Texas lawmakers push toward statewide texting ban in Texas
After nearly a decade of advocacy, Texas lawmakers push House Bill 62 toward a statewide texting while driving ban as years of debate, Senate hesitations, and past vetoes frame the effort. Supporters cite fatalities from a West Texas crash and potential annual deaths prevented.
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Texas bathroom proposal mirrors North Carolina compromise law
Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick defends a bathroom bill aligning with North Carolina's compromise as NCAA considers North Carolina events. The Texas measure faces House opposition and Gov Abbott has not endorsed it. The Texas Senate moved to require reporting of sexual assaults and sanction nonreporting.
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Lubbock suspect in balcony motel shooting is jailed
Police say 23 year old Adrian Vicente Castillo is their suspect in seven people shot on a Villa Town Motel balcony. He was booked into Lubbock County Jail on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. bond set at 500000. Jail records list no attorney.
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