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* **TOP NEWS**
“**Texas officials still don’t know how West Texas measles outbreak started**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
“**A surge in bee deaths is hurting Texas beekeepers — and could affect the price of produce**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
“**Texas A&M System bans drag shows from its universities**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
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* **#TXLEGE**
“**Texas Lottery woes hurt prospects for casinos, sports betting**” [DMN]([link removed]) ($)
“**Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban**” [Texas Tribune]([link removed])
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* **BUSINESS NEWS**
“**As Trump tariffs loom, Toyota sales dropped 5.8% in February**” [SAEN]([link removed]) ($)
“**Kroger Chairman and CEO resigns following investigation into personal conduct**” [Houston Chronicle]([link removed]) ($)
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* **NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE**
> TX TRIB: "**Texas House and Senate lawmakers have laid out their property tax cut proposals. How do they compare?**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Texas Senate bill proposes new standards for state power grid**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Northwest ISD announces construction of fourth comprehensive high school**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**6 trending Central Texas stories: 183A extension, New Braunfels business updates**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**2 bills filed supporting implementation of New Braunfels’ South Castell Visioning Plan**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Heart, lung care at Methodist Hospital Texsan expanded**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Early Houston ISD projections show district moving closer to a balanced budget**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Kaleidoscope Park could see $14M expansion**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Rezoning for The Birch at Spencer Ranch approved to allow up to 201 lots**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**A year after Texas’ largest wildfire, Panhandle residents tugged between hope and anxiety**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
> AP: "**Measles is one of the world’s most contagious viruses. Here’s what to know and how to avoid it**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Abbott steps up online attacks as support builds for school vouchers**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> TX MONTHLY: "**Sunday’s Moon Landing Could Fulfill a Texas Tech Professor’s Dream—or End in a Nightmare**" _[TX MONTHLY]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**Wynn Resorts share repurchase boosts Fertitta to become largest stakeholder**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Texas Senate passes bill that would give experienced teachers up to $10K raises**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> HOU CHRON: "**This longtime Houston refinery is laying off 86% of its workforce by April**" _[HOU CHRON]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**A Texas-UK partnership, school library councils: 5 legislative updates from DFW-area lawmakers**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**188-acre Marketplace shopping center coming soon to Valley Ranch**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Keller ISD addresses $9.4M shortfall, budget cuts for fiscal year 2025-26**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Houston ISD to consider potential campus closures as 2025-26 budget talks begin**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> COMMUNITY IMPACT: "**Houston First Corporation sees record-setting year with 54M visitors in 2024**" _[COMMUNITY IMPACT]([link removed])_
> AP: "**Texas lottery drawings that paid out big jackpots are the focus of widening investigatons**" _[AP]([link removed])_
> TX TRIB: "**A shortage of criminal defense attorneys threatens indigent right to counsel in rural Texas**" _[TX TRIB]([link removed])_
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* **EXTRA POINTS**
Recent Texas sports scores:
Sat
> NBA: Sacramento 113, **Houston **103
> NBA: **San Antonio **130, Memphis 128
> NBA: Milwaukee 132, **Dallas** 117
> NCAAM: #3 Florida 89, #12 **Texas A&M** 70
> NCAAM: #4 **Houston** 73, Cincinnati 64
> NCAAM: #10 **Texas Tech** 78, Kansas 73
> NCAAM: Georgia 83, **Texas** 67
> NCAAM: **Abilene Christian** 70, **UT-Arlington** 59
> NCAAM:** Incarnate Word** 75, **East Texas A&M **68
> NCAAM: Alcorn State 71, **Prairie View A&M** 55
> NCAAM: Jackson State 67, **Texas Southern** 52
> NCAAM: **TCU** 89, UCF 78
> NCAAM: Middle Tennessee State 76, **UTEP** 75
> NCAAM: Northwestern State 61, **Houston Christian** 56
> NCAAM: Stanford 73, **SMU** 68
> NCAAM: Louisiana Tech 90, **Sam Houston State** 66
> NCAAM: **UT-RGV** 88, New Orleans 78
> NCAAM: **Texas A&M-Corpus Christi** 68, SE Louisiana 54
> NCAAM: Nicholls 94, **Stephen F. Austin** 70
> NCAAM: McNeese 68, **Lamar** 66
> NCAAM: **Baylor** 71, Oklahoma State 61
> MLS: Colorado 3, **Dallas** 3
> MLS: Portland 1, **Austin** 0
Sun
> NCAAM: **UTSA** 84, **Rice** 56
> NBA: Oklahoma City 146, **San Antonio** 132
> NHL: **Dallas **6, St. Louis 3
> MLS: Miami 4, **Houston** 1
Tonight's Texas sports schedule:
> 6pm: NCAAM: **Texas Southern **at Alcorn State** **(SWAC)
> 6pm: NCAAM: McNeese at **Stephen F. Austin** (ESPNU)
> 6:30pm: NCAAM: **Incarnate Word **at Northwestern State (ESPN+)
> 6:30pm: NCAAM: SE Louisiana at **UT-RGV** (ESPN+)
> 6:30pm: NCAAM: **Houston Christian **at **East Texas A&M** (ESPN+)
> 7pm: NBA: **Houston **at Oklahoma City (NBA TV)
> 7pm: NCAAM: Nicholls at **Lamar** (ESPN+)
> 7pm: NCAAM: New Orleans at **Texas A&M-Corpus Christi **(ESPN+)
> 7:30pm: NBA: Sacramento at **Dallas**
> 8pm: NCAAM: Kansas at #3 **Houston **(ESPN)
> 8pm: NCAAM: **Prairie View A&M **at Jackson State (ESPNU)
> 8pm: NCAAM: Wichita State at **North Texas** (ESPN+)
**DALLAS MAVERICKS**: "The Dallas Mavericks are raising season tickets prices one month after trading away star Luka Doncic" [AP]([link removed])
**HOUSTON ASTROS**: "Astros say longtime second baseman Jose Altuve expected to play mostly in left this season" [AP]([link removed])
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