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Texas Crime Labs Say They Don’t Have Enough Resources To Test Hemp Products For THC As Lawmakers Consider Ban
Marijuana Moment
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August 17, 2025
“I’m going to prioritize the fentanyl before hemp, and every dollar I spend on testing drugs is a dollar I don’t have to spend on testing a sexual assault kit.” By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune As Texas lawmakers debate whether to regulate or...
Texas redistricting battle to start new phase with Democrats expected return to Capitol
CBS Dallas - Texas
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For the second week, Republicans and Democrats have continued their showdown over new congressional maps in Texas, which will result in five new GOP-majority districts at the expense of Democrats. But the fight is about to enter a new phase on...
Brian Harrison criticizes Texas tax policy and calls for unity with constituents
South DFW News - Texas
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August 17, 2025
Brian Harrison, a Republican member of the Texas State House representing the 10th district since 2021, posted a series of statements on social media on August 17, 2025, addressing concerns about state governance and taxation.In his first post at...
"Got a lot of faith in what they're going to become": Former first-round draft pick endorses Mike Elko’s Texas A&M in 2025
Sportskeeda
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August 17, 2025
Texas A&M wrapped up the first year under coach Mike Elko in 2024 with an 8-4 regular-season record. The Aggies boosted their offense in the offseason, adding three wide receivers through the transfer portal and three new players to strengthen the...
Drama explodes over controversial ranking of prominent politicians' podcasts: 'Thanks for playing'
Daily Mail
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August 17, 2025
Out of all the politicians who have journeyed into the world of podcasting, there is one heavyweight who is the clear number one. And he's not accepting the award with humility. Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz's podcast 'Verdict with Ted Cruz'...
COMMENTARY: Politicians choosing their voters; it’s time for voters to choose back
News Tribune - Missouri
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August 17, 2025
Once again, politicians are trying to choose their voters to guarantee their own victories before the first ballot is cast. In the latest round of redistricting wars, Texas Republicans are attempting a rare mid-decade redistricting to boost their...
What Texas can learn from Florida’s voucher program, condo owners vs board members, weekly news briefing
WUSF - Florida
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August 17, 2025
What Texas can learn from Florida's voucher program A half million Florida school students started this school year in private schools but using public tax dollars. They use school vouchers to pay some or all of their private school tuition....
‘Physical brand of football, running behind his pads,’ how Texans’ Nick Chubb, line delivered encouraging performance
KPRC - Texas
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August 17, 2025
HOUSTON – Nick Chubb saw daylight. He busted through a large hole at the line of scrimmage, a pathway opened by right guard Ed Ingram and right tackle Blake Fisher and left guard Laken Tomlinson. It was a textbook running play and an encouraging...
Everywhere Insiders 10: Global Security: Gaza, Ukraine, Asia, and African Political Stability
The Good Men Project - California
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August 17, 2025
Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris...
Hillary Hickland discusses rallies and political obstruction in August social media posts
Centroplex News - Texas
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August 17, 2025
Hillary Hickland, a Republican member of the Texas State House representing the 55th district, shared a series of posts on social media on August 17, 2025, discussing recent political and community events in Chicago and addressing issues of...
Goetze: The largest reptile in Texas
Times Record News - Texas
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When contemplating the largest, native reptile found in Texas and Oklahoma, we might think of large turtles, such as the alligator and common snapping turtle. However, another reptile is larger than either and even preys upon these snapping...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:12 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Air Canada says it is restarting flights Sunday TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada says it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the Canadian government intervened and forced the airline and its striking flight attendants back to work and into...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 8:23 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Air Canada says it is restarting flights Sunday TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada says it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the Canadian government intervened and forced the airline and its striking flight attendants back to work and into...
KEVIN O'LEARY: I spotted a crushing indicator for the US housing market... heed my advice if you want to survive the financial fallout
Daily Mail
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August 17, 2025
There was crushing news for shoppers in the US housing market this week. On Tuesday, a key measure of inflation rose at a faster rate than anticipated. The Consumer Price Index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was up 3.1 percent in...
Page: Time for Democrats to get serious about their political future
Daily Camera - Colorado
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August 17, 2025
Gee, what’s happened to the “silly season” of U.S. politics? That’s what many of us in the daily journalism trade used to call the periods, usually in late summer or near holidays, when news media put an unusually intense focus on lighthearted or...
What the Fast Food Industry Is Telling Us About the Economy
Newsweek
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August 17, 2025
For many Americans, cutting back on dining out is one of the first signs of financial pressure—especially among lower- and middle-income households. And when they do choose to eat out or order in, they're shifting to lower-cost options. That...
Editorial | Having won/lost fight, are Texas Dems ready to head back home?
The News Gazette - Illinois
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Is the party really over? The Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois to block a Republican gerrymandering plan said they’d remain in the Land of Lincoln as “long as it takes” to prevail. Well, if multiple news sources are correct, their excellent...
Hochul helps in redistricting fight against Texas-sized power grab
Hawaii Tribune Herald
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August 17, 2025
Texas officials didn’t have a problem sending thousands of migrants to New York, a sanctuary state, when the desperate asylum seekers illegally crossed the southern border. They sent them here by the busloads. But now, when a few of its lawmakers...
Newsom’s decision to fight fire with fire could have profound political consequences
Los Angeles Times
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August 17, 2025
Deep in the badlands of defeat, Democrats have soul-searched about what went wrong last November, tinkered with a thousand-plus thinkpieces and desperately cast for a strategy to reboot their stalled-out party. Amid the noise, California Gov....
Business Digest: Pine Tree ISD assistant principal recognized
Longview News-Journal - Texas
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August 17, 2025
Published 11:55 pm Saturday, August 16, 2025 Pine Tree ISD assistant principal recognized Annette Johnson, assistant principal of Pine Tree High School in Longview, has been selected to represent the Texas Association of Secondary School...