Texas Tribune Brief

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September 11, 2018 Report: Texas' lax cleanup rules for polluted sites endanger human health, environment
A forthcoming report by the Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund says the standards Texas uses to determine how much — and whether — to clean up abandoned industrial facilities and other contaminated sites are 'significantly weaker' than those of neighboring states and the federal government, in part because it tolerates a higher cancer risk.
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September 10, 2018 Report: Trump official says Ted Cruz could lose U.S. Senate race to Beto O'Rourke
At a closed-door meeting with Republican donors, President Donald Trump's budget chief said likability "still counts," The New York Times reported Saturday.
The report came the same day Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke hosted rallies in Harris County – the state’s biggest, most competitive county.
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September 07, 2018 O’Rourke campaign says “imposter” behind eyebrow-raising texts
The campaign of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke says some eyebrow-raising texts that surfaced Wednesday were not "approved" by the campaign.
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September 06, 2018 Judge strikes down Texas law requiring burial or cremation of fetal remains
The ruling comes after a five-day trial in July at which patients, health providers, state agency officials, cemetery directors and religious leaders got on the witness stand.
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September 05, 2018 Trump’s Supreme Court Justice pick met by “mob rule” on Capitol Hill
On day one, the exchanges were limited to opening statements on the part of nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the committee's senators. U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz each made it known that they believed their Democratic colleagues were engaging in political posturing.
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September 04, 2018 Trump tweets plans to campaign for Cruz in Texas
In a tweet Friday, President Donald Trump announced that he’d be coming to Texas in October to participate in “a major rally” for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican incumbent facing a tougher-than-usual challenge this year against Democratic U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso.
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August 31, 2018 Environmental group report warns of bacteria risk at Texas beaches
The report claims fecal bacteria at Texas beaches, rivers and lakes frequently reached unsafe levels in 2017.
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August 30, 2018 How excluding Canada in Trump’s new trade deal could hurt Texas
Texas sees more than $40 billion in total trade with Canada every year. Canada's potential exclusion from any new U.S. trade deal could result in the nation implementing costly tariffs that would hit Texas business, a trade expert says.
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August 29, 2018 Body cameras may have made the difference in Texas cop’s murder conviction
After more than 13 hours of deliberation, jurors convicted former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed, 15-year-old black teenager.
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August 28, 2018 Report: Toddler died after contracting infection at ICE family detention facility
The toddler from Guatemala died six weeks after leaving an ICE family detention center in Dilley. She had not yet turned two years old.
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