Texas Stein, Texas Sheriff’s Department said five boats sank during a boat parade in support of President Trump on Lake Travis on Saturday afternoon. The Travis County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to a total of 15 harassment calls, including diversification and: water-borne boats, stalled engines, capsized boats and sinking …
Read More »Texas Governor Proposes Freezing Property Tax Revenue from Cities Defending Police
Texas attorney Greg Abbott (R) said Tuesday that he is all for limiting revenues for real estate from Texas cities that decide to cut funding from their police departments. Abbott made the remarks at a press conference in Fort Worth. His remarks come after the Austin City Council on Thursday …
Read More »Doctors in Texas warn of police use of ‘less fatal’ ammunition
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A group of doctors in Austin, Texas, warned Friday against police use of so-called ‘less fatal’ ammunition to control the crowd after treating people who were seriously injured in protests in May. In a letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 12 doctors from …
Read More »Amazon thinks some employees are moving out of Seattle
Amazon.com Inc. offers employees in Seattle a choice of smaller offices outside the city, suggesting that the Covid-19 outbreak and a new local employer tax have driven the e-commerce giant to consider alternatives to its birthplace. In a message to employees Thursday, Amazon asked which communities in Seattle – including …
Read More »Texas passes cases of 500K; infection rate rises to new high
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas on Tuesday passed 500,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus as a Republican government. Greg Abbott suggested meetings for family and neighborhood are behind a sharp increase in the rate of positive testing, which has climbed to record levels just as schools begin to open across the …
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