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Texas Democrats return for second special session as redistricting fight resumes
KPRC - Texas
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August 18, 2025
HOUSTON – After a two-week walkout, enough Texas House Democrats have returned to the Capitol to restore a quorum, allowing the second special session to begin. The return follows intense protest over Republicans’ mid-decade congressional...
Texas Tech lose out on key transfer RB with ACL injury
Sporting News
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August 19, 2025
Texas Tech football suffered a preseason blow Monday evening after a key transfer tore his ACL — an early setback for the Red Raiders on a roster they’ve spent millions on. Quinten Joyner’s injury will sideline the junior running back for the...
Houston launches real-time train watch map to help drivers avoid railroad delays
KPRC - Texas
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August 18, 2025
HOUSTON – Houston officials unveiled a new digital mapping tool designed to help residents avoid delays and stay safe at railroad crossings, addressing a persistent transportation challenge in a state that leads the nation in rail-related...
Texas AG to investigate Meta and Character.AI over 'misleading' mental health claims
Engadget
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August 18, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users. Paxton says that AI...
Texas May Have to Shut Down Data Centers to Protect Its Energy Grid
Oil Price
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August 18, 2025
Texas is preparing to cut off power to data centers during grid emergencies — a sign of just how strained the system has become. Over the Fourth of July, deadly floods swept across central Texas, disrupting infrastructure and causing widespread...
Houston Audubon hosts Purple Martin Watch Parties in Stafford
Fort Bend Star - Texas
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Houston Audubon is hosting two Purple Martin Watch Parties, on August 9 and 23, at the Old Navy parking lot in The Fountains shopping center in Stafford at U.S. 59 and Kirkwood. The events begin at 8:15 p.m. "Graceful in flight, the Purple Martin,...
Texas Tech transfer RB Quinten Joyner suffers season-ending knee injury
Marco Eagle - Florida
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Texas Tech RB Quinten Joyner suffered a season-ending knee injury in a weekend scrimmage The USC transfer was part of a top-rated Texas Tech transfer class Texas Tech is the No. 24 team in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll and is among the...
Texas declares end to measles outbreak that sickened hundreds
BNO News
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August 18, 2025
Texas health officials have declared an end to this year’s measles outbreak in West Texas after more than 42 days passed without a new case, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. As of Monday, a total of 762 cases were...
Texas Tech RB Quinten Joyner to miss season with knee injury
KFGO - North Dakota
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August 19, 2025
Texas Tech running back Quinten Joyner will miss the 2025 season after suffering a knee injury during a scrimmage on Saturday. Joyner, a sophomore, was a projected starter for the Red Raiders after transferring in from Southern California in the...
Texans’ line welcomes back Cam Robinson, lineup taking shape, better ‘physicality’ as culture changes
KPRC - Texas
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August 19, 2025
HOUSTON – For an offensive line displaying some signs of progress, they have some big decisions to make. Primarily, that involves deciding on a first-team offensive line configuration for the season-opener Sept. 7 against the Los Angeles Rams at...
Texas Democrats return to fight state redistricting from the House Floor and the courts
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth - Texas
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Texas Democrats who left the state to block a redistricting vote have returned to Austin, ending a two-week quorum break and allowing the Republican-controlled House to move forward with its legislative priorities AUSTIN, Texas - The quorum break...
Texas legislature working to get flood sirens, disaster relief back on track in second session
KENS - Texas
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August 18, 2025
Texas counties need key funding bills to recover from flooding damage and build siren systems. Where are those bills right now? AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers are working on key bills designed to help counties recover from the horrible July 4th...
Texas is investigating Meta and Character.ai for marketing chatbots as therapists
Cryptopolitan
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August 18, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an inquiry into Meta and Character.ai on whether the tech firms promote their chatbots as mental health experts and therapists without proper qualifications. In a statement on Monday, Paxton’s office...
Texas Democrats return: Lawmakers weigh THC, STAAR, flood relief, taxes, redistricting
The Derrick and The News-Herald - Pennsylvania
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Texas Democrats are back at the Capitol, tipping off what’s expected to be a fast-paced, jam-packed special session with policies related to THC, abortion access, flood relief, education policy and redistricting on the agenda. Bills related to...
Texas Democrats end walkout, allowing redrawn map to pass
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. California state lawmakers introduced legislation Monday to redraw that state’s congressional map to be more favorable to Democrats as a...
Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire feels pressure after roster overhaul
Texarkana Gazette - Arkansas
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August 19, 2025
Joey McGuire is the first Texas Tech coach since the late Mike Leach two-plus decades ago to get through his first three seasons without a losing record. The former Texas high school coach might need more than another winning season to see a fifth...
Houston man charged with smuggling 40 people in box truck
KGNS - Texas
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August 18, 2025
JIM HOGG COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - A 25-year-old Houston man has been charged with smuggling 40 people in a box truck with a hidden compartment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas said. Kenneth Gamboa is scheduled to appear...
Texas A&M Texarkana teams with AISOL for education, research
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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August 19, 2025
TEXARKANA, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — Texas A&M Texarkana (TAMUT) has announced a new educational and research partnership with Japanese technology company AIST Solutions Co. (AISol). The agreement was made official with the signing of a memorandum...
Texas Senate quickly passes several bills on second special session’s first day
KSAT - Texas
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August 19, 2025
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Senate quickly got to work Monday by passing several bills on the chamber’s desk as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s...
Texas Democrat locked inside Capitol after refusing to sign slip for mandatory escort
CBS Dallas - Texas
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Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn't sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety....