Study: ZIP Code Big Factor in Heart Health
January 12th, 2018By: Eric Tegethoff, Public News Service – SD SIOUX FALLS, S. D. – New research has found where people live has a strong influence on the health of their hearts. The study, published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, found higher rates of heart failure in more deprived…
Flu patients leave Texas hospitals strapped
January 12th, 2018by Sydney Greene, The Texas Tribune Jan. 11, 2018 Big-city hospitals in Texas have been overwhelmed this week by an influx of flu patients, and state health officials say influenza activity is widespread across the state. At Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, waiting rooms turned into exam areas as a…
Four Union Pacific/Ferromex Railroad Freight Cars Derail in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico Carrying Coal from Dos Republicas Coal Partnership Mine
January 11th, 2018By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico authorities reported four Union Pacific/Ferromex Railroad freight cars derailed at approximately 6:30 P.M. on Thursday, January 11, 2018, spilling coal being imported from the controversial open surface Eagle Pass Mine owned by Dos Republicas Coal Partnership…
NYC Suing Fossil Fuel Companies
January 11th, 2018By: Andrea Sears, Public News Service – NY NEW YORK – New York City has filed a lawsuit against five major oil companies for damages the city blames on climate change. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the companies intentionally misled the public to protect their profits and now they need…
Feds say Texas illegally failed to educate students with disabilities
January 11th, 2018by Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune Jan. 11, 2018 A U.S. Department of Education investigation concluded Thursday that Texas violated federal law by failing to ensure students with disabilities were properly evaluated and provided with an adequate public education. After interviews and monitoring visits with parents, school administrators and state…
Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments in plastic bag ban case
January 11th, 2018by Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune Jan. 11, 2018 Plastic bag bans in Texas are hanging in the balance following oral arguments in a state Supreme Court case Thursday morning. In the case Laredo Merchants Association v. The City of Laredo, lawyers spent almost an hour arguing whether Laredo’s 2015…
State Supreme Court case could bring an end to plastic bag bans in Texas
January 11th, 2018by Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune Jan. 11, 2018 A Thursday Texas Supreme Court hearing on plastic bags could have implications that spread across the state faster than such bags blowing in the wind. The court will hear oral arguments in the case, Laredo Merchants Association v. The City of…
In Texas and beyond, some watch Mexican presidential campaign with free trade concerns
January 11th, 2018by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Jan. 11, 2018 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — On a recent evening in this sprawling border city’s downtown, Alfredo Santiago treated passers-by to an electric, instrumental version of Santana’s cover of “Oye Como Va,” the famous Tito Puente standard. That was before he launched into…
For Texas DACA recipients, court ruling is a small win — but a bigger fight remains
January 11th, 2018by Sydney Greene, The Texas Tribune Jan. 10, 2018 Like many other immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, Carolina Ramirez celebrated this week after a federal judge moved to temporarily preserve a program that protects immigrants like her. But the Houston resident and her allies were…
Texas will give out enough bulletproof vests to equip 40 percent of police in the state
January 11th, 2018by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Jan. 10, 2018 Texas is doling out almost $23 million in state funds to provide enough bulletproof vests to equip more than 40 percent of licensed law enforcement officers in the state. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, released a list of 453 agencies this…
