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* **TOP NEWS**
“**Wildfire alert for Hill Country, South Texas counties starts Wednesday**” [SAEN]([link removed]) ($)
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* **#TXLEGE**
“**Texas Senate panel sends message to Trump: Get our water from Mexico**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
Editorial: “**Texas Legislature must dive into water future**” [DMN]([link removed]) ($)
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* **2025**
“**Christi Craddick, Don Huffines announce bids for Texas comptroller after Hegar tapped for A&M chancellor**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
Editorial: “**For now, next San Antonio mayor is a complete unknown**” [SAEN]([link removed]) ($)
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* **NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE**
> TX TRIB: "**With crumbling public health infrastructure, rural Texas scrambles to respond to measles**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Thrust into the spotlight by a school shooting, Uvalde’s former mayor finds his footing as a lawmaker**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Hewlett Packard Enterprise plans to cut workforce by 2,500**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> AP: "**Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Rice University to break ground on new Moody Center Complex in May**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Feds wanted to sell three Houston office buildings. Then the list disappeared.**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Harris County commissioners approve $2.8M to fund additional jail staff**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**South Texas immigration detention center with capacity for 2,400 people to reopen**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> AP: "**Siemens announces $285 million investment in US manufacturing**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Why a Rio Grande Valley hospital is helping to feed its patients**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> AP: "**Judge pauses GOP states’ lawsuit to limit people in the US illegally from census count**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> AP: "**US surveillance balloon breaks free near Texas border and travels to Dallas area before crashing**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Obstacles slow Texas effort to improve conditions at at substance abuse recovery homes**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Texas House bill seeks to incentivize teacher certification, raise school funding**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Houston set a record last year as millions more tourists visited**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Houston unveils master plan for new downtown convention district**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**KLOwen Orthodontic to expand in Richardson IQ following economic incentive with city**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**With Texas facing soaring electricity demand, the politics of energy quietly shift at the Capitol**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Vance visits Texas-Mexico border to promote Trump's immigration crackdown**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**This charter school superintendent makes $870,000. He leads a district with 1,000 students.**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**School vouchers could have big impacts for students with special needs**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**JD Vance touts plummeting migrant encounters in first Texas border visit**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> TX MONTHLY: "**Chip Roy Doesn’t Care What Anyone Thinks. Not Even Donald Trump.**" _[TX MONTHLY]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**How 3 Texas families are thinking about the private school voucher debate**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Whitmire to implement city hiring freeze in bid to address budget shortfall**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Texas Senate bills target nutrition standards in public schools, grocery stores**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
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* **EXTRA POINTS**
This past weekend's Texas sports scores:
_ Fri_
> NBA: Memphis 122, **Dallas** 111
> NBA: Sacramento 127, **San Antonio** 109
_ Sat_
> NBA: **Houston** 146, New Orleans 117
> NHL: Edmonton 5, **Dallas** 4
> MLS: Colorado 1, **Austin **0
> MLS: Chicago 3, **Dallas** 1
> MLS: **Houston **0, Columbus 0
> NCAAM: #3 **Houston **65, **Baylor** 61
> NCAAM: #9 **Texas Tech **85, Arizona State 57
> NCAAM: #22 **Texas A&M **66, LSU 52
> NCAAM: Oklahoma 76, **Texas **72
> NCAAM: Colorado 76, **TCU **56
** > **NCAAM: Florida State 76, **SMU** 69
> NCAAM: Louisiana Tech 76, **UTEP** 58
** > **NCAAM: **Sam Houston State** 76, New Mexico State 69
> NCAAM: **Abilene Christian** 82, Grand Canyon 81
> NCAAM: **Texas Southern **80, **Prairie View A&M** 68
> NCAAM: California Baptist 70, **UT-Arlington** 68
> NCAAM: Utah Valley 71, **Tarleton State** 66
_Sun_
> NBA: Phoenix 125, **Dallas** 116
> NBA: Minnesota 141, **San Antonio** 124
> NHL: **Dallas **4, Vancouver 1
> NCAAM: **UTSA **83, Charlotte 80
> NCAAM: **Texas A&M-Corpus Christi** 62, **Houston Christian** 48
> NCAAM: Temple 66, **North Texas** 61
** >** NCAAM: **Incarnate Word **71, SE Louisiana 67
Tonight's Texas sports schedule:
> 5pm: NCAAM:** Texas A&M-Corpus Christi **vs. Northwestern State (Lake Charles, LA)
> 7pm: NBA: Orlando at **Houston**
> 7:30pm: NBA: **Dallas **at **San Antonio**
**DALLAS COWBOYS**: "Dallas Cowboys agree to terms with free agent RB Javonte Williams" [DMN]([link removed]) ($)
**HOUSTON TEXANS**: "Houston Texans trade LT Laremy Tunsil to Washington Commanders" [DMN]([link removed]) ($)
**TEXAS FOOTBALL**: "Texas football: Steve Sarkisian explains why the Longhorns won't have a 2025 spring game" [AAS]([link removed]) ($)
**DALLAS MAVERICKS**: "What happens if the injury-laden Dallas Mavericks run out of players?" [DMN]([link removed]) ($)
**HOUSTON ROCKETS**: "Houston Rockets: Alex Thompson out with ankle injury" [Houston Chronicle]([link removed]) ($)
**TEXAS RANGERS**: "Texas Rangers roster projection, 2.0: Starting rotation shaking out at spring training" DMN ($)
**TEXAS MEN'S BASKETBALL**: Bohls: "UT basketball: Frustrating loss to Sooners all but seals fate" [Houston Chronicle]([link removed]) ($)
**HOUSTON MEN'S BASKETBALL**: "UH basketball: Kelvin Sampson named Big 12 coach of year" [Houston Chronicle]([link removed]) ($)
**TEXAS TECH MEN'S BASKETBALL**: "Texas Tech's JT Toppin selected by Big 12 coaches as league's top player and newcomer" [AP]([link removed])
**BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL**: "New-look Big 12 Tournament set to begin Tuesday in Kansas City with Houston as the No. 1 seed" [AP]([link removed])
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