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Enbridge to Supply Meta with Power from 600-MW Solar Project in Texas
Rigzone
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July 25, 2025
Enbridge Inc. said it has reached a final investment decision on Clear Fork, a 600-megawatt (MW) solar project in Texas, with Meta Platforms, Inc. signing a long-term contract for 100 percent of the renewable output of the project. Clear Fork is...
Texas is considering flood warning sirens. Here's how other states are using them.
KABB - Texas
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State lawmakers are considering new options for outdoor warning sirens following deadly flooding in Kerr County. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently said Texas needs sirens “up and down these flash flood alleys” across the state, adding that the...
Texas A&M football celebrity softball game provides star moment for long snapper
KBTX - Texas
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July 24, 2025
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - As the cliche goes, if fans know the long snapper’s name, it’s typically not for anything good. Flipping the script Wednesday, Texas A&M long snapper Jacob Graham was the most valuable player on a field full of football...
Three free school supply events to help more than 1,100 kids across the Greater Houston area this summer
KPRC - Texas
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July 25, 2025
As summer winds down and families prepare for the back-to-school rush, more than 1,100 elementary students across the Houston area will be heading into the new school year a little more prepared and with one less thing for families to worry about,...
Historic Texas Icon, The Driskill Hotel, Begins Full Renovation
Hospitality Net
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July 25, 2025
Pixiu Investments, Woodbine Development and Hyatt Hotels Corporation announce plans for the full renovation and restoration of the iconic Driskill Hotel, part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, in Austin, Texas. The transformation of Texas' first...
SEC preview: Alabama, Georgia, Texas, LSU ... this conference is wide open
ESPN U.S.
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Last we saw the SEC on the gridiron, it was underachieving dramatically. Well, sort of. SEC teams went 8-7 in bowl/playoff season, falling short against the spread by only 1.6 points per game (which is to say that the spreads were pretty accurate...
Texas Longhorns fans rejoice: 'The Stampede' podcast launches today!
CBS Austin - Texas
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Longhorns enthusiasts have a new reason to celebrate as "The Stampede: A Podcast on the Texas Longhorns" debuts today. This exciting new podcast promises to deliver an insider's perspective on all things Longhorns, featuring...
Fighting for the children
Dallas Voice - Texas
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July 25, 2025
Morgan and Joy Darling with three of their four children and their grandchild at Easter DARCY BASS | Dallas Voice Intern Editor@Dallasvoice.com When Morgan Darling’s phone rang last summer, she didn’t expect it to be the new superintendent of...
DHR Health Women’s Hospital Celebrates 150K Births
KURV - Texas
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July 25, 2025
A South Texas hospital is celebrating a major milestone. A mother at DHR Health Women’s Hospital recently gave birth to the facility’s 150-thousandth baby. A ceremony yesterday honored the achievement, recognizing patients, staff members and...
Texas Might Rid Itself of STAAR Tests in 2026 After All
The Austin Chronicle - Texas
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Gov. Greg Abbott added legislation to eliminate the STAAR test to the agenda on July 9 (art by Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images) Texas’ standardized test, STAAR, has no shortage of opponents. Teachers say prep for it eats up learning time, parents say...
Brian Harrison criticizes Texas Legislature's budget process and files bill for repeal
South DFW News - Texas
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July 24, 2025
Texas State Representative Brian Harrison used his Twitter account on July 24, 2025, to criticize recent actions by the Texas Legislature and announce legislative steps he is taking in response.In a post published at 16:57 UTC, Harrison stated,...
Will UConn go back-to-back? Predictions, top stories 100 days 'til women's hoops tips
ESPN United Kingdom
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It has been 110 days since the UConn Huskies defeated the defending champion South Carolina Gamecocks to cut down the nets in Tampa, Florida, leaving 100 more days until the 2025-26 women's college basketball season tips off. Can Geno Auriemma's...
A Texas man moved his family to Russia to flee LGBTQ+ values. Here's what we know
Snopes
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July 22, 2025
In July 2025, a claim circulated online that a Texas father had moved his family to Russia before enlisting in the country's armed forces and fighting on the front lines of the war in Ukraine. While it was true that Derek Huffman moved his wife...
Bruce Bolt gave the Twins’ Harrison Bader color and flair. And he put the Texas sports startup on the map
MinnPost - Minnesota
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July 25, 2025
And One with Britt Robson | Minnesota Timberwolves analysis and exlusive commentary from sports columnist Britt Robson. Delivered weekly. Something about Harrison Bader, the charismatic Twins outfielder, makes him impossible to miss. Whether it’s...
An immigrant family hides for their lives in Missouri as ICE crackdown intensifies
KCUR - Missouri
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July 25, 2025
There was a precious time last summer when a Guatemalan immigrant finally felt at home in Missouri. He, his wife and their young son were in a festive group of random people who’d gone to a mid-Missouri river to relax and float downstream in a...
Trump’s “one-two punch” targeting immigration courts will test Texas detention centers, experts warn
The Gilmer Mirror - Texas
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By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune July 25, 2025 “Trump’s “one-two punch” targeting immigration courts will test Texas detention centers, experts warn” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that...
Federal threats to gender-affirming care add fear for future of access for minors
KUNC - Colorado
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July 25, 2025
Efforts at the federal level to restrict access to gender-affirming care, particularly for minors, have resulted in growing demand in Colorado from out-of-state families seeking care for their transgender children. The U.S. Supreme Court in June...
Texas lawmakers tackle state’s catastrophic flooding in special session
The Guam Daily Post
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For the first time since devastating Fourth of July floods killed at least 137 people in Central Texas, the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature is confronting the tragedy and how to strengthen disaster preparedness amid growing criticism....
Texas A&M researchers look at disaster preparedness on individual level
KBTX - Texas
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July 24, 2025
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - July’s deadly floods have put emergency preparedness and response into the spotlight in Texas. Dr. Matthew Boyce, a professor in Health Policy and Management, said the study was conducted by way of a national survey...
Holocaust Museum Houston encourages ‘being an upstander’
Jewish Herald-Voice - Texas
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Holocaust Museum Houston’s new CEO Gary Weisserman sees the museum’s current work as uniquely essential. “There’s nothing more important going on in the world and no more important place to make an impact,” Weisserman said. “These are dangerous...