Creative thinking saves high school's graduation ceremony after power outage
The audience cheered on the graduates as they walked in to take their seats and the entire room later erupted with a rendition of ‘God Bless America’.According to the National Weather Service, a storm system brought strong winds and hail to the area on Friday evening.
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Rep. Jeffries: Texas voting proposal is 'shameful'House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday slammed proposed voting restrictions in Texas, accusing Republicans of seeking to 'make it harder to vote and easier to steal an election'
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Texas Senate approves sweeping voter restriction bill after late-night debateMore restrictions were added to an expansive Texas bill that places limits on whether people can vote early, vote by mail, or vote from their cars after hours of late-night debate over Memorial Day weekend, the Texas Tribune reports. Why it matters: Texas is the latest Republican-controlled state to push for stricter voting laws in the aftermath of baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud during the 2020 election, though the state has faced pushback from major corporations and advocates over the bill.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.What's new: Senate Republicans suspended chamber rules on Saturday night in order to review the legislation, 12 pages of which had not been previously considered and were added without public visibility, the Tribune reports.A tighter window for early Sunday voting was approved, which one state senator said could limit 'souls to the polls,' a tradition in Black communities where people vote after church.The bill faces a final vote of approval from the Texas House before being sent to the governor. This vote is expected Sunday evening around 5 p.m. CST, per the Texas Tribune.Details: Senate Bill 7 bans drive-through and 24-hour early voting as used in Harris County, where Houston is located, in the last election, per the Tribune. Black and Hispanic voters had cast more than half of the drive-thru votes and extended hour votes in Harris County last year. The bill prevents election officials from sending absentee ballots to all voters, prohibits the use of temporary structures at polling locations and limits voting hours in other large counties.It also requires citizens to provide their driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of their Social Security numbers to request a mailed ballot. Voters will be required to include the same information on envelopes when they return their ballots for their votes to be counted.The big picture: Voting advocacy organizations, civil rights groups and s
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