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U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez will run for a different House seat in 2022 after redistricting made his more competitive
BY PATRICK SVITEK at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 26, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, announced Tuesday he is running for reelection in the 34th Congressional District rather than his current 15th District. Gonzalez had been considering
An FDA panel will decide today whether to recommend approval of the Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 5-11. Here’s what that means for Texans.
BY KAREN BROOKS HARPER AND BRIAN LOPEZ at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 26, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to vote Tuesday on whether the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine should be used
Restrictions on transgender student athletes’ participation in school sports signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott
BY ALLYSON WALLER at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 25, 2021 For LGBTQ mental health support, call the Trevor Project’s 24/7 toll-free support line at 866-488-7386. You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or text 741741 from anywhere in the country to reach a trained crisis counselor. Read our mental health resource
Gov. Greg Abbott signs dog tethering bill after vetoing similar proposal over the summer
BY JAMES POLLARD at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 25, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. After vetoing a similar measure over the summer, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill that makes the unlawful restraint of a dog
Gov. Greg Abbott signs off on Texas’ new political maps, which protect GOP majorities while diluting voices of voters of color
BY ELVIA LIMÓN at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 25, 2021 With the state’s new congressional districts, Republicans designed a map that will tighten their hold on diversifying parts of the state, where the party’s grip on power was waning. It will also lock in the GOP’s majority in the 38-seat delegation for the U.S. House. The
Delta-8 in Texas remains classified as “illegal” after judge denies request from hemp firm
BY KEVIN REYNOLDS at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 25, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A state district judge in Austin has denied a CBD retailer’s request to block Texas health officials from listing the popular cannabis extract delta-8 as an
Texas universities with federal contracts are caught between Greg Abbott and Joe Biden over COVID-19 vaccine mandates
BY KATE MCGEE The Texas Tribune, OCT. 25, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Many Texas universities — which collectively hold billions of dollars in federal contracts — are wrestling with how to navigate the Biden administration’s mandate that all federal
Eva Guzman airs early ads in bid to stand out in crowded primary for attorney general
BY PATRICK SVITEK by The Texas Triubune, OCT. 24, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. One of the Republican primary challengers to Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching TV ads earlier than usual in a bid to stand out in the
2 killed in crash at drag racing event in Kerrville
Sean Batura Oct 23, 2021 Updated 19 hrs ago Two people were killed and others injured at Saturday’s drag racing event at the Kerrville-Kerr County airport, where police said a vehicle crashed into spectators. About 3:20 p.m. Saturday, a vehicle participating in the event lost control and left the runway, crashing into parked vehicles and
Woman at drag racing event says car fishtailed into crowd
Sean Batura Oct 23, 2021 Multiple injuries were reported at Saturday’s drag racing event at the Kerrville-Kerr County airport, where one witness said she was present when a car crashed into a crowd. A Kerrville Police Department spokesman confirmed there was a crash at the event and multiple people were injured, but he had no
U.S. Supreme Court will consider Texas’ near-total abortion ban on an expedited timeline. The law remains in effect for now.
BY ALLYSON WALLER at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 22, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to fast-track two Texas cases involving the state’s near-total ban on abortion, but it refused to halt the law from being
Enrollment at Texas’ public universities inches ahead of community colleges for the first time since 1990s
BY KATE MCGEE at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 22, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The number of students attending Texas’ community colleges dropped below enrollment in the state’s four-year universities for the first time since the 1990s as many two-year schools
