Stories Around Texas for August 9th, 2017

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PublishedAugust 9, 2017

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On Wednesday, inmates held at the Wallace Pack Unit, a state prison about 75 miles northwest of Houston, will temporarily be moved to air- conditioned facilities. The prison transfers stem from a lawsuit filed in 2014 seeking cooler temperatures for inmates, citing a spate of deaths in previous years. Click Here to read the full story.

The Texas House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday — coined as “rape insurance” by its detractors — that would force women to pay a separate health insurance premium to get covered for a non-emergency abortion. Click Here to read the full story.

With little more than a week left in Texas’ 30-day special legislative session, a barrage of corporate advertising and activism has the potential to sink legislation restricting transgender bathroom use that has been a flash point in the state’s culture wars. Click Here to read the full story.

The start of a new school year is around the corner. Texas’ sales tax holiday takes place from Friday through Sunday. Here’s what you need to know. Click Here to read the full story.

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