In Texas, veterinary clinics are overburdened, rural communities lack basic care and the state ranks near the bottom in veterinary access. Telemedicine could provide relief. Unsplash+ Veterinary medicine is transforming, not only in how care is delivered, but in how veterinarians practice. The demands on the profession have never been greater, with clinics overburdened, emergency […]
Texas AG Paxton Sued over Rule Targeting ‘Rogue’ District Attorneys
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is being pressured via lawsuits from five district attorneys in his state who are pushing back against one of Paxton’s rules. Paxton is being sued over a reporting rule that would give his office access to those district attorneys’ records, the Texas Tribune reported Friday: The two lawsuits, filed in Travis […]
A Major Survey Spotlights Marisol’s Sculptural Explorations of Self and Society
An installation view of “Marisol: A Retrospective.” Photo: Brad Flowers | Courtesy Dallas Museum Of Art “My work is sculpture, figurative, life size, and socially conscious”—that’s how Venezuelan-born American sculptor Marisol Escobar (1930-2016) once described her practice. Though she emerged alongside the pop art movement and shared certain aesthetic and conceptual affinities with both Pop […]
Texas Bill Would Require Solar Power Plants to Have Gas and Coal Backup
A bill working its way through the Texas legislature has caused some double takes with language that requires solar plants to provide power in the dark. State bill S.B. 715 passed the Senate this week, and if adopted by the Texas house it would require any renewable power providers to buy backup power, typically from […]
Ruth Buzzi, comedy sketch player on groundbreaking series
Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died, her agent confirmed to CBS News on Friday. She was 88. Buzzi died Thursday at her home in Texas, her […]
CDC scraps plan to help Texas schools curb measles over layoffs, employee says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has scrapped a plan to offer help curbing measles in Texas schools after some staff working on the agency’s response to this year’s record outbreak of the virus were warned they could face layoffs, an agency employee said. CDC officials had initially weighed expanding a service they […]