Daily Archives: October 7, 2021

Interview with Greg Degeyter

There are two challengers running in HISD District VI, and today I present to you an interview with one of them, Greg Degeyter. Degeyter is an attorney who specializes in helping people get disability benefits, after having been a meteorlogist … Continue reading

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If in Texas you can’t get justice…

…Try somewhere else. An abortion provider in Texas took the unusual step Tuesday of asking a federal judge in another state to declare unconstitutional the six-week-ban on the procedure that took effect last month in Texas. Lawyers for Dr. Alan Braid, … Continue reading

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El Paso mask mandate blocked

This is a city mask mandate. It does not affect the El Paso ISD mask mandate. El Paso’s mandate requiring masks in indoor spaces, including schools, was ended on Thursday by the 8th Court of Appeals. The ruling does not … Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of October 4

The Texas Progressive Alliance has added just a touch of pumpkin spice to this week’s roundup.

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The Delta surge is killing younger people

So many avoidable deaths. About two weeks later, sometime in August, the [woman in the San Antonio intensive care bed] died. She was in her mid-40s. She is among more than 9,000 Texans who have died from COVID-19 in August … Continue reading

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