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• Federal Trial Over Texas Prison Air Conditioning Opens With Allegations of Unreported Heat Related Deaths

  Published: Mar 31, 2026

  Section: US & Canada

  A high stakes federal trial has commenced in Austin to determine if the Texas Department of Criminal Justice must install universal air conditioning by 2029. Plaintiffs opened the...

• Texas Legislators Call for Suspension of Federal H-1B Visa Program Following Violent Incident in Austin

  Published: Mar 3, 2026

  Section: Immigration Policy

  A coalition of more than fifty Republican lawmakers in Texas has issued a formal demand for an immediate freeze on the H-1B visa program. The political maneuver follows a fatal sho...