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THURSDAY – 04/11/24
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TOP NEWS
“South Texas groups trying to stop state's land swap with SpaceX,” Texas Tribune's Pooja Salhotra -- “A coalition of Rio Grande Valley organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, seeking to block the state agency from pursuing a land swap with Elon Musk’s SpaceX spacecraft company.
Last month, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to pursue an exchange that would give 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park to SpaceX in exchange for 477 acres adjacent to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. Rio Grande Valley residents opposed the exchange, arguing that Boca Chica is sacred to the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and that the public park has long been a favorite recreational outpost for the majority Hispanic community in the Rio Grande Valley.
In the lawsuit filed last week in the district court of Travis County, environmental groups argue that the exchange is unlawful because the state failed to consider alternatives to giving away public land and failed to ensure the minimization of harm to public land. The groups also argue that the state did not consider the best interests of the local community. The suit states that SpaceX does not own the land the state would receive in the swap. The Texas Standard reported in January that Musk was still negotiating the purchase of the private land.
“This is just the latest example of our state officials failing to fulfill their obligations to Texans, whenever SpaceX is involved,” Marisa Perales, an attorney representing the three Rio Grande Valley organizations who filed the lawsuit, said in a statement. “Protecting public park land and the public's interest means saying ‘no’ to the demands of SpaceX, whose space flight activities have caused harm to public lands and wildlife habitats.”
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired Boca Chica State Park, located at Texas’ southernmost point along the Gulf Coast, in 1994 through a federal program aimed to preserve the land. The area provides habitat for some endangered species." Texas Tribune
AP: “Prosecutors say evidence was suppressed in case of Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio” AP
SAEN: “San Antonio's USAA lays off another 220 employees” SAEN
DMN: “Rashee Rice of Kansas City Chiefs facing charges after Dallas crash” DMN
SAEN: “George Strait's Texas A&M concert selling at a record pace” SAEN
DMN: “Dallas seeks dismissal of lawsuit from strip clubs on 2 a.m. curfew” DMN
HOU CHRON: “Could Texas Gov. Greg Abbott be Trump's VP?” Houston Chronicle
TX TRIB: “As Senate race heats up, Ted Cruz pitches himself as the better bipartisan” Texas Tribune
FOX NEWS: “SCOOP: Sen. Ted Cruz hauls in nearly $10 million in past three months as he battles for re-election in Texas” Fox News
THE TEXAS VOICE: “CD 23 candidate Herrera mocked Abbott's disability then lied about it” The Texas Voice
SA REPORT: “Clay-Flores declines forums with runoff opponent” SA Report
DALLAS EXPRESS: “U.S. Rep. Crockett from Texas suggests tax exemption for black people in lieu of reparations” Dallas Express
EXTRA POINTS
Last night's Texas sports scores:
> MLB: Royals 11, Astros 2 Hou Chron
> MLB: Rangers 6, Athletics 2 DMN
> NBA: Thunder 127, Spurs 89 SAEN
> NBA: Mavericks 111, Heat 92 DMN
Tonight's Texas sports schedule:
> 7pm: NHL: Jets at Stars (ESPN+)
> 8pm: NBA: Rockets at Jazz
NHL EXPANSION / HOUSTON: “NHL to Houston: Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta is 'working on it'" Houston Chronicle