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Texas education commissioner calls for student cellphone ban in schools

Mike Morath made the recommendation as concerns rise that phones are harmful to students’ mental health and distract them from learning.

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Anonymity removed for teenager who defaced Windrush mural with Nazi symbols

Aristedes Haynes, 17, was sentenced to one year and seven months’ detention after admitting a string of terror offences and criminal damage.

The Independent UK

Senate Republicans say House managers failed to meet high burden of proof

Democrats, however, said their GOP colleagues “caved” to outside pressure in voting to acquit and return Ken Paxton to his job as attorney general.

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Ken Paxton tried to hide his affair from his wife and voters. It may be his undoing.

The impeachment trial that starts Tuesday is expected to center on Paxton’s infidelity, and could air out the sordid details of the staunch, Christian conservative’s life as he sits just yards away from his wife, and her 30 Senate colleagues.

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Former RAF cadet defaced Windrush mural with Nazi symbols

The 17-year-old youth from South Wales admitted a string of terror offences and criminal damage and appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday.

The Independent UK

Teenage neo-Nazi defaced Windrush mural and had ‘race war’ fantasies, court told

The boy admitted to a string of terror offences and criminal damage charges.

The Independent UK

The Ken Paxton Files: What’s in House Investigators’ New Trove of Impeachment Evidence?

Nearly 4,000 pages of evidence paint the clearest picture yet of the allegations against the attorney general.

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Teenager who daubed Windrush memorial with Nazi symbols faces jail

The 17-year-old from South Wales, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with five terror offences relating to his online activity.

The Independent UK

Paxton tied to troubled businessman

Paxton worked to connect Kenny Hansmire with state comptroller, who oversees millions in opioid settlement money

Salon

Boy, 17, admits string of terror offences

He was arrested after a mural was daubed with racist graffiti

Wales Online

Texas expected to ban puberty blockers, hormone treatments for trans kids

Gov. Greg Abbott said he will sign Senate Bill 14 into law, which will make Texas one of over a dozen states that restrict transition-related care for transgender minors. Legal groups have already pledged to challenge it in court.

The Texas Tribune

Conservative Christians want more religion in public life. Texas lawmakers are listening.

Opponents of church-state separation have been emboldened by recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the growing acceptance of Christian nationalism on the right.

The Texas Tribune

"Death sentence" for Texas trans teen

Trans kids like 16-year-old Randell grappling with difficult decisions ahead of vote on trans care ban for minors

Salon

“A death sentence”: Trans Texas teen plots his future as proposed ban on hormone therapy progresses

As Texas House members could soon vote to ban transition-related care for minors, many lives are in limbo, and trans kids like 16-year-old Randell are grappling with difficult decisions.

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Texas GOP cuts off care for trans kids

Republicans pulled support for allowing some transgender kids to keep receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapy

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Texas Senate strips amendment exempting current patients from transgender care ban

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Monday approved a bill to ban certain medical treatments for transgender minors, after stripping out an amendment that would have allow current patients to continue receiving care.

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GOP Texas senators pull their support for allowing some transgender kids to keep receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy

The Senate approved Senate Bill 14, which would ban transition-related care for transgender kids. Republicans had previously voted to allow kids currently receiving such care to continue doing so.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate OKs ban on treatment for transgender youth, exempts current patients

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill that would ban certain medical treatments for transgender youth, but only after exempting anyone already receiving this care.

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Texas Senate scales back proposed restrictions on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender kids

Senate Bill 14 would now allow trans children who are already receiving some transition-related treatments to continue getting that care. The Senate gave initial approval to the reworked legislation Wednesday.

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Transgender Texans and doctors say Republican lawmakers misconstrue what science says about puberty blockers and hormone therapy

In 2021, a bill that would block transgender kids’ access to transition-related care passed the Senate but died in the Texas House. This year, a majority of House members back such a ban.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate panel advances bill that would hinder transgender kids’ access to puberty blockers and hormone therapies

Senate Bill 14 would ban doctors from providing kids with transition-related treatments that medical groups recommend for children with gender dysphoria.

The National (Scotland)

The story of the McCash Scots Poetry Competition and why poets should enter

ST ANDREW’S Day was our prompt. The annual McCash Scots Poetry Competition, run jointly by Alan Riach from the University of Glasgow and Lesley…

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Texas energy officials’ proposal to overhaul the power grid is drawing skepticism

In the wake of the deadly 2021 winter storm, the Texas Legislature ordered an overhaul of the state’s power market to prevent future widespread blackouts. But some senators aren’t fans of the main option on the table.

Wales Online

Two teenagers arrested after racist graffiti in Port Talbot

The graffiti included Swastika's and racial slurs

Wales Online

'I want to sit down for a drink with the racist who defaced a black history mural'

Martin Andrews said he wants to understand what motivated the racist vandalism of a community mural

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