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🏳️‍⚧️ A new study from the Trevor Project found that when states like Texas passed laws targeting transgender youth, youth suicide attempts increase by as much as 72%. Texas passed restrictions on transgender athletes in 2021. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Anti-trans laws like Texas' resulted in higher suicide attempts
Anti-trans laws like Texas' resulted in higher suicide attempts

A first-of-its-kind study from the Trevor Project found that states that passed laws impacting transgender youth saw suicide attempts increase as much as 72%.

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A Houston high school marching band was invited to perform at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans next year. But after fundraising for a year, the students have been denied because one HISD superintendent thinks that New Orleans is "too dangerous." www.chron.com/news/houston...

Houston high school marching band forbidden from playing at Sugar Bowl
Houston high school marching band forbidden from playing at Sugar Bowl

The legendary Ram Band was one of five national teams picked to perform at the high-profile annual college football game.

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EXCLUSIVE TO CHRON: Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta plans to submit a bid on a WNBA expansion franchise in the coming weeks, a source with knowledge of the bidding process told Chron 🏀 Read more here 👉 trib.al/kR1ZdKk

Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta in 'active' talks on WNBA expansion
Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta in 'active' talks on WNBA expansion

Could Tilman Fertitta revive the Houston Comets and bring the WNBA back to the Bayou City?

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Houston Mayor John Whitmire has spent his first eight months in office expressing skepticism of pedestrian-friendly projects, pausing or cancelling bike lane construction in the city. The ones he doesn't have a problem with? Those in his own neighborhood, of course. www.chron.com/news/houston...

Why Mayor John Whitmire still fumes about this Houston crosswalk
Why Mayor John Whitmire still fumes about this Houston crosswalk

John Whitmire, looking to pause city projects in favor of pedestrians and bikers, complained recently about a crosswalk in his neighborhood.

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Texas transplant Elon Musk's net worth grows 110% annually, putting him on track to become a trillionaire by 2027. Meanwhile, 806 people control more wealth than the 65 million households that make up America's poor. Read more: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Two Texans are just a few years away from becoming trillionaires
Two Texans are just a few years away from becoming trillionaires

The Tesla CEO could become a trillionaire very soon, a new report by wealth-tracking group Informa Connect Academy finds.

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The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement, Texas, which faced accusations that it glossed over the role of slavery in the war and glorified the Confederacy, announced it will close in October. It lasted 13 years longer than the Confederacy. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Controversial Texas museum to close its doors, sell off artifacts
Controversial Texas museum to close its doors, sell off artifacts

The museum in White Settlement, Texas, announced it would close its doors Oct. 31. It had long been subject of criticism over its curation.

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