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Texas Monthly – Don’t Fear Your Neighborhood Gray Fox (Unless You’re a Chicken)
Each month, we get to know one of the state’s many wonderful and quirky critters. Latin Name: Urocyon cinereoargenteusSize: About 30 to 44 inches long and 8 to 15 poundsHabitat: Statewide Even if you’ve…
Texas Monthly – Don’t Poke Congressman Tony Gonzales in the Chest
Congressman Tony Gonzales represents Texas’s Twenty-Third District, which stretches from western San Antonio all the way to the outskirts of El Paso. Its area is larger than that of 26 states, but…
Tech Crunch – Character AI is adding parental supervision tools to improve teen safety
Following a string of lawsuits and criticism for allegedly failing to protect its underage users from harm, Character AI, the startup that lets users create different AI characters and talk to them…
Tech Crunch – Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone
Commonwealth Fusion Systems marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of its Sparc demonstration reactor. The new part is a 24-foot wide, 75-ton stainless steel circle…
Tech Crunch – Waymo to launch robotaxi service in Washington D.C. in 2026
Waymo said Tuesday it will begin offering robotaxi rides via the Waymo One app in Washington D.C. in 2026. Before it can launch commercially, the company will have to up its lobbying…
Texas Monthly – Federal investigators were preparing two Texas housing discrimination cases — until Trump took over
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to…
Texas Monthly – West Texas lawmakers push bills to divert some oil and gas taxes to help oil-producing counties with roads, other needs
Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help budget-strapped counties keep up with growth. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Forgotten in jail without a lawyer: how a Texas town fails poor defendants
People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Olvidados en la cárcel sin abogado: Así le falla un pueblo de Texas a los acusados pobres
En el condado de Maverick, las autoridades pueden tardar meses en informar a los fiscales de una detención, mientras los acusados esperan en la cárcel. Rara vez se asignan abogados a quien…