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Speaker Dade Phelan abandons bid for third term amid bruising leadership battle

Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, had previously insisted he had enough votes to thwart a challenge from the right led by state Rep. David Cook of Mansfield.

The Texas Tribune

Confessions of a Beaumont Vegan

The only justification for animal suffering is that it is necessary or doesn’t matter. I have concluded it is not necessary and does matter.

Texas Observer

How Texas Speaker Dade Phelan turned the tide to keep his seat

After coming in second in the primary, Phelan was at a disadvantage heading into the runoff. With record breaking cash infusions, Phelan blanketed airwaves and hired an army of campaign staffers.

The Texas Tribune

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State Rep. Shelby Slawson says she’s running for House speaker in letter condemning Phelan

The announcement came two days after Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, narrowly survived a runoff challenge from the GOP’s hard right.

The Texas Tribune

Dade Phelan directs House leaders to revisit vouchers, property taxes in the next legislative session

The Beaumont Republican issued his interim charges even as it remains unclear whether he’ll be reelected.

The Texas Tribune

House Speaker Dade Phelan’s immigration record central in bid to oust him

The Beaumont Republican’s foes are trying to paint him as soft on the border, even after last year’s passage of far-reaching laws and record border funding.

The Texas Tribune

Dade Phelan’s Efforts to Expand Healthcare Still Leave Many Struggling in His District

The House speaker has never backed full Medicaid expansion, and GOP resistance could now harden.

Texas Observer

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House Speaker Dade Phelan took a risk on Paxton’s impeachment. It may end his career.

The May 28 runoff promises to be an expensive, high-profile contest that will help reshape the political dynamics of the Texas House.

The Texas Tribune

Port Arthur’s 30-Year Fight for Environmental Justice

30 years after a landmark executive order, a report from the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor of Port Arthur and Beaumont.

Texas Observer

Kelly Siegler: The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring

Here's what happened when star prosecutor Kelly Siegler was accused of running a jailhouse informant scheme.

Texas Observer

Kelly Siegler: Trading Favors

Two men convicted by Kelly Siegler uncovered the dark secret to her success. From the Intercept's Jordan Smith and Liliana Segura.

Texas Observer

Dublin man was in 'prime of his life' before sudden death, inquest hears

Tragic Conor Cronin's brother told his inquest he 'was so much fun and was just getting into the prime of his life'

Dublin Live

Death of Dubliner after charity run fall was 'talk and die' syndrome - he looked fine but died suddenly

Tragic Conor Cronin's brother told his inquest he 'was so much fun and was just getting into the prime of his life'

Irish Mirror

A billion-pound problem: How unchecked “excess emissions” ballooned in Texas

Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution.

The Texas Tribune

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Marie Claire

How to have a royally-good weekend in Windsor

A grand hotel, a royal castle and historic town – what’s not to like? We stayed at the DeVere Beaumont Estate, Windsor.

Dublin Live

New Men's Shed opens in Beaumont for local community

Although the club is only in its infancy, member Sean Watts is looking forward to the positive social aspect it will bring to the men to the area

The Texas Tribune

Effort to ban Democratic chairs fails in Texas House, but rule passes to penalize future quorum-breakers

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, snuffed out a monthslong push Wednesday to end the chamber’s longtime tradition of having committee chairs from both parties.

The Texas Tribune

After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis

Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.

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For the first time, Texas voters send Muslims and openly gay Black men to Legislature

Voters elected Christian Manuel Hayes to House District 22 in Beaumont, Venton Jones to HD-100 in Dallas, Salman Bhojani to HD-92 in Tarrant County and Suleman Lalani to HD-76 in Fort Bend County.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge tells Beaumont election officials not to harass or discriminate against Black voters

Claims of misconduct during early voting were raised in a federal lawsuit filed Monday by the Beaumont chapter of the NAACP, accusing election workers of scrutinizing Black voters’ identities and shadowing them while at voting stations

Dublin Live

Fundraiser launched for young Dubliner hospitalised for over a year with rare post Covid condition

Darren O’Connor, from Raheny, Dublin, went to the GP with a temperature in October 2021 and was referred to Beaumont Hospital where he has been ever since with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

The Texas Tribune

Inside a bus, East Texans get the health care they can’t afford or find anywhere else

Access to health care is limited in rural Texas. The mobile clinic operated by Beaumont-based TAN Healthcare aims to close that gap.

Dublin Live

Dublin Marathon 2022: Major Dublin Bus diversions planned for bank holiday weekend

Weekend commuters should plan their journey in advance

The Guardian - US

Black man left paralyzed after Texas police allegedly slam him on to concrete

Civil rights activists and Christopher Shaw’s lawyers are demanding justice after he was severely injured while in police custody in 2021

Newcastle Herald

Group of thieves threaten to 'bash' people on Beaumont Street

The offenders demanded the victims hand over their personal possessions, stating they would be "bashed and their teeth will be knocked out" if they did not comply.

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