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Texas shooting: Gun restrictions help yet another bad guy
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Refineries And Oil Rigs Shuttered By Harvey Are Coming Back Online
Oil industry infrastructure that was shut down as Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Gulf Coast of Texas is starting to come back online, Axios reports. Eight refineries representing 11.4 percent of U.S. refining capacity are beginning procedures to restart, a process … Continue reading
Justice Alito temporarily blocks order for Texas voting map to be redrawn
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday agreed to a request from Texas officials to temporarily block a lower court order directing Texas to redraw two of the state’s 36 congressional districts. The case, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott v. Shannon Perez, centers on … Continue reading
Red Cross Workers From N.H., Vermont In Texas To Help With Harvey Recovery
A group of American Red Cross workers from New Hampshire and Vermont traveled to Texas over the weekend to help with recovery efforts from Tropical Storm Harvey. Lloyd Ziel of Greenland is chief communications officer for the organization’s N.H. and … Continue reading
Texas Becoming A Magnet For Conservatives Fleeing Liberal States Like California
There are no cardboard boxes or bubble wrap or heavy duty packing tape in Tim Stokes’ 1,600-square-foot Sacramento, Calif., home. But, according to the 36-year-old, he and his pregnant wife, their three kids and their two 100-pound mastiffs are on … Continue reading
Oregon, Texas Lay Down Markers On Abortion Coverage
Last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed a bill generally prohibiting health insurers who offer individual and employer-based plans from covering abortion unless a woman’s life is in danger. That same day, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, signed a bill requiring most health … Continue reading
Texas triggers plan to ‘open the floodgates’ for states to defund Planned Parenthood
With the effort to defund Planned Parenthood stalled at the federal level, Texas is spearheading a plan that could “open the floodgates” for states to strip taxpayer dollars from the abortion giant one by one. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, … Continue reading
Texas Enacts ‘Anti-Sharia’ Law
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 45, more commonly known as “American Laws for American Courts,” or ALAC. It prohibits the use of any foreign law in the state’s courts, specifically in family cases that involve marriage … Continue reading
Woman claims man took photo of her inside Target dressing room
Surveillance cameras captured the instantaneous reaction of a woman who says she was being recorded in a dressing room stall. “I was just thinking I have to do something and I have to stop it,” said “Leslie”. She was hollering, … Continue reading
Texas teachers give ‘most likely to become a terrorist’ award to 13-year-old
Seventh grader Lizeth Villanueva has been in her school’s academic honors program for two years. She gets good grades and has never been a discipline problem. Yet on Tuesday, her teacher gave her a “most likely to become a terrorist” … Continue reading