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• Environmentalists take petrochemical giant Formosa to court over plastics pollution

  25-03-2019 06:01 via tracking.feedpress.it
  Diane Wilson takes a break from organizing bins containing thousands of plastic pellets that she and other activists have collected from Lavaca Bay and Cox Creek over the past three years. Emree Weaver / The Texas TribuneSEADRIFT — On a warm, breezy afternoon last week, Diane Wilson stood at the front of a deep, metal storage shed, covered in a sheen of sweat. It was still full of stuff — blue tarps, file cabinets, luggage and plastic boxes filled with paperwork. But it had been far
  
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• Dozens of Texas water systems exceed new federal limits on “forever chemicals”

  16-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The EPA set its first-ever drinking water limits for five types of PFAS chemicals, and nearly 50 of Texas public water systems have reported exceeding the new limits for at least one.
  
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• State district judge recommends overturning Melissa Lucio’s death sentence

  16-04-2024 03:12 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  In a rare joint statement, the district attorney and the defense agreed that prosecutors withheld evidence that could point to a Rio Grande Valley woman’s innocence in the death of her toddler.
  
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• Federal judge fines Texas child welfare agency $100K per day for foster care failures

  16-04-2024 00:58 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  It is the third time the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, which manages the state’s foster care system, has been found in contempt, since 2011.
  
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• Colin Allred’s fundraising for U.S. Senate race surpasses O’Rourke’s early 2018 pace

  15-04-2024 23:19 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  U.S. Rep. Colin Allred raised over $9.5 million for his U.S. Senate campaign this quarter, surpassing Beto O’Rourke’s 2018 first quarter sum of $6.7 million.
  
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• Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas

  15-04-2024 19:08 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The planned manufacturing and research cluster is expected to create at least 17,000 construction jobs and more than 4,500 manufacturing jobs.
  
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• The Texas Tribune is investing more in our border coverage. We need your help.

  15-04-2024 16:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  We’re tripling our reporting presence on the border during this crucial moment. Help us pay for this expensive work.
  
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• As climate change intensifies wildfire risk, prescribed burns prove their worth in the heat-stressed Panhandle

  15-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  In Borger, officials say a prescribed burn stopped the Windy Deuce Fire from entering neighborhoods. But the practice has faced opposition from some landowners.
  
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• A South Texas candidate sues his town for records he says will prove his opponent's corruption

  15-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Rio Grande City officials called Ediel Barrera’s requests “vague or ambiguous.”
  
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• Texas Democrats open to saving U.S. Speaker Mike Johnson from motion to vacate

  13-04-2024 00:23 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  House Democrats voted in lockstep against former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. This time some Texans say they’re open to saving the Louisiana speaker.
  
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• Far-right activist Jonathan Stickland starts new group, months after white supremacist scandal

  12-04-2024 23:25 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The former lawmaker registered “RaTmasTeR Holdings” along with Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi. The name is a nod to Stickland’s alias as an infamous internet troll.
  
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• U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar warns that using federal aid to help migrants travel makes San Antonio a “magnet”

  12-04-2024 23:24 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The city will get an additional $17.8 million to help migrants. Cuellar, who created the grant program in 2014, said it was never intended to help migrants travel to other cities.
  
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• Man crashes stolen 18-wheeler into DPS office, killing one and injuring several others

  12-04-2024 21:01 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Authorities arrested the driver, whom a local official said was denied a commercial driver’s license from the Brenham DPS station.
  
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• Man crashes stolen 18-wheeler into DPS office, injuring several people

  12-04-2024 21:01 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Authorities arrested the driver, whom a local official said was denied a commercial driver’s license from the Brenham DPS station.
  
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• Valley activists wage transatlantic battle to stop natural gas exports from South Texas

  12-04-2024 19:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  As legal efforts fall short, Rio Grande Valley residents are pursuing a novel strategy to halt export terminals on wetlands: Lobby Europeans to reject gas from the U.S.
  
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• Water scarcity and clean energy collide in South Texas

  12-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  A high-tech chemical company has purchased the last available water in the Nueces River to make hydrogen and ammonia for export.
  
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• Texas psychologists’ board pushes back on costly new national licensing exam, considers crafting a cheaper state test

  12-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Faced with a nagging mental health provider shortage, the state psychologists’ licensing board is looking into whether the state should devise its own exam to get professionals licensed more quickly.
  
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• With an eye on Amarillo courthouse, U.S. senators push to stop federal judge shopping

  12-04-2024 00:14 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Judge shopping has made a federal courthouse in Amarillo with a Trump-appointed judge a destination for conservative litigants challenging Biden administration policies.
  
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• Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick previews 57-item to do list for the next legislative session

  11-04-2024 20:03 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Housing affordability, fighting antisemitism on college campuses, examining charitable bail organizations and banning Delta 9 are among Patrick’s priorities in the next legislative session.
  
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• Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick lists housing affordability, fighting antisemitism on campus among 2025 priorities

  11-04-2024 20:03 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Examining charitable bail organizations and banning Delta 9 were also among Patrick’s priorities in the next legislative session.
  
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• After Texas’ largest wildfire is contained, a rancher moves on with a single calf

  11-04-2024 18:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  In testimony to state lawmakers, Dale Jenkins and his Panhandle peers shared the “hidden cost” of the wildfires.
  
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• Some South Texas school employees could be barred from holding elected office after fraud investigation

  11-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  A state-appointed board of managers overseeing the La Joya Independent School District is set to consider the policy this week.
  
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• Amid fears of arsenic in private water wells, Texas A&M is offering low-cost tests in Ector and Midland counties

  11-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Officials are worried that there’s arsenic in some of the estimated 13,500 private water wells in Ector and Midland counties.
  
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• South Texas groups trying to stop state’s land swap with SpaceX

  10-04-2024 19:03 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is negotiating a land trade involving part of Boca Chica State Park.
  
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• T-Squared: Get your tickets now for the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival

  10-04-2024 13:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Reserve your spot to connect with other Texans and big-name speakers on issues that affect our daily lives.
  
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• Most 18-year-old Texans aren’t signed up to vote despite a law requiring voter registration in high schools

  10-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Voting is habit-forming and high schools are critical for starting that pattern.
  
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• As Senate race heats up, Ted Cruz pitches himself as the better bipartisan

  10-04-2024 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Cruz rose to fame as a right-wing fighter, but he hopes to highlight his unsung accomplishments as he faces Rep. Colin Allred.
  
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• Años antes de que los caracterizaran como criminales, los residentes de Colony Ridge buscaron ayuda del estado

  10-04-2024 11:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Los residentes presentaron más de 60 quejas en contra de Colony Ridge. No obtuvieron muchas soluciones del estado.
  
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• About 40% of Texas election administrators leave their job each presidential election cycle, report finds

  09-04-2024 23:51 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Texas’ turnover rate has held steady at 40% since 2014. That’s slightly above the new national average.
  
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• Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Harris County to block program that would give cash to poorest households

  09-04-2024 20:23 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The program would give roughly 1,900 households payments of $500 for 18 months with no strings attached. Paxton called it “plainly unconstitutional.”
  
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