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AUSTIN — Texas has identified 19 major financial firms that may be in violation of a new state law that punishes companies for divesting from fossil fuel holdings. On Wednesday, Comptroller Glenn Hegar wrote to the companies — which include JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock and Wells Fargo & Company — demanding more information about their investment strategies for oil, natural gas …

More than 4,480 people died on Texas roadways in 2021, according to the Texas Department of Transportation, marking the second-deadliest year of traffic fatalities since the agency began tracking them in 1940. TxDOT logged 3,896 fatalities in 2020. The deadliest year on record is 1981, with 4,701 fatalities, TxDOT said in a prepared statement. Nov. 7, 2000, is the last time no deaths …

WASHINGTON — With Ukraine’s president pleading Wednesday for more help to fend off the Russian invasion, Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn blasted the White House for blocking Poland’s offer to provide Soviet-era fighter jets. But they did not second guess President Joe Biden’s refusal to impose a no-fly zone sought by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a step that would put …

The doctor who led UT Southwestern’s program for transgender youth is taking her employer to court to find out why the hospital abruptly cut care for new patients last year. In a petition filed in Dallas County court on Wednesday, Dr. Ximena Lopez said UT Southwestern’s decision to halt certain gender-affirming health care provided by the Genecis program violates the university’s nondiscrimination policy and …

Citigroup Inc. may have found a way of doing business in Texas while addressing one of the state’s hottest cultural divides. Buried in a filing released Tuesday night, the bank disclosed it will now cover travel costs for employees seeking an abortion after several states including Texas implemented or proposed a near-total ban on the procedure. The New York-based bank …

A gorgeous day is on tap across North Texas today. Sunshine and 70s are expected area-wide. The warm weather will carryover to St Patrick’s Day tomorrow with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. A strong south wind will push the humidity higher. By Thursday evening, a storm system will approach from the west and result in thunderstorm development …

A former employee of the Dallas Arboretum alleges that they were fired because of their gender identity, according to a recent discrimination charge. The employee, who is genderqueer and uses she and they pronouns, said their termination followed dissent by management about their use of gender-expansive pronouns. They were told by management that they could not put their pronouns in …

My ancestors are Grigsbys, Pairetts, Pierces and Richmonds, but the surname Worrier is more accurate for the generations of women on our family tree. I loved them all dearly — my great-grandmothers, Mimi and Grandma Sissy, and my own mother. But honestly, each of them was doom’s back-seat driver. If they weren’t anxious about the state of the world, they …

Texas’ task force charged with developing solutions to address the state’s teacher shortage is expanding after criticism that only two classroom teachers were part of the original 28-person group. The Texas Education Agency announced late Tuesday that the task force will add two dozen members so the group includes an “equal representation” of teachers and school administrators. The original appointments …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Tuesday. Vice President Kamala Harris tested negative, but is curtailing her schedule as a result of her husband’s positive test. Harris spokesperson Sabrina Singh said Harris would not participate in a planned Equal Pay Day event on Tuesday evening at the White House with …