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State agency that oversees Texas power grid needs more money to do its job, Sunset Commission finds

The Public Utility Commission has about 200 employees but needs more to handle shoring up the state power grid and tackling an expanded list of regulatory duties, according to the state Sunset Advisory Commission.

The Texas Tribune

Investors mock Elon Musk's bid to move Tesla buyout trial

Lawyers for Tesla shareholders suing the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk over a misleading tweet are urging a federal judge to reject the billionaire’s request to move an upcoming trial to Texas from California

The Independent UK

Texas senators draw lots to determine how long their terms will be

After redistricting, the state constitution requires senators to draw lots to determine which half of the chamber will have four-year terms and which will have two-year terms. This keeps Senate district elections staggered every two years for the rest of the decade.

The Texas Tribune

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Universal announces new Texas theme park, horror-themed Las Vegas experience

Universal Parks & Resorts on Wednesday announced two new projects: a theme park designed for young children near Dallas and a year-round horror attraction in Las Vegas.

Orlando Sentinel

5 things to know about Universal Studios as park makes Texas debut

Universal Studios is bringing its next theme park to Frisco, Texas, its third location in the U.S. as the chain continues to expand worldwide.

Tribune News Service

Amusement park lovers react as Universal Studios announces new theme park in Texas

‘As a resident of North Texas, I’m excited about this!’

The Independent UK

Universal to open theme park in Texas for young kids

Universal Parks & Resorts is bringing a theme park to Texas that will focus on entertaining young children

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Effort to ban Democratic chairs fails in Texas House, but rule passes to penalize future quorum-breakers

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, snuffed out a monthslong push Wednesday to end the chamber’s longtime tradition of having committee chairs from both parties.

The Texas Tribune

Republican Texas House candidate’s election complaint tossed after he fails to pay fee

Mike May was one of more than 20 losing candidates in Harris County who filed election contests, citing reports of Election Day issues.

The Texas Tribune

Bucs receiver Mike Evans delivers ‘simple’ truth about Cowboys

TAMPA, Fla. — On its surface, Mike Evans’ sound bite came off as a slight. The Texas native, however, wasn’t so much tossing shade at the Cowboys’ scheme as he was lofting praise at their overall talent.

Tribune News Service

MSU football offers elite 2025 5-star WR Dakorien Moore of Duncanville, Texas

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to the top wide receiver prospect in the 2025 class

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas executes man with expired drugs, despite court ruling it amounts to “torture”

Most drugmakers won’t supply for lethal injections anymore

The Independent UK

Fight for Change Where You Live

Our efforts can’t be limited to complaining on social media. Better yet, get organized. It worked for this Fort Worth progressive activist.

Texas Observer

IMG Academy S Jordon Johnson-Rubell narrows his list of schools to 12

One of the top safeties in the class of 2024 has narrowed his list of schools down to 12.

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Texas Senate votes to take up redistricting again

The redistricting process this year is mostly procedural and is not expected to produce very different results from the most recent process completed in 2021.

Reason

"The Houston Restaurant Self-Defense Shooting: Neutralizing a Threat v. Killing a Criminal"

From self-defense law scholar (and former prosecutor) T. Markus Funk.

Daily Mirror

Killer who had wife murdered called 'coward' after final words before being executed

Robert Fratta’s wife Farah was just 33 when she was shot twice in the head at close range by a hitman hired by her husband in 1994 after the couple split up in Texas, US

The Texas Tribune

Farmers face a higher risk of suicide. The Texas Agriculture Department wants $500,000 a year to change that.

The department’s helpline is less than a year old. But advocates hope state lawmakers fully fund it as farmers and ranchers continue to face hard economic times and isolation.

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As Donald Trump mounts his 2024 presidential bid, his support among Texas officials is waning

About two months into his comeback bid, few prominent Texas Republicans have endorsed Trump — and some are showing more willingness to cross him publicly.

Evening Standard

Former Texas police officer executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife

Robert Fratta was the first inmate to be put to death in Texas this year

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Gov. Abbott can do better than his border letter to President Biden

As far as political theater goes, no one was expecting a buddy movie when Gov. Greg Abbott met President Joe Biden at the tarmac for the Democrat’s high-stakes border visit Sunday. Yet it’s sad and telling that a hostile letter that Abbott delivered to Biden after shaking hands is seemingly…

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Even after historic loss to Georgia, no team won the 2022 college season like TCU

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Quarterback Max Duggan approached tight end Jared Wiley as TCU players removed their nameplates from the locker stalls to keep as a memento.

The Texas Tribune

Oaths, M&Ms and a historic Quran: Texas’ freshman lawmakers begin their inaugural legislative session

New Texas House members were sworn into office Tuesday, including some who have already made history.

Miami Herald

Florida says it’s helping feds deal with migrant surge but not directly intervening

MIAMI — Florida’s emergency response to the influx of migrants from Cuba and Haiti arriving by boat will be one of surveillance and not interdiction as 150 to 200 troops and officers work with federal Homeland Security officials “to increase coastal vigilance and provide improved situational awareness on migrant activities,’’…

Daily Mirror

Robert Fratta who ordered wife's death executed despite 'expired death drugs' battle

A man who hired two men to kill his wife almost 30 years ago has been executed by lethal injection despite a last minute legal battle to stop the state from using expired drugs

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