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• Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids, a setback for transgender rights

  19-06-2025 00:54 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights.
  The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump's Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to Tennessee's.
  Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conserva
  
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• The human impact of SB 3: How Delta-9 THC helps a woman with Alzheimer's

  19-06-2025 00:39 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (Nexstar) -- Roger Galpin's mother Iona was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2021. Roger noticed she was mixing up or forgetting parts of memories. In 2022, he decided to move Iona to Georgetown Living, a senior facility for patients with Alzheimer's and dementia."She settled in wonderfully here, fantastically," Galpin said. "She was quite content."But in 2023, Iona took a turn for the worse."She was becoming more combative," Galpin said. "She seemed more constantly anxiou
  
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• City of Austin celebrates completion of affordable home project, calls for more

  19-06-2025 00:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  As part of a broader plan to expand affordability, city leaders and project stakeholders celebrated on Wednesday the completion of a South Austin affordable townhome development. The city of Austin wants home ownership to become a reality for more people. In 2024, through the Ownership Housing Development Assistance program, the city awarded $9 million to developers planning to produce affordable homes. Around one-third of that went to Industry ATX to build aroun
  
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• Texas approves $20 billion for water infrastructure, pending voter approval

  19-06-2025 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Gov. Greg Abbott signed historic water infrastructure legislation Wednesday, aiming to invest over $20 billion to the state's water fund over the next 22 years. Abbott signed the bill at SIMFLO, a pump manufacturing facility in Lubbock.The Republican Governor signed Senate Bill 7 by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, and House Joint Resolution 7 by Perry and Rep. Cody Harris, R-Palestine, which together represent what Abbott called "the largest water law in the history of th
  
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