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Gov. Greg Abbott appoints officer indicted for misconduct during George Floyd protests to police regulatory agency

Justin Berry was among 19 Austin police officers indicted earlier this year, accused of using excessive force against people protesting the murder of George Floyd.

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Texas Republicans rally their base at CPAC, but draw criticism over Hungarian prime minister’s appearance

Viktor Orbán appeared at the convention in Dallas after saying last week that Europeans “do not want to become peoples of mixed race.” Texas officials attending, though, stayed focused on criticizing Democrats.

The Texas Tribune

Alex Jones hit with $45.2 million in punitive damages over Sandy Hook

A Texas jury punished conspiracy-peddler Alex Jones with a $45.2 million judgment Friday — just a day after awarding a family he defamed $4.1 million in damages.

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Alex Jones ordered to pay additional $45.2m in punitive damages to family of Sandy Hook victim by Texas jury

The verdict comes just one day after the right-wing media figure was ordered to pay $4.11m in compensatory damages

The Independent UK

DC mayor’s request for federal assistance for influx of migrants sent by Texas is denied

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense denied D.C. Mayor Murial Bowser’s request for the National Guard to assist in the influx of migrants sent by charter buses from Texas, a day after Gov. Greg Abbott criticized the mayor at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

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TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons

On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about the problems within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and with Eleanor about the state’s efforts to expand postnatal Medicaid.

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Migrants from Texas border arrive at NYC bus terminal as Gov. Greg Abbott’s feud with Mayor Adams escalates

NEW YORK — A busload of about 50 migrants dispatched to New York City by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrived early Friday as the Lone Star State Republican continued his war with the White House over its open border policies.

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Texas House speaker says he’s confident Legislature will revive expiring corporate tax break program

Lawmakers let the program, known as Chapter 313, expire at the end of this year after the Senate declined to consider a bill extending it. It was the first time in its 20-year history that legislators decided not to renew the program.

The Texas Tribune

Mother of two girls allegedly killed by their father tells trial he molested the teens

“He controlled what they did, who they talked to, who they could be friends with, if they — and who they — could date. And he controlled everything in his household,” prosecutor says

The Independent UK

Migrants from Texas border arrive at NYC’s Port Authority Bus Terminal as Gov. Greg Abbott’s feud with Mayor Adams escalates

Tribune News Service

Texas Residents Sue After Police Allegedly Hold Them at Gunpoint and Break Man's Dialysis Port

The lawsuit says police in Rosenberg, Texas, have a history of excessive force and unlawful searches, especially against those with medical vulnerabilities.

Reason

Texas and Arizona bus thousands of migrants to US capital

The move by Republican governors protesting Biden’s US border policies has been dismissed by some as ‘political stunt’.

Al Jazeera

The Fascist Circus Comes to CPAC Texas

Republican politicians joined Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for speeches laced with antisemitism and overt Christian nationalism.

Texas Observer

Texas’ grid holds up amid a brutal heat wave and record demand. But at what price?

DALLAS — After a 2021 winter storm shut down much of the Texas grid and killed at least 246, there was a reckoning in Austin.

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Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas is now busing migrants to New York City

Abbott made the announcement Friday in the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city that is steeped in politics.

Reuters

Texas governor sends migrants to New York City as immigration standoff accelerates

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said on Friday he has started to send buses carrying migrants to New York City in an effort to push responsibility for border crossers to Democratic mayors and U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

InsideEVs

Tesla's 2022 Shareholder Meeting: Key Cyber Roundup Takeaways

Tesla held its annual meeting at its Texas factory on Thursday. The meeting addressed 13 proposals, five of which were introduced by the board of directors.

USA Today Sports Media Group

UGA football offers 4-star Texas OT

The 6-foot-7, 290-pound offensive lineman took an unofficial visit to Georgia on July 30.

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Evening Standard

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4m

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered pay $4.1 million to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre for repeatedly claiming the shooting was a hoax.The far-right radio host and Infowars webcaster, 48, was sued by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, who lost their six-year-old son…

The Texas Tribune

EPA says it is looking for “super-emitters” of methane gas in Texas’ Permian Basin

The federal environment agency says it will continue flyovers of the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico until Aug. 15 using infrared cameras to survey oil and gas operations.

WEKU

GOP governors sent buses of migrants to D.C. — with no plan for what came next

For months, governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants to Washington, D.C. Neither the local nor federal government greets them when they arrive.

Tribune News Service

Because of Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare

New, untested abortion bans have made doctors unsure about treating some pregnancy complications, which has led to life-threatening delays and trapped families in a limbo of grief and helplessness.

Tribune News Service

Rangers beat White Sox, but org’s player development department gets win of the night

ARLINGTON, Texas — Over the last decade or five, there’s been a lot said about the Rangers’ scouting and player development departments, but rarely, if ever, has this been the adjective of choice to describe an, um, accomplishment: Historic.

Benzinga

Tesla Shareholders Approve 3-For-1 Stock Split — Elon Musk Shares Cybertruck Update, Teases New Factory

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) held its annual shareholder meeting at its manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas on Thursday evening. Most of the 13 board recommendations were passed by shareholders, while CEO Elon Musk charted the electric vehicle maker's progress.

Al Jazeera

US conservatives cheer Hungarian PM Viktor Orban at conference

US Republicans view Orban’s Hungary as a conservative, anti-woke paradise.

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