The filing period for the 2022 Texas primary elections opened on Nov. 13, allowing candidates to file with their respective party chairs for spots on the March 1, 2022, primary ballot. For primary elections, candidates must file their applications with their state party chairs. If a district is solely contained within a single county, a candidate would file with the county chair.
When Barack Obama became president, one of the first things he signed was an executive order declaring that the papers and conversations of all former presidents would now and forever be privileged.
Evan Young, a former clerk to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has been appointed to the Texas Supreme Court by Gov. Greg Abbott. He will replace Justice Eva Guzman, who resigned in June to run for Texas attorney general.
The toilets were broken. There was mold covering the walls. One inmate had a hand that had turned purple and a thumb that was black. He had been offered zero medical treatment and was approaching the day when his hand would have to be amputated to prevent certain death. Another inmate had Celiac disease and had been denied the special diet he required in order to avoid serious health consequences. Yet another inmate had a broken finger that was permanently bent sideways.
A Medina County child is being treated for rabies in a Texas hospital, the Department of State Health Services reported last week. It is the first case of rabies in a human reported in the state since 2009. The child was bitten by a bat, according to DSHS.
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