Daily Archives: July 3, 2025

Measles update: Yes, there are still new cases being reported

It’s still a thing. The Texas Department of State Health Services says three new measles cases have been detected in the last week in connection to an outbreak in West Texas. The state has been tracking case numbers since the … Continue reading

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Twenty-nine candidates for CD18

So far. That’s what I learned from this story. George Foreman IV, the son of the legendary Houston boxer, is running for Congress. Foreman said he will run as an independent in the crowded race to replace the late U.S. … Continue reading

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Another lawsuit filed over the Ten Commandments law

Keep ’em coming. Sixteen Texas families of different religious and nonreligious backgrounds filed suit in federal court today to block a new state law requiring all public elementary and secondary schools to display a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. … Continue reading

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Texas blog roundup for the week of June 30

The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready to put SCOTUS out with the trash as it brings you this week’s roundup.

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