Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersBefore the first seed was tucked into Texas soil, farmers and investors eager for a different kind of green revolution flocked to Dallas in January for the . It was the state’s largest such gathering yet, the culmination of a year’s worth of buzz following the Texas Legislature’s 2019 legalization of industrial hemp. Part of the cannabis family, the plant, unlike its relative marijuana, contains only trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive compound. But it is rich in CBD, a chemical component used as an ingredient in FDA-approved medication and...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersBefore the first seed was tucked into Texas soil, farmers and investors eager for a different kind of green revolution flocked to Dallas in January for the . It was the state’s largest such gathering yet, the culmination of a year’s worth of buzz following the Texas Legislature’s 2019 legalization of industrial hemp. Part of the cannabis family, the plant, unlike its relative marijuana, contains only trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive compound. But it is rich in CBD, a chemical component used as an ingredient in FDA-approved medication and...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThe souvenirs of summer camp are usually sunburns, scrapes and, if you’re really unlucky, a stomach bug or strep throat. This summer, Stacy Kosub’s daughter, Emerson, came home with COVID-19.On Saturday, June 28, Kosub dropped off her fourteen-year-old daughter for a two-week session at Timbers, Pine Cove’s overnight camp for eighth- and ninth-graders in Tyler. Across its campuses, the Christian camp hosts more than 40,000 campers per year on a rotating basis, with more than 200 at Timbers any given week. Kosub’s brother had decided to have...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersThe souvenirs of summer camp are usually sunburns, scrapes and, if you’re really unlucky, a stomach bug or strep throat. This summer, Stacy Kosub’s daughter, Emerson, came home with COVID-19.On Saturday, June 28, Kosub dropped off her fourteen-year-old daughter for a two-week session at Timbers, Pine Cove’s overnight camp for eighth- and ninth-graders in Tyler. Across its campuses, the Christian camp hosts more than 40,000 campers per year on a rotating basis, with more than 200 at Timbers any given week. Kosub’s brother had decided to have...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersIn happier times, the governorship of Texas was regarded as a “” office compared to its counterparts in other states. But as the COVID-19 crisis draws on, and on, and the Legislature remains out of session, Governor Greg Abbott has come to exercise a kind of unitary power over life in Texas. He has begun to resemble not so much a governor as a Dungeon Master, leading the state through a role-playing game of his own devising. And on Wednesday, Abbott had some hearty congratulations to offer the judge of Bexar County: Nelson Wolff, you’ve solved...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersIn happier times, the governorship of Texas was regarded as a “” office compared to its counterparts in other states. But as the COVID-19 crisis draws on, and on, and the Legislature remains out of session, Governor Greg Abbott has come to exercise a kind of unitary power over life in Texas. He has begun to resemble not so much a governor as a Dungeon Master, leading the state through a role-playing game of his own devising. And on Wednesday, Abbott had some hearty congratulations to offer the judge of Bexar County: Nelson Wolff, you’ve solved...WW…

Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersEvery Thursday, we publish Bull Session, a roundup of the political odds and ends of the week, penning them all into one overstuffed corral. Callooh, callay! It’s another glorious day in the mainstream media where, as Texas senator Ted Cruz recently noted, we’re all simply “” over this global pandemic. The sun is shining on all of God’s green earth that the governor recently closed, the birds are chirping in between the distant wail of ambulance sirens, and we members of the press are feeling particularly lighthearted, a sensation we keep...…Sort ByFilter ByLocationsTypeView ResultsFiltersEvery Thursday, we publish Bull Session, a roundup of the political odds and ends of the week, penning them all into one overstuffed corral. Callooh, callay! It’s another glorious day in the mainstream media where, as Texas senator Ted Cruz recently noted, we’re all simply “” over this global pandemic. The sun is shining on all of God’s green earth that the governor recently closed, the birds are chirping in between the distant wail of ambulance sirens, and we members of the press are feeling particularly lighthearted, a sensation we keep...WW…

MenuThis article was originally published by , a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their , or follow The Marshall Project on or .For more than fifty years, Palestine has been known as a prison town. Most of the time, that hasn’t been a problem.True, it was a bit controversial in the sixties when the Texas corrections department bought up 21,000 acres in this part of East Texas and built the biggest men’s prison in the state. According to Ben Campbell, a local historian and self-described “old geezer,” locals fretted at the time about the...…MenuThis article was originally published by , a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their , or follow The Marshall Project on or .For more than fifty years, Palestine has been known as a prison town. Most of the time, that hasn’t been a problem.True, it was a bit controversial in the sixties when the Texas corrections department bought up 21,000 acres in this part of East Texas and built the biggest men’s prison in the state. According to Ben Campbell, a local historian and self-described “old geezer,” locals fretted at the time about the...WW…