On November 4, the Texas Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case involving former state representative Frederick Frazier (R-McKinney ) v. Paul Chabot. In the Republican primary for Texas House District ( HD ) 61 in Collin County in 2022, Chabot defeated Frazier. In the runoff election, Frazier clinched the victory, but a
State lawmakers are considering passing a state clarity legislation and enforcing additional rules for proxy consulting firms, and they may summons two foreign-owned advisors over continued conflicts of interest claims that the firms advised businesses against moving to Texas. State lawmakers approved Senate Bill ( SB ) 2337, which mandates that proxy advisory firms disclose
This story works better on ProPublica’s website. Global leaders are banking on tech advances to solve climate change. One leading idea is to capture carbon pollution from the air and then bury it underground forever. It may sound practical. There is no conceivable way it can work. For more than 40 years, oil companies have
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has regressed in its conformity with the changes mandated by a class-action petition and settlement involving racial profiling, according to a court-appointed screen. Jesse Rieser for ProPublica According to a monitor, Arizona’s largest sheriff’s department is losing ground in its efforts to cooperate with court-mandated changes related to a long-running
After half a century of keeping abortion protected by the Constitution of the United States (SCOTUS), the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) reversed the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade and returned the abortion issue largely to the state. Four years later, Texas has generally abolished the legitimate practice of performing medical
In a home financing system in Minnesota, Chadwick Banken was found guilty of violating the law. Journal of Aaron Nesheim/Sahan A Minnesota home owner and financier was found guilty of breaking state law in a plan that targeted East African Islamists with dishonest real estate deals marketed as” sharia compliant.” A jury decided to support
Shoshana Gordon/ProPublica picture picture. Clive Mason/Getty Images as cause image. My family typically has a fairly normal morning routine. We get our 1-year-old prepared for childcare by getting up early, drinking some coffee, and getting her ready for daycare. However, on a Wednesday night past month, I discovered myself uttering to my family a line
The Better Care, Better Cost Act, which Congressman Craig Goldman (R-TX-12 ), introduced last year, he claimed” creates market opportunities for health insurance companies to improve patient care and lower prices.” House Bill 9336, which was co-sponsored by Congressman August Pfluger (R-TX-11 ), is referred to as a measure to” to amend title XIX of
New World screwworm ( NWS ) cases in Texas are now in the double digits, with the state’s 15th case confirmed on Sunday. The dangerous flesh-eating animal parasite known as NWS was discovered in a baby in Zavala County in the first week of June after being recently eradicated in the country in the 1960s.
Several American reservoirs offer the same size, variety, and opportunity for angling as Toledo Bend. This large pond, which stretches along the Texas-Louisiana boundary and passes through the center of the Pineywoods, has earned a reputation as one of the best freshwater fisheries in the South. Toledo Bend, which was established in the 1960s as
The summer’s dog days can sometimes make a person a different kind of guitar angler from one who is adapting. Some Texas tank fishermen have already observed the waning of spring and early summer patterns by July. In May, the scorer support that produced high-quality fish appears bare. The secret of deep grass beds disappears.
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