Water dispute heads to mediation over Odessa export plan
Republic Water Company of Texas seeks to export groundwater to Odessa and heads into nonbinding mediation with the Lower Pecos groundwater district. The process, overseen by SOAH judge Michael Gershon, aims to resolve issues before a possible board vote and future legal actions.
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Edwards
Wards
Gershon
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Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Fort Stockton Holdings
Clayton Williams
Judge blocks Texas from cutting Planned Parenthood funds
U S District Judge Sam Sparks temporarily halted Texas from removing Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program over 2015 secretly recorded videos. The ruling delays the ouster to February 21 and could affect about two dozen clinics serving roughly 11 000 low income women while investigations in 13 states found no charges.
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Study links Texas abortion declines to clinic closures
A JAMA study finds Texas abortion numbers fell after the 2013 HB2 law forced clinic closures, with sharper drops for residents farther from remaining clinics. In the Rio Grande Valley and West Texas, 2012 to 2014 abortions fell about 50 percent, while some counties with clinics saw declines of nearly 16 percent.
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Journal of the American Medical
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University of Texas
State survey on Sharia fuels Texas mosque row
A Texas lawmaker mailed an urgent survey to mosques seeking views on Sharia law and pledge to protect Muslims who leave the faith, hinting at potential persecution. Rep. Kyle Biedermann says the private survey supports a homeland security conference. CAIR urges formal rebuke and cautions respondents to ignore it.
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