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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. …

A large measles outbreak in Texas that has affected 762 people has now ended, according to an announcement Monday by the Texas Department of State Health Services. The agency says it has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in any of the counties that previously showed evidence of ongoing transmission. The outbreak has contributed to …

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as …

Texas Democrats return to state as GOP presses on with redistricting  Axios Texas Democrats End Walkout, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass  The New York Times Texas Democrats return to the state as GOP pushes ahead with redistricting  CNN Texas Dems end weekslong quorum standoff in redistricting fight  Fox News Texas Democrats return to state clearing way for new congressional maps  ABC News Source link