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Earlier this month, Archie Manning — the patriarch of the Manning family — made headlines when he said in an interview with Texas Monthly that his grandson, Arch, would stay at Texas through the 2026 collegiate season. But now Arch himself has disputed that notion in his Tuesday press conference. “Yeah, I don’t know where he got that from,” Arch …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Officials at a Texas university cannot block a student-led LGBTQ+ organization from hosting drag shows on campus, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 2-1 ruling from the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is a major victory for the group, Spectrum WT, which has been in a long-running legal battle with West Texas …

Texas has declared its measles outbreak over. The threat still looms.  The Washington Post Measles outbreak that sickened more than 700 declared over in Texas  ABC News State declares deadly West Texas measles outbreak over after seven months  KXAN Austin State officials declare West Texas measles outbreak over  CIDRAP The Texas Measles Outbreak Is Over, Officials Say  The New York Times Source link

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts and fulfill President Donald Trump’s desire to reshape U.S. House maps. Republicans in the Texas House forced returning Democrats to sign what the Democrats called “permission slips,” agreeing …

AUSTIN — A Fort Worth lawmaker said on Monday that she can’t leave the Texas House chambers because she won’t agree to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers, which the GOP speaker is requiring of Democrats who fled the state. GOP Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows is requiring the Democrats, who broke quorum in an effort to stop a Republican redistricting …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is spending the night on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety. When Texas House Democrats returned to the Capitol in Austin on Monday, after having fled the state earlier this month in …

Texas school districts are coming back from summer with a rising number of parents asking for vaccine exemption forms and a new law that will make those documents even easier to obtain. Combined with funding cuts to public vaccination programs, chilling effects of immigration policies on health care, and the wearying battle by school nurses to balance parental consent and …

Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday but says she remains locked inside the Capitol because she wouldn’t sign a permission slip to be under escort by the Texas Department of Public Safety.  The escorts for all House Democrats who left the state of Texas last month — preventing a vote on …

The Texas Measles Outbreak Is Over, Officials Say  The New York Times Measles outbreak is over, Texas health officials say  CNN Measles outbreak that sickened more than 700 declared over in Texas  ABC News Texas has declared its measles outbreak over. The threat still looms.  The Washington Post State officials declare West Texas measles outbreak over  CIDRAP Source link

Ohio State has named Julian Sayin its starting quarterback. After eight months of competition between Sayin and Lincoln Kienholz, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said Monday that Sayin, a five-star recruit who originally signed with Alabama in the Class of 2024, will start when the No. 3 Buckeyes open the season against Arch Manning and No. 1 Texas on Aug. 30. …