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Incarcerated Children in Texas Left Without Bathroom Access for 22 Hours

"This is inhumane," one child told state inspectors.

Reason

California HS football player arrested on suspicion of using fake birth certificate

A 19-year-old Californian allegedly used a fake birth certificate to enroll at Montclair High School and enroll on the football team.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas DPS director says he wishes his agency had taken control over the police response to the Uvalde shooting

The state’s top law enforcement agency also told USA Today that seven officers have now been referred to its internal affairs division, including two who are command staff.

The Texas Tribune

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker says racism behind political mailings disguised as newspapers that attack new criminal justice laws

CHICAGO — A series of political mailings that resemble newspapers and excoriate Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker over crime issues has prompted the governor to claim they’re the work of “racist political consultant” and right-wing radio show host Dan Proft, who also is financially supporting Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey.

Chicago Tribune

Texas could tie community college funding to student outcomes

A commission tasked by the Texas Legislature to recommend new ways to fund community colleges is suggesting the state fund schools based on how successful students are at completing programs in high-demand fields and transferring to universities to continue their education.

The Texas Tribune

Third group of migrants settling in after arrival from Texas, Chicago officials say

CHICAGO — A group of more than 100 migrants arrived in Chicago Wednesday afternoon from the Texas border, city officials confirmed.

Chicago Tribune

Salaries for top staffers at Obama Foundation are outpacing their counterparts at other presidential centers

CHICAGO — Even before Barack Obama left the White House, plans to build his presidential center in Jackson Park were met with resistance as nearby residents feared the center’s very existence would drive up costs in an area the former president says he wants to uplift.

Chicago Tribune

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Angels with large ‘wings’ shield students from harm at Utah pride march

Supporters dressed as angels stepped in between people gathered to support Brigham Young University’s queer community and anti-LGBTQ+ protesters

The Guardian - US

Lollapalooza producers to pay $410,000 to clean up Grant Park after this year’s music festival

The price tag for restoring Chicago’s Grant Park after this year’s four-day Lollapalooza festival totaled more than $400,000, a $120,000 hike from the year before.

Chicago Tribune

‘Angels’ protect LGBT+ students from armed protesters at drag show event at Utah’s Brigham Young University

Winged supporters mirrored famous 1999 murder trial of gay Wyoming student

The Independent UK

Chicago becomes latest stop for migrants bused from Texas

CHICAGO — Seventy-five migrants who arrived in Texas were dropped off at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday night, officials said.

Chicago Tribune

A son’s mistake, a family’s grief and the cruel lessons of the fentanyl epidemic

CHICAGO -- Justin Pearlman was settling into his latest rehab, a $95-a-day treatment center in Pennsylvania, when the Tribune reached him for an interview about his struggle with heroin addiction.

Chicago Tribune

A conservative school district and Texas lawmaker try to outmaneuver efforts to subvert “In God We Trust” law

After protesters solicited donations to distribute posters to schools across the state in Arabic, state Sen. Bryan Hughes sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency clarifying his legislation requiring schools to display signs with the national motto.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ child welfare agency told staffers to keep quiet about gender-affirming care investigations, documents show

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services leaders instructed employees to avoid written communications about the cases and barred low-level employees from handling the investigations, according to internal agency communications.

The Texas Tribune

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After a decade of hype, Dallas-Houston bullet train developer faces a leadership exodus as land acquisition slows

Texas Central has made little visible progress financing the high-speed rail project and acquiring property for the route in recent years. The company maintains that the bullet train is still being developed but declined to provide details about the path forward.

The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune and other newsrooms sue to force Uvalde officials to release shooting records

The Tribune and other news organizations also previously filed suit against the Department of Public Safety over its refusal to release records related to the school shooting.

Chicago Tribune

Minor-leaguers and their advocates hope Congress will revoke MLB’s antitrust exemption. Here’s how they are pushing for change.

CHICAGO — Rob Manfred’s response to a question last month about minor league salaries before the All-Star Game took off when the Major League Baseball commissioner said “I reject the premise that they’re not paid a living wage.”

The Texas Tribune

Families of the Uvalde shooting victims denounce Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun reform

The governor has made a vocal enemy in the families of Robb Elementary shooting victims. They are demanding a special legislative session to reach a compromise on the minimum age to purchase semi-automatic rifles.

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Texas border op judge slurs migrants

Allen Amos allegedly used the derogatory term in a recent conversation with a defense attorney

The Texas Tribune

Progressive fundraising group raising $25 million to boost Democrats this November and beyond

The list of the Texas Future Project’s beneficiaries includes groups like Annie’s List and Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, which work to elect more Democratic women who support abortion rights.

The Texas Tribune

Judge in Texas border crackdown accused of using racist slur against migrants

Allen Amos, a visiting judge handling trespassing cases under Gov. Greg Abbott’s “catch-and-jail” border operation, allegedly used the derogatory term in a recent conversation with a defense attorney.

Tribune News Service

Where are 3 missing Tampa Bay women? The answer may rest with ‘the devil’

TAMPA, Fla. — The families sat in lawn chairs, watching big yellow machines claw through the earth.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez and his wife defied property tax law for eight years by claiming two homestead exemptions

In Texas, married couples generally can claim only one such exemption, meant to provide some tax relief on properties considered “principal residences.” Homestead exemptions cannot typically be claimed on commercial properties, second homes or income properties.

Chicago Tribune

How Chicago Cubs lefty Justin Steele has kept hitters guessing by altering the movement on his fastball

WASHINGTON — Three weeks later, Chicago Cubs left-hander Justin Steele laughs at how close he came to making history.

The Texas Tribune

Pablo Vegas, a utility executive in Ohio, named ERCOT’s new CEO

The state power grid operator has been run by an interim chief since the previous CEO was fired following the deadly 2021 winter storm that crashed much of the grid.

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