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Texas restaurants sue utility CenterPoint over response to Hurricane Beryl
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Restaurants in and around Houston on Monday filed a class action seeking more than $100 million from U.S. power provider CenterPoint Energy, alleging incompetence and negligence in the utility's efforts to restore power quickly following Hurricane Beryl.
Texas judges issue additional rulings blocking Title IX revisions
(The Center Square) ā Two federal judges have ruled in favor of Texas and Texas plaintiffs in separate lawsuits filed to block a Biden administration Title IX rule change from going into effect. Texas is now the 15th state where the revisions are blocked from going into effect ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Amarillo Division...
90 School Districts in Texas Have Moved to a 4-Day-Week
This is a topic that has been trending for the past year. School districts in Texas moving to four-day-school weeks. KXAN, reports that at least 90 school districts across Texas have now switched to four-day school weeks. This is the state of Texas' effort to prevent teacher turnover!. Other districts...
Texas Standard for July 16, 2024: Department of Energy turned down CenterPointās upgrade plans for Houston, report says
CenterPoint Energy is facing growing scrutiny for what the governor says was a failure to prepare for Hurricane Beryl. But a new report says that a year ago, the Department of Energy turned down a CenterPoint plan that could have prevented widespread outages. Here are the stories on Texas Standard...
Cody Johnson sings anthem smoothly at All-Star Game a night after Ingrid Andressā panned rendition
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ā Country music artist Cody Johnson performed the national anthem without a hitch before the All-Star Game in his home state of Texas, a night after a widely panned performance by Ingrid Andress that led to an apology and an admission that she was drunk. Johnson...
Police identify suspects in McAllen shooting death investigation
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) ā Police have identified and formally charged two people in connection to a fatal shooting inside a McAllen home. Two Donna residents face charges after one person was found inside a McAllen home with multiple gunshot wounds on Monday. Nathan Germain, 30, and Carmen Lizeth Valdez, 31, were arrested by McAllen police [ā¦]
Pro Level Elite Training Baseball Camp in Elsa
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) ā The Pro Level Elite Training Baseball Camp is coming to Elsa, Texas. From Aug. 19 through 22 the camp for kids ages 9 to 18 will be held at Mario Leal Park from 5 p.m to 8 p.m. Led by former MLB player Karim Garcia the camp will teach kids the [ā¦]
Harlingen PD continue investigating death of Nahomi Rodriguez 8 years later
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) ā Harlingen police continue to investigate the death of 19-year-old Nahomi Rodriguez eight years after her death. On July 17, 2016, Rodriguez was last seen leaving McDonaldās in a small light-colored SUV, after working an overnight shift. According to a previous ValleyCentral report, surveillance footage at the drive-thru captured an interaction between [ā¦]
Mike Miles Moved Texas School Funds to Colorado Through a Possible Shell Corporation Without a Paper Trail
An Observer investigation has found irregularities in how the Houston ISD superintendent's Colorado charter school nonprofit did business in Texas. Houston Independent School District (HISD) Superintendent Mike Miles claims to be a financial wizard. But controversy has followed the former military man-turned-school administrator to nearly every Texas school district heās served. In 2012, he was hired by the Dallas Independent School District (DISD), only to be ousted by a majority of the school board three years later after an investigation showed Miles violated district policies.
Supreme Court grants stay of execution for Texas man seeking DNA testing
The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man on Tuesday, 20 minutes before he was scheduled to face a lethal injection. The inmate has long maintained that DNA testing would help prove he wasn't responsible for the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old woman during a 1998 home robbery.The nation's high court issued the indefinite stay shortly before inmate Ruben Gutierrez was to have been taken to the Huntsville, Texas, death chamber for the planned chemical injection.The 47-year-old inmate was condemned for the 1998 stabbing of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison at her home in Brownsville. Gutierrez has long...
Be Aware: In Texas Itās Not The Heatā¦
It's sweaty weather in Texas. Bundle up in your lightest weight, white t-shirt and be prepared to sweat anyway. If you are in Texas this time of year without air conditioning, it is comparable to being in Antarctica without a heater. We perspire so we don't expire, but when is enough enough?
House committee to revive private school subsidies debate in Texas
The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Education is set to meet on Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. According to an agenda posted online Tuesday, members will in part look into "the use of education savings accounts in other states and make recommendations for a Texas program, including suggestions on eligibility and prioritization of applicants."
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