After a yearlong effort, city officials and local firefighters have settled on a plan to address an approximately $121 million deficit in the first responder’s retirement fund.
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The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as early as Friday.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to fire hundreds of employees.
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Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at tightening rules on who gets bail and how it's set.
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Elon Musk’s Texas footprint could rapidly grow this year, as he moves X’s HQ and expands his SpaceX Starlink facility’s size in rural Central Texas.
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“If we really want to tackle the fact that Texas has one of the highest kill rates in animal shelters, then we have to make it even a little bit easier for people to own dogs and cats in our state.”
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There are at least 24 confirmed cases of measles in Gaines County. Many cases were among school-aged children, and at least nine patients have been hospitalized as of Tuesday afternoon. All were unvaccinated against measles. In the wake of the outbreak, health officials are urging people to get vaccinated.
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