Abstinence-Only Texas High School Hit By Chlamydia Outbreak; 1 In 15 Students Affected
The Huffington Post An outbreak of chlamydia at a high school in Texas has forced administrators there to send a warning note home to parents. District officials confirmed to CBS7 last Friday that the Crane Independent School District has seen 20 cases of the sexually transmitted disease in its high school, adding that letters have also been sent to the district’s junior high school as a precaution. The station estimates 1 in 15...
Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use In Texas Clears House Committee
ABC A proposal seeking full legalization of marijuana on religious grounds has cleared an unlikely legislative hurdle. Republican state Rep. David Simpson of Longview argues marijuana comes from God and therefore shouldn’t be banned by government. The tea party stalwart has repeatedly championed what he calls the “Christian case” for legalization. Simpson’s bill languished for weeks before the House Criminal...
House Passes Medicare Access And CHIP Reauthorization Act, Includes Provision Of Rep. Cuellar
Special to the Laredo Sun WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which included specific language added by Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28). The language addition would prevent the inappropriate use of quality measures to ensure patients and healthcare professionals have the assurance they deserve, so they no longer need to fear undue legal issues...
Seven Handed Sentences For Cocaine And Meth Trafficking
Special to the Laredo Sun Seven people were sentenced this week for their roles in a drug conspiracy involving the shipment of cocaine and methamphetamine from Laredo to Dallas and Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. U.S. District Court Judge George P. Kazen ordered Nuevo Laredo attorney Rolando Ariel Salinas-Apac, 34, to a term of 180 months in federal prison. Juan Manuel Reyes, 37, a commercial truck driver from Nuevo...
Having Hope And Faith: Inside Dramatic Surgery To Separate Conjoined Texas Twins
ABC News Knatalye and Adeline Mata share an intimacy most twins will never know. They had lived face-to-face, heart-to-heart, sharing every breath as conjoined twins since they were born 10 months ago. But to give them both a chance at an independent life, the two infant girls underwent a highly complicated and risky surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston to be separated. Each separation surgery is different, and presents its...
U.S. At Least 10 Killed When Prison Bus Strikes Train In Texas
AP At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in West Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing train, a county sheriff said. The overpass on Interstate 20 was slick with ice Wednesday morning when the Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus left the roadway just west of Odessa, according to Ector County Sheriff Mark Donaldson. The Texas Department...
Texas Tribune
- Hispanic Texans on pace to become largest population group in state by 2022
- UT/TT Poll: Most Texas voters oppose family separation at the border, with greater support among men and Republicans
- For families who have already been separated, policy change doesn't guarantee reunification
- Video: Women in leadership: A conversation on the mobilization of women in politics
- Lawmakers focus on flaws in Texas Medicaid program after Dallas Morning News investigation
- Three Central Americans separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border are suing the federal government
- Meet the man going head-to-head with federal agents to help asylum-seeking immigrants cross the border
- Gov. Greg Abbott announces July 31 special election for state Sen. Carlos Uresti's seat
- Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs at Texas shelter, lawsuit claims
- This Texas nonprofit houses nearly half of America's undocumented children in custody
ProPublica
- Federal Judge to Consider Independent Monitor for Illinois Child Welfare Agency
- Suppressed Study: The EPA Underestimated Dangers of Widespread Chemicals
- U.S. Marine to Be Imprisoned Over Involvement With Hate Groups
- Behind the Criminal Immigration Law: Eugenics and White Supremacy
- Video: The Voices Missing From the Immigration Debate
- How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested — and Utterly Failed
- When Do Reporters Collaborate, and When Do They Compete?
- DHS Chief is Confronted With ProPublica Tape of Wailing Children Separated from Parents
- Escucha a los niños que acaban de ser separados de sus padres en la frontera
- Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border
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