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Texas said delta-8 is illegal. But state troopers haven’t made a single arrest.
BY KEVIN REYNOLDS at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 11, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Over the past month, there has been increasing confusion over delta-8, the popular cannabis derivative that until recently could be found in vape cartridges, tinctures and candy
North Texas principal resigns to end fight over whether he was teaching “critical race theory”
BY BRIAN LOPEZ NOV. 10, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Black North Texas principal has agreed to resign after being put on paid administrative leave in August amid accusations he was teaching and promoting critical race theory. James Whitfield chose
In wake of Astroworld tragedy, Texas creates new task force on concert safety
BY JOSHUA FECHTER at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 10, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A statewide task force will look for ways to beef up security at Texas concerts after the deaths of eight attendees at rapper Travis Scott’s performance during
Democrat running for Texas agency that regulates the energy industry focusing his campaign on furor over power grid failure
BY PATRICK SVITEK NOV. 10, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A 32-year-old former top staffer for the Texas Democratic Party is running for a spot on the three-person commission regulating the state’s oil and gas industry, hoping to unseat Republican incumbent
TribCast, special edition: Our pollsters analyze the latest UT/TT Poll on the 2022 candidates and issues
BY ROSS RAMSEY, TODD WISEMAN AND MICHAEL REY DE LEON at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 9, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In this edition of TribCast, Ross talks to pollsters Joshua Blank, James Henson and Daron Shaw about the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune
Texas voters say the state and country are worse off than a year ago and heading in the wrong direction, UT/TT Poll finds
BY JAMES POLLARD at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 9, 2021 Texas voters are feeling down about the state and national economies and pessimistic about the country’s general direction, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll. Fifty-five percent of respondents said the national economy is worse than it was a year ago. That figure includes 25%
Delta-8 is legal in Texas — for now — after Travis County judge blocks state from criminalizing the cannabis extract
BY KEVIN REYNOLDS at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 8, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Delta-8, the popular cannabis extract that was recently and suddenly outlawed in Texas, is temporarily legal again. State district court Judge Jan Soifer on Monday granted
Gov. Greg Abbott tells state agencies to develop standards to block books with “overtly sexual” content in schools
BY CASSANDRA POLLOCK at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 8, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday told state education officials to develop statewide standards preventing “pornography” and “other obscene content in Texas public schools,” citing two memoirs about
