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Across Texas, Extreme Cold Brings Rolling Blackouts, Traffic Accidents And Business Closures

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard / Jill Ament, Texas Standard / Shelly Brisbin, Texas Standard

Posted on February 15, 2021 · Some parts of the state have seen colder temperatures and more snow than they have in decades.

Tags arctic blast dallas san antonio snow Winter Storm

Election 2020

Legal Expert Troubled By Ken Paxton’s ‘Preposterous’ Lawsuit Against Battleground States

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard / Caroline Covington, Texas Standard

Posted on December 8, 2020 · The Texas attorney general is suing four states over the 2020 election, but it’s unlikely the Supreme Court will take on the case.

Tags Attorney General election ken paxton lawsuit voting

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Appeals Court Ruling Overturns Some 2015 Foster Care Orders, Upholds Others

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on July 9, 2019 · The state must continue to provide oversight for private foster care providers, but it will be able to continue employing remote caseworkers and housing foster children in group homes.

Politics

A ‘Continuing Count’ Of Provisional And Other Ballots Will Decide Who Wins Texas’ 23rd District

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on November 13, 2018 · So far, Republican incumbent Will Hurd leads Democratic challenger Gina Ortiz Jones by just about 1,000 votes.

Tags ballots congressional race Gina Ortiz Jones Texas 23rd Congressional District Will Hurd

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Donald Trump’s Steel And Aluminum Tariffs Won’t Save Jobs In Texas

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on June 1, 2018 · “It would be a lot cheaper for the United States simply just to offer direct employment to those workers who lose their jobs.”

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School Administrators Say Greg Abbott’s School Safety Plan Is A Good Start

Michael Marks, Texas Standard / Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on May 31, 2018 · Superintendents of three Texas districts say the real work will happen during the next legislative session.

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‘The Whole Mess Is Before Them’: U.S. Court Of Appeals Takes Up Texas Foster Care Case

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on May 1, 2018 · The case against the state, filed seven years ago, is back in federal court

Tags ken paxton texas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas Foster Care

Immigration

So Far, National Guard Troops On The Border Are Observing, Not Enforcing

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard / Mallory Falk, Texas Standard

Posted on April 12, 2018 · With a highly-visible, non-mobile presence at the edge of the Rio Grande, National Guard troops are so far being seen, more than heard

Tags immigration national guard texas Texas border Texas-Mexico border

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WATCH: Martin Luther King Jr. Honored As Thousands March To ‘Keep The Dream Going’

Associated Press / ERRIN HAINES WHACK, AP / ADRIAN SAINZ, AP / HPM Digital Team / Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on April 4, 2018 · The commemorations stretch from his hometown of Atlanta to Memphis, where he died, and points beyond

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Despite Democratic Early Voting Surge, More Republicans Voted Overall In Primaries

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard / Alexandra Hart, Texas Standard

Posted on March 9, 2018 · This week in Texas politics with the Texas Tribune

Tags Democrats early voting Republicans Texas primaries texas primary

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Texas Educators Reflect On Preparing For The Possibility Of Gun Violence

Jill Ament, Texas Standard / Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on February 19, 2018 · “Not only have we failed to protect our students who are potential victims of a mass shooting, but we have also failed that student who has brought a gun to school,” says Austin teacher Sarah Tanner

Tags Florida high school shooting gun control gun violence texas

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The Story Of Houston Is The Story Of Its Highways

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on January 31, 2018 · A new book tells how highways united, divided, demolished and connected Houston

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Sexual Harassment Allegations Are Having A Moment, But Change Is Still Far Off

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on November 13, 2017 · The movement to hold harassers accountable may be gaining momentum, but there are some massive roadblocks standing in the way of change

Tags sex offender sexual assault sexual harrassment

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Houston Police Say Crime Went Down During Harvey. Is Looting a Myth?

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard

Posted on November 1, 2017 · Researchers say that goodwill and altruism are more common in a storm than theft.

Tags crime harvey looting

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How Texas Troops Are Boosting FEMA Efforts In Puerto Rico

Rhonda Fanning, Texas Standard / Jen Rice

Posted on October 13, 2017 · FEMA is juggling multiple disasters, while supplies and communication are still badly needed in Puerto Rico

Tags fema Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Texas troops

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