Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-maternal-mortality-analysis-methodology

I have decided, as a matter of personal principle, to not visit the state of #Texas for any reason. #Texas is one of the states that is very enthusiastically leading the backward charge to the 19th century, and going there and spending my money there would feel too much like my tacit approval. This, of course, means I will be attending #ACB25 virtually, and it also rules out visiting dear friends and family who live there as well. I know many will see this as pointless and only performative, but, small a gesture as it is, it’s something I can do to acknowledge that these are positively not normal times.

Dispatch from the inside: A prisoner in solitary watches as guards use Tasers on a naked, mentally-ill woman in a shower, and reflects on their increasingly brutal use in the #Texas correctional system.
https://www.texasobserver.org/an-inside-look-at-taser-use-in-texas-prison/

Texas Tech
3/18/25

"MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 18, 2025
TO: Faculty, Staff & Students
FROM: Student Health Services

RE: Important Health Notice – Potential Measles Exposure

We are writing to inform you of a potential exposure to measles that occurred on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, specifically at Carpenter/Wells complex, which features apartment-style housing
with no common spaces, and at the Student Health Services clinic,
between March 4-12, 2025.

If you were at these locations during this time, you may have been exposed to the virus. Individuals who are identified as having possible exposure will be contacted directly, including those in the affected residence hall and the health clinic."

In stark contrast to dramatic border thrillers like Sicario, where a cartel shootout breaks out on the El Paso international bridge in broad daylight, boredom is often the worst-case scenario for people who actually live along the #border at least on the U.S. side. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-new-frontier-film/

Next month: Join Texas Observer's Lise Olsen in conversation with Michelle Pitcher, to celebrate the release of Lise's new book The Scientist and the Serial Killer.

FREE event! April 9, 7pm at BookPeople, #Austin, Texas
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-presents-lise-olsen-the-scientist-and-the-serial-killer-tickets-1207891188059

The snow falling in Lincoln, Nebraska is very dirty. It contains dust from New Mexico and Texas that has blown all the way up here.
#dust #NewMexico #Texas #snow #Nebraska #weather #NEwx

The Way Texans Elect School Board Members Plays a Key Role in What Students in Diverse Districts Learn
—

In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-school-boards-richardson-keller-at-large-voting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Texas to Turf Moor - how JJ Watt got 'invested' in Burnley

NFL icon and Burnley investor JJ Watt tells BBC Sport why he bought into the Clarets, what he gets from it, and how he sees the club's future.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cdjym33j4mdo

(c) #BBC #News #Sport

https://www.europesays.com/1925001/ Trump administration makes public thousands of files related to JFK assassination #assassinations #ConspiracyTheories #Dallas #DonaldTrump #GeneralNews #JackRuby #JacquelineKennedy #JoeBiden #JohnFKennedy #LeeHarveyOswald #MartinLutherKingJr. #MexicoCity #Politics #RobertF.Kennedy #RobertF.KennedyJr. #SovietUnion #Texas #trump #TXStateWire #U.S.CentralIntelligenceAgency #U.S.News #WashingtonNews

Dust storm and many wind driven fires in the southwest US. Same song, 22nd verse.

One fire is about a half hour drive from me:
https://app.watchduty.org/i/44174

"Emergency personnel were juggling road closures due to dust storms and high winds—San Augustin Pass, just east of Las Cruces, reported a gust at 93 mph.

US Highway 54 was briefly closed from the southern Otero County line near El Paso to the northern Otero County and Lincoln County lines due to high winds, blowing dust and vehicle wrecks. Crews could be heard over the radio leaving an accident on Highway 54 to head towards the Mayhill-adjacent fire.

The Otero County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) reported dozens of outages affecting thousands of customers from Timberon to Carrizozo. Line crews are working on restoring power to the affected areas."

https://www.cloudcroftreader.com/p/gail-fire-near-mayhill-new-mexico

"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday announced the arrest of a Houston-area midwife for allegedly performing illegal abortions and practicing medicine illegally, marking the first criminal case to be filed under the state’s abortion ban.

Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, is accused of illegally operating a network of clinics in the Northwest Houston area, according to a statement from Paxton’s office."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/abortion-houston-midwife-arrest-20226393.php

“People are scared to go out because they go out with their kids, and they don’t want to go to a place where (people are) going to show up with guns to check whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not. That was very upsetting for a lot of people.” https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-raids-abbys-bakery-valley-los-fresnos/

Previously: The governor's “border emergency” has lasted even longer than the governor’s COVID-19 declaration. In this time, the #Texas Legislature has allocated more than $11 billion to fund the sprawling tentacles of the Operation Lone Star. https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-operation-lone-star-contractors-bonanza/

"People are fleeing Austin, #Texas in droves. The city lost -13,500 ppl to outbound migration in 2024.

The biggest drop the city has ever experienced.

This outmigration has now caused Austin's #housing market to collapse. With home prices down 19.5% over the last two+ years.

Some of these ppl leaving Austin head to the suburbs like Williamson & Hays County, others are going back to CA & NY."
-N Gerli

It's hell living in TX -many ppl are fleeing the fascist state.
#Fascism #RedStates #USPol

https://www.europesays.com/1923272/ Xcel Energy to implement power shutoffs to 1,100 in Texas, New Mexico amid wildfire risk #customers #Energy #NewMexico #PowerShutoffs #PublicSafetyPowerShutoff #Texas #WeatherForecasts #WildfireRisk #XcelEnergy

#ICYMI: If the voucher bill were to pass, select private companies could soon be reeling in tens and even hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars per year. We took a closer look at who stands to gain the most.
https://www.texasobserver.org/school-vouchers-vendors-millions-legislature/