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Trump and Texas Republicans plot changes in congressional district
OurWeekly LA - California
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July 31, 2025
President Trump told Texas Republicans on a conference call on the morning of July 15 that the GOP will attempt to create five new Republican seats in a “mid-decade redistricting” in Texas. Next week, the Texas legislature will consider the move....
Texas, New York locked in legal dispute over abortion pill
KWKT - Texas
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July 29, 2025
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A legal showdown between Texas and New York is now set after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a new lawsuit against Ulster County, New York’s clerk, Taylor Bruck. Bruck refused to enforce a $100,000 penalty against Dr....
New school year in Houston Co. brings staff raises and innovative student support programs
WGXA - Georgia
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HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) — The first day of the 2025–2026 school year marked a major milestone for Houston County Schools as Dr. Richard Rogers officially began his new role as superintendent. WGXA News first reported Rogers’ appointment in...
Once Again, CBS News Whines About Texas Redistricting
CNSNews
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Embed Code JOHN DICKERSON: Now to a national partisan chess match over control of the House of Representatives. Republicans in Texas...
Day Trips: Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Athens
The Austin Chronicle - Texas
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photos by Gerald E. McLeod The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center outside of Athens provides a view of the creatures that inhabit Texas waters that few will ever witness in the wild. Not only is it a premier educational facility, but it is also one...
The women who paid the price of fame
The Observer
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She is wearing the white dress, of course, and her hair is platinum too, curls teased towards the Los Angeles sky, her red lips parted in ecstasy-on-cue. The entire photo has an uncanny air, the effort at Marilyn mimicry so sincere that the effect...
3 questions Texas lawmakers will ask Kerr County leaders Thursday after deadly floods
KENS - Texas
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July 31, 2025
Texas lawmakers are holding a hearing in Kerr County on Thursday to question leaders about the devastating flooding that killed more than 100 there. KERR COUNTY, Texas — Texas lawmakers held a joint committee hearing on July 23 to discuss the July...
Texas Senate redistricting committee set to vote on subpoenaing Department of Justice official
KLST - Texas
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July 29, 2025
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The nine-member Senate select committee on redistricting is planning to vote Wednesday on whether to subpoena an assistant attorney general to testify. The Department of Justice official is the author of a letter that has been...
Check Out the 7 Most Dangerous Gangs in Texas
24/7 Wall St.
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July 31, 2025
Crime aruba200 / Getty Images Because of its large size, international border, and booming metropolitan areas, Texas has always been a crossroads—of culture, commerce, and, unfortunately, criminal activity. With all it has going for it, it also...
Families, investigators remain haunted by unsolved Texas yogurt shop murders
KTSA - Texas
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July 31, 2025
More than three decades ago, four teenage girls were brutally murdered in an I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas. The horrific crime has haunted their families, the city, and the investigators who chased every lead in the case to a...
Mark Kellogg looking to upgrade WVU women’s slate
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Skyler Shaw takes a jumper during a college women’s basketball game last season in Morgantown. (Photo Provided by BlueGoldNews.com) MORGANTOWN — Mark Kellogg has spent two years evaluating and calculating in an attempt to find the...
LISD says it's working toward compliance with Texas' school safety law
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - Texas
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Lubbock ISD received a good cause exemption for not having an armed officer at every school. The district updated its Student Code of Conduct to comply with new state laws. Cell phone use is now banned during the school day, with some exceptions....
Texas AG takes legal action against New York county clerk shielding abortionist from penalties
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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July 29, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, has filed a legal petition against a New York county clerk who is shielding an abortionist from being held accountable for illegally causing the death of a baby in Texas last year. CatholicVote...
Pretty Project gives free braiding services to children ahead of new school year
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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July 31, 2025
TEXARKANA, Texas -- More than 25 local braiders are teaming up this week to provide free braiding services to children to help them look and feel their best as the new school year begins. Project Pretty aims to uplift children and support parents,...
Senate Commerce Committee considers new weather alert legislation after Texas floods
Austin News - Texas
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July 30, 2025
Sen. Cruz - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Official U.S. Senate headshotSen. Cruz - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | Official U.S. Senate headshot At a Senate...
Texas YES Project's raffle races to support students and it's nearing the finish line
CBS Austin - Texas
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas YES Project is revving up its efforts to support local students with its Drive Away for Education raffle. As the event approaches its conclusion, Executive Director Danielle Gunter shared details on how to participate...
Kerr County officials to testify on Central Texas flood response at Thursday public hearing
CBS Dallas - Texas
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By Marissa Armas Updated on: July 31, 2025 / 10:51 AM CDT / CBS Texas Watch live: Texas Legislature hearing on Central Texas flooding response by CBS TEXAS on YouTube Kerr County officials are preparing to testify about the Central Texas floods...
Far-Left Teachers are Indoctrinating Children to Hate the West
NewGeography
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The breakdown in relations between the US’s top teacher’s union, the National Education Association (NEA), and the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights group focused on tackling anti-Semitism, reflects a deeper and dangerous takeover of...
Rural Texas county’s top leaders were asleep, out of town during initial hours of flood crisis
Associated Press
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July 31, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that came barreling through the region, causing widespread destruction and killing more than 130...
Women’s Open 2025: Minjee Lee’s Grand Slam dream at Royal Porthcawl
Australian Golf Digest
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July 30, 2025
[PHOTO: Oisin Keniry/R&A via Getty Images] Minjee Lee can move one step closer to her ambition of the LPGA ‘Super Slam’ with a victory at this week’s AIG Women’s Open that would make her a career Grand Slam winner. RELATED: How to watch the final...