Abbott calls on federal government to reimburse state for cost of border crisis
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 19 March 2021
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Greetings from Tyler, Once upon a time there was a hunger and thirst to know every detail and to understand every nuance on numerous fronts. Not anymore. Now it’s a matter of protecting one’s emotions and sensibilities from the mindlessness … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 5 March 2021
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Greetings from Tyler, Everybody’s supposed to feel a lot better, now that thousands of unaccompanied minors are flooding across the border. Apparently they’re given money (Bill O’Reilly said eleven hundred dollars) and allowed to travel wherever they see fit in … Read More
Democrats Warn of Coming Crisis at the Border
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Texas Democrats warn that a crisis at the border could be weeks or even days away, the Houston Chronicle reports. The warnings come as the Biden administration moves to establish Ellis-Island-style rapid-processing hubs to release migrants into the U.S. within 72 hours. … Read More
US: Millions of Texas Residents Still Without Water Supply
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8,800,000 Texans are still under boil water notices while 120,000 still have no water service at all. | Photo: Twitter/@NBCNews More than 30 percent of Texas residents, United States, are still without water service today, after the blackouts caused by … Read More
Here’s how a week of frigid weather and catastrophe unfolded in Texas
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(CNN) After a devastating week for the Lone Star state, finally some relief. Temperatures Sunday will continue to warm, with most of the state expected to reach the 60s and 70s — much closer to the average temperatures residents expect during this … Read More
A Texas grocery store lost power and let people leave without paying. Shoppers paid it forward.
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Tim Hennessy remembers a “collective groan” on Tuesday as the lights went out in his local grocery store in Texas. He and his wife quickly grabbed their last items and pulled up to a checkout line 20 carts deep. Around … Read More
Winter storm devastates Texas as power outages continue
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Severe weather is affecting more than 100 million Americans tonight and snow is still falling in the hardest-hit areas in Texas. While power has been restored to millions in Texas, nearly half of residents, 13 million, don’t have access to … Read More
Federal judge blocks Biden’s 100-day moratorium on deportations
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Texas challenged the immigration policy in court. A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Biden’s attempt to put a moratorium on deportations for 100 days. After Texas sued over the policy, the judge blocked Biden, via a temporary restraining order, from moving forward for … Read More