Texas
Texas man given nine years in prison over $1.6m Covid Lamborghini fraud
Lee Price pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after obtaining relief loans and spending it on luxury items
Maya Yang
30, Nov, 2021 @5:02 PM
Matthew McConaughey says he will not run for Texas governor
Actor, 52, who many feared could split Democratic vote if he ran as an independent, says ‘it’s a path I’m choosing not to take at this moment’
Martin Pengelly in New York
29, Nov, 2021 @12:23 PM
Beto and the Spanish name-game in the Texas governor’s race
Republican Greg Abbott is trying to appeal to Hispanic voters by claiming Beto O’Rourke is appropriating their culture
Carlos Sanchez
29, Nov, 2021 @11:00 AM
Samsung to build $17bn semiconductor factory in Texas
Group’s biggest single US investment comes amid global chip shortage and related national security concerns
Staff and agencies
24, Nov, 2021 @8:39 AM
The disposable US workforce: life as an ‘essential’ meatpacking plant worker
Workers are still waiting for reforms of an industry in which 60,000 got Covid and 300 died
Aaron Nelsen in Cactus, Texas; photography by Encarni Pindado
19, Nov, 2021 @11:05 AM
The new anti-woke academics say the universities are 'broken'. But they aren't giving up their tenured day jobs | Julia Carrie Wong
The anti-woke institution has no campus, no course catalog, no students, no accreditation. It does have a website
Julia Carrie Wong
17, Nov, 2021 @10:52 PM
Beto O’Rourke to run for governor of Texas in 2022 election
Former congressman seeks to take on Greg Abbott, the Republican governor, following failed 2018 Senate run against Ted Cruz
Martin Pengelly in New York and Alexandra Villarreal in Austin, Texas
15, Nov, 2021 @6:18 PM
Houston doctor suspended from hospital for spreading Covid misinformation
Houston Methodist hospital said the doctor’s tweets promoting ivermectin as a treatment were ‘harmful to the community’
Gloria Oladipo
15, Nov, 2021 @5:28 PM
Texas schools resist Republican request for records on classroom books
Austin and Dallas districts say they won’t respond to lawmaker’s letter targeting 850 books, many on race and LGBTQ+ issues
Gloria Oladipo
13, Nov, 2021 @5:13 PM
Astroworld disaster fuels wave of satanic conspiracy theories on TikTok
Claims highlight how ‘digital natives’ are susceptible to viral misinformation despite their savvy reputation, experts say
Kari Paul
09, Nov, 2021 @11:00 AM
Astroworld: Travis Scott and Drake sued over deadly Texas concert crush
Lawsuits brought by some of those injured as authorities release the names of those who died
Guardian staff and agencies
09, Nov, 2021 @1:55 AM
Astroworld: questions over why Travis Scott played on as crush developed
Two investigations launched after eight people killed at event in Houston on Friday night
Ed Pilkington, Alexandra Villarreal and Tom Ambrose
07, Nov, 2021 @10:36 PM
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