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Due to the significant winter storm that reached the Houston area, the CenterPoint Energy company has activated its emergency response plan, deploying around 3,000 personnel to ensure the reliability and durability of electrical services. As mentioned earlier by The Houston Chronicle, this workforce includes about 1,200 mutual aid workers from other utilities, all positioned across the Houston region to...
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Are 3,000 Centerpoint Energy Workers Good Enough For A...
Due to the significant winter storm that reached the Houston area, the CenterPoint Energy company has activated its emergency response plan,...
Lt. Gov. Patrick Calls For Clarity In Abortion Law...
Months after over 110 Texas OB-GYNs called for changes to the state's abortion ban, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has acknowledged the...
Court Rules DACA Unlawful, Lets Protections Remain For Now
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled as unlawful an Obama-era program to protect undocumented migrants who came to the country...
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Education
Texas School Vouchers Face Uncertainty as Legislative Session Nears
Despite Governor Greg Abbott’s confidence that school choice will pass this year, some Texas Democrats,...
Texas Schools Urge Int’l Students To Return To US Before Trump Inauguration
Ahead of President-Elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, several Texas universities are urging international students...
Plano Private School Closure
The sudden closure of a small private school in Plano has left families and teachers...
Ousted Republican Blames Abbott for School Budget Crunch
In an interview with the San Antonio Report, lame-duck Texas Representative Steve Allison (R-San Antonio)...
Texas Schools Struggle To Pay Back Federal Medicaid Funds
More than 500 Texas school districts are on the hook for $16 million in funds...
Healthcare
Paxton, Texas Right To Life Recruit Men To Inform On Pregnant Partners For Seeking...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the state’s largest anti-reproductive choice organization, Texas Right to Life, are teaming up to further restrict abortion access. Their plan is to recruit men to inform on pregnant...
Texas Lawmakers’ Crusade Against Planned Parenthood Claims Another Target
A senior official at the Texas Medical Board resigned following intense pressure from far-right state lawmakers.As the year came to a close, State Reps. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, and Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, voiced strong...
Gender-Affirming Care For Adolescents Extremely Rare, Says Harvard Study
Only 0.1 percent of American adolescents receive gender-affirming care, says a new study from Harvard.
The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and led by Dr. Landon D. Hughes...
Fatal Newborn Abandonments Skyrocket In Texas Following Abortion Ban
Since the repeal of Roe v. Wade and the establishment of a near-total abortion ban in Texas, at least 18 newborns were abandoned by their mothers after giving birth, often in trash receptacles and...
Crockett Slams Texas For Ignoring Pregnancy Deaths After Abortion Ban
Texas announced it will not investigate pregnancy-related deaths for 2022 and 2023, skipping the years immediately following the state’s near-total abortion ban.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, is questioning why the Texas Maternal Mortality and...
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Court Rules DACA Unlawful, Lets Protections Remain For Now
A federal appeals court on Friday ruled as unlawful an Obama-era program to protect undocumented migrants who came to the country as children, though current members of the program will continue to have those...
Donald Trump To Begin Second Term, Pledges Swift Action On Border Security And Energy...
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Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term as president of the United States on Monday. The inauguration, moved indoors due to extreme cold, will...
Honoring Past Leaders Or Celebrating New Ones?
Following the death of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and as the change in administration takes place, a Federal-State defiant dispute takes place between the 46th President Joe Biden and current Texas Governor Greg...
TikTok Faces Uncertain Future As Trump Weighs Response To Court Ruling
In a unanimous decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a federal law that could ban TikTok in the United States if the app fails to divest from its Chinese parent company,...
AG Paxton Sues TikTok For Downplaying Mature Content
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued TikTok for downplaying the prevalence of mature content on the app and for failing to warn minors of the risks it could pose for mental health.
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