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[Texas Tribune] Texas A&M President Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor ( www.texastribune.org )

“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”

[Texas Tribune] Limited regulations make Texas workers responsible for preventing on-the-job heat injuries ( www.texastribune.org )

Heat kills more people annually in the U.S. than hurricanes, tornadoes or flooding. Texas has recorded 42 heat-related deaths on the job since 2011 — more than any other state, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data....

[Texas Tribune] Gunman in 2019 El Paso mass shooting receives 90 life sentences ( www.texastribune.org )

The 24-year-old gunman who killed 23 people and injured 22 others in August 2019 at a Walmart in his attempt “to shoot as many Mexicans as possible” was sentenced in federal court to 90 consecutive life sentences Friday for his hate crimes.

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