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Texas crypto-mining rush may need as much power as entire state of New York
Crypto currency miners are accelerating their push to expand in Texas far beyond what authorities had initially expected, threatening to send the state’s electricity use skyrocketing. Enough miners have applied to connect to Texas’s power grid to use up to 33 gigawatts of electricity, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which runs the system, said in an email Friday.
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New Texas law requires schools to display 'In God We Trust' signs
Donated signs with the national motto have already begun to pop up in schools across the...
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How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state's far-right shift
Two Texas billionaires have funneled money to conservative candidates and helped reshape the state's Republican party in their worldview.
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Texas sues Biden administration over requiring abortions in medical emergencies
The suit says a directive that medical providers must offer "legally-mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations" is unlawful.
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Solar Power Is Bailing Texas Out This Summer
Enjoying that AC? Thank the mighty power of the sun and the renewable energy source keeping the grid afloat.
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Pandemonium, then silence: Inside a Texas abortion clinic after the fall of Roe
Texas clinics immediately stopped providing abortions Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Then, they had to tell their patients.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton launches investigation against Twitter
Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand to investigate whether Twitter's reporting on real versus fake users is "false, misleading, or deceptive."
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How we pronounce Uvalde says a lot about the power of language in mixed communities
The name of the town comes from a misspelled Spanish name. The way people say it traces a long history of racializing Latinos in the U.S.
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Sorry, Texas: Supreme Court blocks law banning “censorship” on social media
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the Texas law that prohibits social media companies from moderating content based on a user's "viewpoint." The Supreme Court order came about three weeks after the so-called "censorship" law was reinstated by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law Regulating Social Media Platforms
The law, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, prohibits big technology companies like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the views they express.
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Is it Illegal to Own More than Six Dildos in Texas? Yes, It Is.
The Lone Star State, called by Republicans one of the States where citizens have more freedoms and civil rights because people can buy unlimited guns, has a law that makes it illegal for a person to own six or more dildos
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Texas police wouldn't let a tactical squad of federal agents go into the school to stop the gunman, NYT reports
Texas police who responded to Tuesday's mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school wouldn't let a tactical squad of federal agents immediately go into the school to stop the gunman, two officials briefed on the situation told New York Times.
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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter was killed by a Border Patrol team.
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Matthew McConaughey calls for action after Texas school shooting in hometown of Uvalde
Matthew McConaughey penned a heartbreaking note about his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old gunman ruthlessly killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school on Tuesday. After learning of the horror on his home soil, McConaughey issued a call to action to combat gun violence.
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Republicans Defend Texas Social Media Law—and Compelled Speech
A blatantly unconstitutional Texas social media law can start being enforced unless the Supreme Court steps in. The law was blocked by a U.S. district court last year after internet advocacy and trade groups challenged it. But a new order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit means Texas can begin enforcement of its social media law—and wreak havoc on the internet as we know it in the process.
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Texas law allowing users to sue social networks for censorship is now in effect
The United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has pause an interim order on controversial law HB 20, which another court blocked from taking effect last year. As Houston Public Media note, the state introduced HB 20 last year after prominent conservatives, including Donald Trump, has been blocked on social media sites. Under the law, users will be able to sue major social media platforms with more than 50 million monthly active users like Facebook and Twitter if they believe they are banned because of their political views.
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Social media sites face worldwide upheaval, US supreme court told
The emergency filing Friday seeking to block the Texas law -- HB20 -- comes two days after a divided federal appeals court let it take effect while a legal challenge filed by the tech groups goes forward.
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Texas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over their viewpoints reinstated by appeals court
The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.
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Austin becomes the first Texas city to experiment with ‘guaranteed income’
Austin will be the first major Texas city to use local tax dollars to give cash to low-income families to keep them housed as the cost of living skyrockets in the capital city. Under a yearlong, $1 million pilot program that cleared a key Austin City Council vote Thursday, the city will send monthly checks of $1,000 to 85 needy households at risk of losing their homes — an attempt to insulate low-income residents from Austin’s increasingly expensive housing market and prevent more people from becoming homeless.
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Natural Sanitary Napkins | Miss Arlene's | Texas
Online retailer launches The-O’Dora, naturally made pads, as a safe, healthy option for women who stuggle with painful periods
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