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N SCHEDULE IN THE NEWS Justice Department Tells Tens That Floating Barrier On Rio Grande Raises Humanitarian Concerns The Associated Press (07/21, Weber) reported that the Justice Department has told Texas that a floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys the state put on the Rio Grande violates f
r poses a risk to navigation, as well as public safety, in the Rio Grande River, and it presents humanitarian concerns." The article indicated that Abbott's office did not respond to a request for comment Friday, but on Twitter, the governor wrote that Texas was acting within its rights, tweeting "Texa
m Mexico into Texas, according to news outlets, including the Houston Chronicle (07/21, Wallace). The Justice Department, the article detailed, sent Abbott a letter on Thursday regarding the barrier, saying, "The State of Texas's actions violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious
es, but it is doing an awful job selling them." Vaccine Data Highlight Growing Disparity In Access For Black Americans. CNN (5/20, Recht, Pradhan, Weber, 89.21M) reports on its website that Black Americans' vaccination rates "are still lagging months into the nation's campaign, while Hispanics are c
ed for a booster somewhere between eight and twelve months." COVID Caused US Mortality Rate To Surge In 2020. The Wall Street Journal (5/20, Kamp, Abbott, Dapena, Subscription Publication, 8.41M) reports US COVID deaths have caused an extraordinary jump in the nation's death rate, to a level no seen i
News " NBC News " Fox News WASHINGTON SCHEDULE IN THE NEWS Justice Department Sues Texas Over Border Buoy Barrier The Associated Press (07/24, Weber, Gonzalez) and the Wall Street Journal (07/24, Flores) reported that on Monday, the Justice Department made good on its threat to sue Texas Gov. Gre
ting barrier has prompted diplomatic protests by Mexico and risks damaging U.S. foreign policy." The Washington Post (07/24, Vazquez) reported that Abbott had ordered installing a 1,000-foot chain of orange buoys earlier this month at a busy area for illegal crossings near Eagle Pass, Tex. The barrier
to 835 acres and was still at zero percent containment, the department said. The evacuation orders remained in place." EFTA00160789 The AP (5/16, Weber) says the cause of the fire "has been deemed 'suspicious' and is under investigation, the fire department said." USA Today (5/16, Ortiz, 12.7M) repo
jurisdictions will work toward vaccine mandates. That is going to be locally driven and not federally driven." The Wall Street Journal (5/16, Rubin, Abbott, Subscription Publication, 8.41M) also reports Walensky argued companies should give their employees time to "make those appointments and get thems
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