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Topics in this week's State of Texas AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Wednesday in McAllen, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new law that seeks to crack down on human smuggling. SB 576 broadens the definition of a smuggler and increases the number of smuggling charges that constitute a second-degree felony. “This all makes it easier to arrest and to prosecute human smugglers. This law also increases criminal p...

People line up waiting to cast their ballots Oct. 13 outside of The HUB in downtown Tyler East Texas elections administrators say most changes related to the state’s new elections law will be “behind the scenes” and shouldn’t have a direct effect on voters as they step up to the polls next March. “The majority of (Senate Bill 1) will not affect the voters but the election officials be...

The Law Enforcement Center project in Guthrie Center continues to progress and is on track because of good weather this summer. Guthrie County Sheriff Marty Arganbright says the Law Enforcement Center project is anticipated to be completed early next summer. Arganbright describes the recent developments with the project. “Laying block, getting the walls up and the floors poured and electrical...

Enlarge In 2018, Oakland enacted an innovative law giving citizens a voice in police use of surveillance technology. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called it “the new gold standard in community control of police surveillance.” Since then, about 20 other cities have adopted similar laws. Now, Brian Hofer, one of the architects of Oakland’s law, says it’s not working. Earlier this month, Ho...

The rapid testing facility run by GS Labs in Omaha. Its prices have set off a debate over how much a coronavirus test should cost.Credit...Madeline Cass for The New York Times At the drugstore, a rapid Covid test usually costs less than $20. Across the country, over a dozen testing sites owned by the start-up company GS Labs regularly bill $380. There’s a reason they can. When Congress tried ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — On a windy Tuesday morning, the parking lot outside a small brick building on the Southside of Oklahoma City was filling up fast. The first to arrive, a red truck shortly before 8 a.m., was from Texas. So was the second and the third. The building houses one of Oklahoma’s four abortion clinics, and at least two-thirds of its scheduled patients now come from Texas. So many, in ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — On a windy Tuesday morning, the parking lot outside a small brick building on the Southside of Oklahoma City was filling up fast. The first to arrive, a red truck shortly before 8 a.m., was from Texas. So was the second and the third. The building houses one of Oklahoma’s four abortion clinics, and at least two-thirds of its scheduled patients now come from Texas. So many, in ...

Pass Marsy's law to protect victims' right  Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Researchers of online extremism were given a treasure trove of information following the hack and release of documents from Epik, a provider of internet services which rose to prominence working for those who had been kicked off other platforms. "The breach of Epik's internal records has cast a spotlight on a long-hidden corner of the Internet's underworld, and researchers expect it could tak...

Illustrative: The Babi Yar memorial in Kiev, Ukraine, is defaced with swastikas in September 2014 (Screen grab/YouTube) JTA — Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law stating that “antisemitism and its manifestations are banned” in that country. The law, which passed on Wednesday thanks to a majority of 283 lawmakers out of 450, is unusual in that it also proscribes antisemitic sentiment as ille...