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Luke Warford tries to break the Republican hold on the Railroad Commission by focusing on the power grid and climate change

One of three seats on the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the oil and gas industry, is up for grabs this election. Democrat Luke Warford is betting his campaign on the issues of electric grid reliability, regulatory enforcement and reducing emissions.

The Texas Tribune

USA TODAY Sports/American Volleyball Coaches Association girls volleyball regional rankings

The best volleyball teams in all 10 U.S. regions for the 2022 season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Doorbell video shows malnourished Texas twins seeking help

Court records say a teenager told Texas police that he and his twin sister were handcuffed and endured horrific abuse before escaping their family’s home near Houston

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What is the Texas National Guard and why does it matter in this year’s gubernatorial election?

A governor’s military powers are often not discussed as part of the election process, in favor of other prominent issues like education and taxes. But with Operation Lone Star in plain view, voters may have more questions this election.

The Texas Tribune

You Do Not Need To Store Your Kids' DNA in Case of Emergencies

Fearmongering about mass school shootings leads to some dumb, privacy-threatening ideas.

Reason

Cowboy Daniel Ricciardo makes eye-catching US Grand Prix entrance on horseback

McLaren F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has made an elaborate entrance to the paddock ahead of the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas

Daily Mirror

T-Squared: New journalism fellowship for HBCU students

Fellowships will be available in spring, summer and fall for Texas graduate and undergraduate students at historically Black colleges and universities.

The Texas Tribune

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Uvalde schools get $442,000 from John Cornyn’s federal gun safety law

The gun safety law allocates $100 million for a Department of Justice grant program for school districts to invest in safety programs and technology. Twenty-eight Texas school districts were awarded grants through the program, totaling almost $8 million.

The Texas Tribune

New poll shows Greg Abbott with a double-digit lead against Beto O’Rourke in Texas

Republican governor leads with women and suburban voters

The Independent UK

USA TODAY Sports/American Volleyball Coaches Association girls volleyball Super 25

The top girls high school volleyball teams for Week 8 of the 2022 season.

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Rare "triple-dip" La Niña, climate change to expand drought across U.S. this winter

Drought conditions are becoming a greater concern in Texas and other states.

Axios

Men’s college golf notebook: Garrison Smith sets New Mexico State record, Texas Tech captures Big 12 match play

Here's what you missed in the men's college golf world.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Church's Standard Commercial Lease Forbids "Offensive" "Activity"; Does That Cover Offensive Sermons

when the sermons lead to protests? That question is pending in Texas court.

Reason

For Republicans, winning Hispanic voters will be a bigger fight than South Texas

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the state’s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the state’s vast rural areas.

The Texas Tribune

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Commentary: Are Californians fleeing en masse to Texas? The reality is complicated

On the busy, buzzing lanes of Interstate 10 in the westernmost reaches of Texas, sure enough there come cars headed east bearing plates with the red word across the top: California. But there are plenty of cars bearing black and white Texas plates bound the other way — for California.

The Texas Tribune

How four Texas university systems are pitching themselves as the best new home for Stephen F. Austin State University

The SFA Board of Regents is expected to decide whether to join a system before the end of the semester. The Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech and University of Texas systems have all expressed interest in adding the Nacogdoches school to their folds.

USAFacts

Is there a new national teacher shortage? It’s hard to say.

Nationwide enrollment in teacher preparation programs has steadily declined since 2008.

Miami Herald

Perla was his boss. He was her ace. Inside the covert op behind DeSantis’ migrant flights

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The final of three cash payments — $700 total — was left under a chunk of broken concrete behind the East Terrell Hills location of a San Antonio barbecue chain.

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Tribune News Service

An anxious Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott has checked all the boxes, will start vs. Lions

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has no boxes left to check.

Tribune News Service

Renters sue software firm, landlords over artificially inflating prices

Renters are suing the Texas-based software company RealPage and some of the largest property management firms in the nation for allegedly forming what they call a “cartel” to artificially inflate apartment prices above competitive levels.

The Texas Tribune

Texas should place more foster kids with families rather than in residential treatment, report finds

Residential treatment centers are meant to be a last resort for children in the state’s care, reserved for those with histories of severe trauma caused by neglect or abuse.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Big 12 Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 8

Big 12 schedule and previews for the Week 8 games: Kansas at Baylor, West Virginia at Texas Tech, Texas at Oklahoma State, Kansas State at TCU

Reason

A Texas Woman Claims That She Nearly Died of Sepsis After Being Denied an Abortion

"It was a waiting game, the most horrific version of a staring contest: Whose life would end first? Mine, or my daughter's?"

Tribune News Service

Former Texas officer pleads guilty to pepper-spraying man who was filming police in 2020

FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Keller police sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally pepper-spraying and arresting a man who filmed his son’s interactions with Keller police in August 2020.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Google for compiling Texans’ biometric data

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, claims Google illegally collects and indefinitely stores information about Texans’ facial geometry and voiceprints without their consent, even if they’re not the ones using Google devices.

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