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Posted on March 9, 2018 · Some of them are still reporting medium to low levels

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Posted on July 14, 2023 · On Friday's show: The legal director at the Transgender Law Center discusses a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth.

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Nearly all Texas beaches contaminated with bacterial pathogens dangerous to swimmers, report says

Posted on July 10, 2023 · There's a number of ways Texas waters can be contaminated, but the most dangerous is from leaking sewage pipes.

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Beaches south of Houston inundated with dead fish, likely due to rise in water temperature

Posted on June 12, 2023 · Recent rainfall, cloudy skies and the warmer weather associated with summer likely contributed to a mass fish casualty near Freeport along the Texas Gulf Coast over the weekend.

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