Tag: Texas
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Add rent to the rising costs bedeviling small businesses
Landlords were lenient about rent payments during the first two years of the pandemic. Now, many are asking for back rent, and raising the current rent too.
July 4, 2022 -
46 undocumented migrants found dead inside lorry in Texas
The fire chief added that the vehicle had no working air conditioning and there was no drinking water inside.
June 28, 2022 -
Abortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal
The executive director of Appalachians for Appalachia said that her organization will apply for grants to help patients get access to abortion care.
June 26, 2022 -
Teen Shoots 19 Students At Texas school
It was the bloodiest school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Connecticut, which murdered 20 children and six adults.
May 25, 2022 -
High court divides 5-4 to leave Texas abortion law in place
Chief Justice John Roberts noted that while the majority denied the request for emergency relief “the Court’s order is emphatic in making clear that it cannot be understood as sustaining the constitutionality of the law at issue.”
September 2, 2021 -
At least 10 dead as van carrying migrants crashes in Texas
A surge in migrants crossing the border illegally has brought about an uptick in the number of crashes involving vehicles jammed with migrants who pay large amounts to be smuggled into the country.
August 5, 2021 -
Voting Rights
Georgia and Florida have also passed new voting restrictions, and President Biden on Saturday unfavourably compared Texas’ bill to election changes in those states as “an assault on democracy.”
June 7, 2021 -
US: Texas bans COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’
The order also prohibits organisations receiving public funds from requiring consumers to provide documentation of vaccine status in order to receive any service or enter any place.
April 7, 2021 -
Texas braces for severe winter storm
According to the National Weather Service, a Winter Storm Warning has been issued for parts of southeast Texas from 9 p.m. Saturday until 6 p.m. Monday.
February 14, 2021 -
The final No
Texas had taken the plea that changes made by the four states in voting procedures to expand the scope of mail-in voting during the coronavirus epidemic were illegal. It had asked the court to stop the states from using the results to appoint presidential electors to the Electoral College, which will formally pick – and announce – the winner this week.
December 14, 2020 -
14 killed after Hurricane Laura strikes US
Texas ended up being spared the brunt of the hurricane, which has since weakened significantly
August 29, 2020 -
Massive fire breaks out in Texas plastic plant
Grand Prairie Fire Department Assistant Chief Bill Murphy said one of the rail cars caught fire and then the blaze spread, adding that no injuries have been reported.
August 20, 2020 -
30 killed as tornadoes rip through southern US, many injured
The storms also caused injuries, destroyed homes, toppled trees, and closed roads.
April 14, 2020 -
7, including suspected gunman killed in shooting in US
The shooting rampage took place on at the Milwaukee campus of beer brewer Molson Coors.
February 27, 2020 -
3 killed in stabbing in central Texas, 1 injured: Police
Officers arrived to find a 62-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and the girl dead, Washko said
February 22, 2020 -
Texas mass shooting suspect pleads ‘not guilty’ in 22 deaths
Crusius had already pleaded "not guilty" in October 2019 over homicide state charges in connection with the killing.
February 13, 2020 -
2 dead in campus shooting in Texas, another injured
No arrests have been made so far.
February 4, 2020