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Op-Ed: Book Bans Are Just The Start Of A Dangerous Trajectory For Texas

As I complete my freshman year of college, and seeing the push to ban books in school libraries from the Texas Legislature (and in other states around the country), it has me reflecting on where I was 18 months ago. I never would have thought the secon...

SEC Chair Gensler doubts the need for more digital currency

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler took a swing Tuesday at cryptocurrency and other digital tokens, implying they're essentially unnecessary in today's world."Look, we don't need more digital currency," Gensler said during an appeara...

Satyaprem Ki Katha promotions show letting content take centre stage works better than marketing gimmicks | Opinion

This is the age of marketing gimmicks and over the top promotional campaigns in cinema, where week after week, films vie for audience’s attention. The attempt is to not let any airwave, social media platform, or webpage be left out when targetting the ...

Adipurush final trailer: Prabhas leads the ‘most epic battle ever fought’ against Saif Ali Khan in VFX-laden promo

Starring Prabhas as Raghava aka Ram, Kriti Sanon as Janaki aka Sita, and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh aka Ravana, Adipurush is one of the most awaited movies in the Indian film industry as the audiences can't wait to watch how the mythological tale of Rama...

UK orders China to close ‘secret police stations’ on British soil

Britain has probed claims that the Chinese stations were operating at three sites, its security minister says.The UK government has ordered China to shut down secret police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat says in a w...

What the latest sobering UN climate report means for Texas

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released the second part of its sixth assessment report, a sprawling 3,500-page analysis of the climate crisis and its impact on humanity. The most concerning news to come ...

Texas could receive $400 million for electric vehicle charging network

On Thursday, the Department of Transportation released details about the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. This nearly $5 billion program, which is part of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law, provides funds f...

Texas to receive hundreds of millions in federal funding for orphan wells

Texas has a serious problem with orphaned wells and while the state might not have a plan the federal government does. The Department of the Interior has announced that Texas will receive over $343 million to cap orphan wells.  Orphan wells are...

Texas has no plan for an incoming wave of abandoned oil wells

In the past six years, 132 Texas oil and gas companies have filed for bankruptcy.  Many went under as the pandemic drove down demand for oil, causing the price of oil to temporarily plummet to historically low levels.  In general howeve...

Rep. Veronica Escobar talks climate change and migration at COP26

El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar joined a congressional delegation this week at the United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP26). Speaking at a press conference with other congressional colleagues who were elected in 2018, Es...

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Op-Ed: Book Bans Are Just The Start Of A Dangerous Trajectory For Texas

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SEC Chair Gensler doubts the need for more digital currency

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler took a swing Tuesday at cryptocurrency and other digital tokens, implying they're essentially unnecessary in today's world."Look, we don't need more digital currency," Gensler said during an appeara...

Satyaprem Ki Katha promotions show letting content take centre stage works better than marketing gimmicks | Opinion

This is the age of marketing gimmicks and over the top promotional campaigns in cinema, where week after week, films vie for audience’s attention. The attempt is to not let any airwave, social media platform, or webpage be left out when targetting the ...

Adipurush final trailer: Prabhas leads the ‘most epic battle ever fought’ against Saif Ali Khan in VFX-laden promo

Starring Prabhas as Raghava aka Ram, Kriti Sanon as Janaki aka Sita, and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh aka Ravana, Adipurush is one of the most awaited movies in the Indian film industry as the audiences can't wait to watch how the mythological tale of Rama...

UK orders China to close ‘secret police stations’ on British soil

Britain has probed claims that the Chinese stations were operating at three sites, its security minister says.The UK government has ordered China to shut down secret police stations operating on British soil, Security Minister Tom Tugendhat says in a w...