WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn distanced himself Monday from a Republican Party resolution that downplayed the attack on the U.S. Capitol as “legitimate political discourse,” while Sen. Ted Cruz deems the uproar an unfair effort to “demonize” Trump supporters. “There were tens of thousands of people engaged in peaceful free speech that the press and Democrats try to demonize falsely,” said Cruz. “Violence is wrong, and those who engage in violence should be prosecuted. But peaceful free speech is protected by the First Amendment.” Texas’ senior Republican senator, though, critiqued the Republican National Committee for conflating violence with peaceful protest…
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Only 1 out of every 10 Texas school employees felt safe returning to work during the most recent COVID-19 surge, according to survey results released Monday by an educators union. The survey, conducted in January by the Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, found 12% of the 2,498 respondents said they felt safe returning to classes after the winter break. Fueled by the highly infectious omicron variant, weekly cases in the state’s public schools peaked a few weeks after returning from the holiday break. That coincided with a time when some systems — such as Richardson ISD —…
Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke said Monday that he will not take Black voters for granted, and promised to push programs that would protect their voting rights, provide access to affordable health care and promote economic equality. “I’m going to make sure that those voters know that I care about them by not mailing them something or putting it on their TV sets, but showing up in person, eyeball to eyeball, face to face, to make that connection,” O’Rourke said after talking to a group of local Black elected officials gathered at Paul Quinn College, a historically Black school. “When…
The head of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles resigned Monday as the board that oversees the agency tries to restore credibility to the state’s temporary license plate system in the wake of an investigation by KXAS-TV (NBC5) that exposed how lax security has let criminals infiltrate the DMV’s license tag system, create hundreds of thousands of fake paper tags and sell them for profit. “Addressing temporary tag abuse has been our highest priority,” Whitney Brewster said in a resignation letter obtained by NBC5 Investigates. She added that she is proud of how the department worked to find solutions to…
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, the top law enforcement leader of one of Arizona’s most populous counties, is joining Collin County GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner as a special guest on Feb. 24 at Southfork Ranch. The sheriff has made headlines for his comments about the Jan. 6 insurrection. In the fall, Lamb defended the insurrectionists to a Politico reporter: “Just because somebody was there doesn’t necessarily mean they’re guilty,” he said. “I guarantee you [the rioters] are very loving, Christian people. They just happen to support President Trump a lot. Lamb oversees Arizona’s third-most populous county, which is home to 500,000 people…
A Texas Army National Guard soldier who was assigned to Operation Lone Star died in a non-mission-related incident Monday, the Texas Military Department announced. The soldier, whose identity hasn’t been released pending next-of-kin notification, was injured in Brackettville, some 30 miles east of Del Rio and the Mexico border, and airlifted to a hospital in San Antonio, the department said. “We are deeply saddened by this loss,” Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, adjutant general for the Texas Military Department, said in a prepared statement. “We are focused on supporting the soldier’s family and are providing all available resources.” The department didn’t release…
A 42-year-old man was fatally shot early Monday in Uptown, police said. Dallas police responded about 2:15 a.m. to the shooting in the 2600 block of Howell Street, near Routh Street. Officers found Jerriun Lamont Maxie lying on the ground near Sidebar, a bar, with a gunshot wound. Police said Maxie was “involved in a disturbance” with another man who police suspected shot him. Police described the suspect as 25 to 35 years old, wearing a white hoodie and dark pants. The investigation is ongoing, and no additional information was available. Anyone with information may contact Detective Williams at 214-384-9824…
Bill Sproull, president and CEO of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce and Tech Titans, has resigned from both positions, according to an announcement. He spent 17 years with the chamber, Tech Titans and the Richardson Economic Development Partnership. Bill Sproull(Richardson Chamber of Commerce) “This was a good time to move on given the Chamber’s recent success in achieving a third 5-star accreditation and Tech Titans’ successful production of its 21st annual Awards Gala,” Sproull said in a prepared statement. “It has been my honor to serve as CEO, but it is time for a new generation to take the helm.” Tech…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A pedestrian has been hospitalized after being struck in a hit-and-run in north Houston Monday afternoon. Houston police were called at about 12:30 p.m. to the North Freeway at Airline after reports of a driver hitting a pedestrian on the inbound lanes of the freeway. According to authorities, the driver fled the scene and the victim was taken to the hospital in an unknown condition. Police said they are in search of a white, four-door vehicle with heavy damage on the front end.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Los Texans han nombrado a Lovie Smith, el entrenador en jefe asociado y coordinador defensivo, como el entrenador en jefe del equipo. Smith será el quinto entrenador en jefe en la historia de la franquicia. Adam Winkler, uno de los presentadores de deportes en confirmó que Smith serán nombrado entrenador en jefe. Su anuncio oficial se hará el lunes y su presentación se efectuará el martes por la mañana. Smith, quien tiene 63 años, está en línea para reemplazar a David Culley, quien fue despedido después de una temporada. Aunque Josh McCown, Brian Flores y Jonathan…
