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Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons...
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 weeks agoFor the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant...
Biden pushes antitrust agenda as economic approval sags
The Hill via Yahoo News UK· 4 weeks agoThe Biden administration and Democratic lawmakers are going all in on antitrust ahead of the...
Galveston County redistricting case draws divide among federal appeals court judges
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThe 5th Circuit expressed skepticism about arguments from both sides in considering whether a...
Heat intensifies around Houston Democrat Shawn Thierry ahead of bitter runoff
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett, a Dallas Democrat who previously served in the Texas House with...
Anti-abortion crusader’s deposition requests generate fear, but no findings
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoJonathan Mitchell has filed at least nine petitions seeking information from abortion activists,...
DPS has charged hundreds of migrants who rushed a border gate with rioting. A judge has thrown out...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoEL PASO — Twice in recent months, hundreds of migrants have rushed a border gate in El Paso in an effort to push past state troopers and National Guard and get into the U.S. The Texas Department ...
GOP leaders snubbed Katrina Pierson in her House primary. Now they need her to pass school vouchers.
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoAhead of the primary, Pierson lacked endorsements from Gov. Greg Abbott, former President Donald...
Texans in Congress stay silent on Cuellar indictment, unlike with Santos and Menendez before him
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoSome Texans called on Sen. Bob Menendez and former Rep. George Santos to resign amid their own...
UT-Austin’s Jay Hartzell praised by GOP leaders as university presidents nationwide take heat over...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoThe University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell on April 18, 2022. Credit: Lauren Witte/The...
UPDATE 6-US greenlights Exxon-Pioneer deal, alleges shale founder colluded with OPEC
Reuters via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 months agoU.S. regulators gave the go-ahead on Thursday to Exxon Mobil's $60 billion purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources, but barred Pioneer's former CEO from Exxon's board on allegations he attempted ...