Good Morning! On this day in 1861, Mission Concepción in San Antonio was dedicated as a training center for adherents of the Marianist order, a Catholic religious order dedicated to cultivating lives of faith, community, and service.
Texas Monthly released its latest list of the state’s top 50 BBQ spots yesterday. Check out the details in today’s Roundup.
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Major Bills Advance
The state legislative session wraps up Monday. Yesterday was the last day for the Texas House to give initial approval to Senate bills. While dozens of bills died at the midnight deadline, several priority measures advanced.
On Monday, the House approved Senate Bill 22, which dedicates up to $1.5 billion over the next 10 years to the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program.
Senate Bill 25, dubbed “Make Texas Healthy Again,” was modified before passage by removing high-fructose corn syrup and aspartame from a list of about 50 ingredients that would require warning labels. Dozens of manufacturers—including Texas-based Frito-Lay and Keurig Dr Pepper—lobbied for the change.
The House also passed measures dedicating $1 billion a year to water supply projects and allowing ERCOT to shut off power to large electricity users with a 24-hour notice.
Llano County Library Can Remove Books
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Llano County Library is not required to display more than a dozen controversial books that its advisory board removed several years ago. The ruling reversed a lower court’s decision.
In 2021, a group of community members successfully orchestrated the removal of 17 books with sexual or racial themes, prompting other residents to file a lawsuit accusing the county of violating their First Amendment right to free speech.
In the majority opinion from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Kyle Duncan determined that a library’s curation decisions are a form of government speech and not subject to a First Amendment challenge. “No one is banning (or burning) books,” he wrote.
The ruling is at odds with a decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled last year in a similar case out of Iowa that such a ban does not amount to government speech. The Supreme Court may be asked to resolve the difference.
Texas Monthly Names Top 50 BBQ Joints
Texas Monthly released its latest list of the state’s 50 top barbecue joints yesterday. Seguin’s Burnt Bean Co. took the top spot, and Austin led the way among Texas metros, with eight restaurants making the cut.
Co-founded by Ernest Servantes and Dave Kirkland in 2020, Burnt Bean received high marks for its brisket and Korean beef-back ribs. Two other San Antonio locations—2M Smokehouse and Reese Bros BBQ—also made the list.
Austin’s LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue earned the No. 2 spot, receiving praise for its popular $10 cheeseburger. Another Austin favorite, Interstellar BBQ, landed the No. 6 ranking.
Goldee’s Barbecue in Fort Worth, the No. 1 spot in the 2021 list, fell to No. 3. Nearby Dayne’s Craft Barbecue in Aledo got the No. 7 spot. In Houston, Truth Barbecue came in at No. 9.
The highly anticipated list is only released every four years.
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➤ Huntsville: Two escapees from the Orleans Parish Jail were captured in Walker County on Monday. Leo Tate, 31, and Jermaine Donald, 42, were detained after they crashed during a high-speed chase. (Watch Video)
➤ Williamson County and Fort Bend County have joined several other counties in suing Attorney General Ken Paxton over new rules that require counties with more than 400,000 residents to provide his office with regular performance reports and access to certain case files. (More)
➤ Grapevine Lake: An 18-year-old girl was killed on Sunday when a jet ski ridden by two women struck her kayak. The driver of the jet ski fled the scene with an unidentified man, both of whom were arrested yesterday. (More)
➤ Houston: Local and federal authorities busted a drug trafficking ring that used a taco truck and the U.S. mail to distribute methamphetamine and other narcotics. Nine people were arrested, and 15 were indicted. (More)
➤ Southlake: Daniel Floyd and his wife Tammie were introduced as the new senior pastors of Gateway Church on Sunday, nearly a year after former senior pastor Robert Morris resigned amid child sex abuse allegations. The couple founded the five-campus Lifepoint Church in Virginia nearly 20 years ago. (More)
➤ Memorial Day storms produced heavy rain and large hail across much of the state, knocking out power to thousands of customers. Check out these photos from Central Texas, San Antonio, and Houston.
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➤ The Dallas Stars lost to the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 last night in Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Playoff matchup. The Oilers now lead the series 3-1. (More)
➤ Five Texas schools are headed to the men’s baseball College World Series—Texas as a No. 1 seed, TCU, DBU, and UTSA as No. 2 seeds, and Houston Christian as a No. 4 seed. (More)
➤ Texas Tech and Texas both made it to the women’s softball College World Series in Oklahoma City, where they’ll play against Ole Miss and Florida tomorrow, respectively. (More)
➤ Houston Astros slugger Christian Walker says he overcame his recent hitting slump by shaving his mustache and changing his socks to “get the baseball gods’ attention.” (More)
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➤ AT&T signed a 12-year lease at a Richardson office tower for its regional call center. The company plans to add 1,000 call center workers to the 400 already employed in the Metroplex. (More)
➤ A groundbreaking ceremony last week marked the beginning of work on a 730-acre industrial park in Brownsville. The project’s first phase, an 86-acre segment with 13 plots, should be completed within 16 months. (More)
➤ Meanwhile, more than 130 employees at three International Paper plants in the Rio Grande Valley are losing their jobs as the company shifts its operations to Mexico. (More)
➤ Sixty-nine cities and towns made a U.S. News list of the best places to live in Texas. Pearland led the way, followed by League City, Leander, and Flower Mound. (See List)
➤ Richard Prince II of North Texas invented a smart video mailbox that keeps packages out of reach of porch pirates. Prince has obtained a patent and marketed his invention at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. (Watch Video)
➤ At this year’s CapTex Tri in Austin, Erin Boeckman swam 750 meters, biked 12.3 miles, and ran 3.1 miles with her brother Daniel Russell, to whom she gave a bone marrow transplant when he was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 18 months. (Watch Video)
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