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Some Texas Officials Didn’t Respond to Flood Alerts, Echoing the Tragedies of Hurricane Helene
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Weather warnings predicted devastation from both the Texas floods and Hurricane Helene. But in both disasters, people were left in harm’s way.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flooding-evacuations-hurricane-helene?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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NEW: Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-election-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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NEW: James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the Texas attorney general may have broken state law by voting using an address where he no longer appears to live.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-james-talarico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-calls-camp-east-montana-texas-detention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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