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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
This story works best on ProPublica’s website. Before vaccines, death and disability stalked children. Then shots turned once-common infections into something doctors only read about in textbooks. When immunization rates drop, however, plagues from the past can come roaring back, as measles has in American communities where parents decided not to vaccinate their children. Imagine
Texas Comptroller Audit of Attorney General Fuels Hancock-Paxton Feud Over Islamic Schools
A long-planned audit of the Texas Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) spending may have further fueled a public spat between Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock and Attorney General Ken Paxton already brewing over whether public education dollars may be used for schools with alleged ties to Islamic terrorist organizations and foreign adversaries. The comptroller conducts
Laredo Citizen Journalist Claiming First Amendment Violation Denied Appeal at U.S. Supreme Court
A citizen journalist from Laredo who has been fighting a legal case about her First Amendment rights since 2017 was denied an appeal by the United States Supreme Court. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. See the
Speaker Burrows Rolls Out Texas House Interim Committee Charges, New Select Committees
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) released his interim committee charges on Thursday, establishing three new committees and addressing a plethora of issues touching upon government accountability, Texas’ infrastructure needs, and hot-button social issues. Interim charges lay the groundwork for what lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate will focus on leading up to the
Patrick Announces Texas Senate Committee Assignments, New Religious Liberty Committee
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the Texas Senate committee assignments this week, with the exit of five members of the Senate and four chairs. Patrick also named interim Senate committee members who will serve through the 90th Legislative Session. Patrick announced the creation of the Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty, which will be made
An OB-GYN Was Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Medical Board Let Him Keep Practicing.
The woman, 52, lay on the exam table at a clinic in Richland, Washington. Her legs were parted and propped up. The OB-GYN, Dr. Mark Mulholland, stood between her legs, inquiring about the woman’s sex life as he had in prior visits, she wrote in a complaint filed with Washington state health care regulators. She
Corpus Christi City Council Moves Forward with Resident Petition for Removal of Mayor
The Corpus Christi City Council voted 5 to 3 on Tuesday, March 24 to move forward with a hearing to possibly remove Mayor Paulette Guajardo based on a citizen petition alleging that the mayor knew about the forging or altering of federal documents involved in a tax incentive. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is
Newly-Elected State Sen. Taylor Rehmet Complains of Lack of Interim Senate Committee Assignments
Recently-elected state Sen. Taylor Rehmet (D-Fort Worth), who won a special election to fill the vacant Senate District (SD) 9 seat and flipped it from Republican to Democratic, is clashing with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over Rehmet’s lack of committee assignments during the legislative interim. Rehmet was not appointed to any Senate committees or interim
Paxton Calls for Comptroller Hancock’s Firing After Muslim School ESA Program Dispute
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on Gov. Greg Abbott to fire Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock after Hancock sent a letter questioning Paxton’s legal handling of a Muslim school accepted into the Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) program. In a March 24 letter, Hancock addressed a temporary restraining order (TRO) by a federal judge that
White House Announces $16 Billion Investment For East Texas Power Facility
Anderson County in East Texas will soon be home to a $16 billion gas-fired power facility, the Texas Power Generation Hub, as part of a broader $550 billion U.S.-Japan investment agreement. In October, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visited President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., where two world leaders signed an agreement representing the described
U.S., Texas Move to Mitigate Falling Agricultural Fertilizer Supply Following Iran War
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins spoke to the impact of the war with Iran on American fertilizer on Sunday, stating on X, “The conflict in the Middle East has led to a temporary disruption in global energy and fertilizer markets.” In an interview with FOX News, Rollins said, “We’ve got to reshore our fertilizer
New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is on the verge of giving the Portland Trail Blazers a major gift: hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to overhaul the team’s arena in an effort to keep the Blazers’ incoming owner, billionaire Tom Dundon, from moving the NBA franchise to a new city. The deal came together with little
