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* **TOP NEWS**
“**At least 1 arrested in Colony Ridge immigration operation near Houston**” [Houston Chronicle]([link removed]) ($)
“**Mass casualty attack' on South Texas police thwarted, FBI says**” [SAEN]([link removed]) ($)
“**Texas rancher killed by suspected cartel IED on Mexican border as authorities warn of 'growing threat**'” [NY Post]([link removed])
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* **#TXLEGE**
“**Texas Lottery remains in lawmakers’ sights despite move to ban third-party sales of tickets**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
“**Texas House unveils plan to cut property taxes, setting up fight with Senate**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed]) ($)
“**Republican lawmaker files bills to ban DEI in Texas K-12 public schools**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
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* **STATE GOVERNMENT**
“**Don't click that link! TxDOT warns of toll bill scam texts targeting Texans**” [USA Today]([link removed])
“**Why two border counties are joining Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star after migration slows**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
**John Bash guest column**: “**A Texas bill endangers AI development**” [DMN]([link removed]) ($)
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* **NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE**
> TX TRIB: "**New study finds elevated cancer rates near toxic San Jacinto River waste pits**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas death row inmate’s appeal for DNA test of evidence**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> DMN: "**State senators join critics who say the Texas Lottery is corrupt.**" _[DMN]([link removed])_
> DMN: "**Kelcey Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer, claims Greenpeace spread misinformation**" _[DMN]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**“We’re in competition”: An East Texas school district faces hard choices as education options grow**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Development could add almost 700 homes west of Lake Conroe**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> AP: "**The few Republicans who still oppose Trump gather in search of a path to oppose him**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Apple to follow Meta, X and Chevron to the state and to Houston**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Here's how crime stats look over a year into John Whitmire's mayoral term**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Apple to build 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Houston Police Department reports 5% increase in 2024 crime rate**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Plano council approves updated Willow Bend Mall redevelopment plan**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Companies are coming to Texas to develop a new generation of nuclear reactors**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Texas wants more affordable housing. Insurance costs are getting in the way.**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> AP: "**Greenpeace says a pipeline company’s lawsuit threatens the organization’s future**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Texas Senate panel OKs bill to raise teacher pay based on experience, performance**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> AP: "**The UN will vote to demand Russia pull troops out of Ukraine. But the US wants a softer approach**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> AP: "**Mexico reviewing request from cartel leader jailed in the US to be sent back**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Kalahari Resorts could bring 1.2-million-square-foot resort, convention center to Allen**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Rates of pregnancy-related sepsis and deaths grow in Texas after abortion ban**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Texas House wants to give public schools $220 more per student**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Overhaul of schools’ STAAR test proposed by Texas House bill**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX MONTHLY: "**Could the Sun Set on the Texas Renewable Energy Boom?**" _[TX MONTHLY]([link removed])_
> TX MONTHLY: "**Texas Home-Insurance Costs Are Skyrocketing. State Leaders Don’t Have Many Solutions.**" _[TX MONTHLY]([link removed])_
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* **EXTRA POINTS**
Last night's Texas sports scores:
> NCAAM: #5** Houston **69, #9 **Texas Tech **61
> NCAAM: McNeese 100, **UT-RGV** 65
** >** NCAAM: **Prairie View A&M** 64, Mississippi Valley State 56
> NCAAM: **Houston Christian** 72, **Stephen F. Austin** 56
> NCAAM: **Texas A&M-Corpus Christi** at Nicholls
> NCAAM: **Incarnate Word** 73, **Lamar** 61
> NCAAM: **East Texas A&M **73, New Orleans 71
> NCAAM: **Texas Southern** 81, Arkansas Pine Bluff 56
> NCAAM: Nicholls 71, **Texas A&M-Corpus Christi** 69
Tonight's Texas sports schedule:
> 6pm: NHL: **Dallas **at Columbus (ESPN+)
> 6pm: NCAAM: **Baylor **at Cincinnati (ESPN2)
> 7pm: NBA: **San Antonio **at New Orleans
> 7pm: NBA: Milwaukee at **Houston**
> 7pm: NCAAM: Troy at **Texas State** (ESPN+)
> 8pm: NCAAM: **TCU **at West Virginia (CBS Sports)
> 9pm: NBA: **Dallas **at LA Lakers (TNT)
**HOUSTON MEN'S BASKETBALL**: "No. 4 Houston avenges only Big 12 loss with 69-61 win at No. 10 Texas Tech" [AP]([link removed])
**TEXAS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL**: "Texas celebrates first No. 1 ranking in 21 years by leaning on defense to beat Georgia 57-26" [AP]([link removed])
**DALLAS MAVERICKS**: "Luka Doncic’s new Lakers teammates say he’s ready to face Mavericks" [AP]([link removed])
**DALLAS COWBOYS**: "Could Dallas Cowboys target these QBs in the 2025 NFL draft?" [DMN]([link removed]) ($)
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