegations and still having too many children without placement.

Reason

Texas Death Row Prisoners Sue Over Automatic Solitary Confinement

The state's "arbitrary requirement to house all male death row prisoners in permanent solitary confinement does not promote safety and security, is inconsistent with correctional best practices, and serves no penological purpose," the lawsuit claims.

The Texas Tribune

Texans pessimistic about the national economy and losing faith in democracy, poll says

More than 60% of Texans polled by Texas Lyceum said the country is on the wrong course, and the poll found steep drops in the number of people who think democracy is the best form of government.

WEKU

Local election officials in Florida call for scrapping new ID rules for mail voting

County election supervisors say the new restrictions will create significant election reporting delays and a slew of costs for local election offices, and could disenfranchise large numbers of voters.

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