Would a Texas law take away workers’ water breaks? A closer look at Ho…
As unrelenting heat set in across Texas this summer, opponents of a sweeping new law targeting local regulations took to the airwaves and internet with an alarming message: outdoor workers would be banned from taking water breaks. Workers would die, experts and advocates said, with high temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) and […]
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‘Urgent questions’ about Uvalde massacre have not been answered, Texas newspaper editor says
Government statements are not adding up. Gaps and discrepancies are raising alarms. Elected officials are failing to answer the public’s questions. This is a moment when journalists are needed. And a moment when journalists have to get it right. Unfortunately the subject matter is utterly heartbreaking: The deaths of 19 children and 2 adults at […]
Read MoreTexas Forces Companies to Be Neutral on Guns, or Lose Business
(Bloomberg) — To keep doing business with Texas, companies will effectively have to take a vow of neutrality if the latest school-shooting massacre sets off another nationwide furor over gun control. Most Read from Bloomberg That’s because in June 2021, flanked by Republican lawmakers and officials from the National Rifle Association, Governor Greg Abbott signed […]
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Lifestyle influencer sued by Texas state for bogus meal plans | Texas
- Savanna Seligman
- February 17, 2022
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Brittany Dawn Davis, a fitness and Christianity influencer from Fort Worth, is being sued by the state of Texas for promising her followers personalized exercise and nutrition plans that never materialized. Davis’s website promised unsuspecting clients that her Brittany Dawn Fitness (BDF) crew would be with them “every step of the way”, but instead her […]
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Elon Musk’s Tesla Energy Ventures Wins Approval in Texas
Noted tax-lover Elon Musk is the latest entrant in Texas’ Wild West energy market. The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is now officially licensed to sell electricity to retail customers in the state through a company called Tesla Energy Ventures. Musk filed paperwork to operate in the state over the summer, a move first noticed […]
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