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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for Feb 26 |
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In today's Brief: More young Texans are registering to vote. Will they actually turn out?
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 02/26/2020    |
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| Who Pays When a Construction Worker Gets Injured on the Job? |
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Construction workers often donâ??t know who hired their direct employer, complicating matters when injuries occur, said Workers Defense Project staff attorney Sean Goldhammer. Texas is the only state in the U.S. that doesnâ??t require most employers to provide workersâ?? compensation insurance. A study from the Workers Defense Project and the University of Texas found that while Texas construction workers make up about 6% of the stateâ??s workforce, they account for almost 20% of work-related uncompensated care costs in Texas hospitals.
Dom DiFurio, The Dallas Morning News 02/26/2020 |
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| When Safety Rules on Oil Drilling Were Changed, Some Staff Objected. Those Notes Were Cut |
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As the offshore oil industryâ??s federal regulator completed its overhaul of a major well-drilling safety rule in 2018, the agencyâ??s director picked up the phone to a staff engineer to order up some changes. Scott Angelle, director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, told the engineer to delete language from memos showing that the changes would contradict guidance from the agencyâ??s own engineers, according to emails and memos reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Ted Mann, Wall Street Journal - $$ Subscription Required 02/26/2020 |
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| After Penalizing Gay Teacher, Mansfield ISD Awards Her $100K |
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Arlington art teacher Stacy Bailey was placed on administrative leave in August 2017 after showing her students a picture of her soon-to-be wife. On Monday, Mansfield ISD awarded Bailey $100,000 after a federal judge ruled her suspension was unconstitutional. As part of the settlement, the school district agreed to provide mandatory training to human resources and counseling staff on LGBTQ issues in schools, and to require the Mansfield ISD board of trustees to vote on whether to add protections for sexual orientation into its policies, according to a representative for Bailey.
NAOMI ANDU, Texas Tribune 02/26/2020 |
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| Hospital Workers Injured by OxyCide Cleaning Products File Suit |
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A potential class action lawsuit has been filed against Ecolab, Inc. over hospital workers' exposure to dangerous cleaning products. The lawsuit was filed on February 20, 2020, in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on behalf of three plaintiffs. According to the lawsuit, the individuals sustained personal injuries through the use of defective and unreasonably dangerous products, OxyCide Daily Disinfectant Cleaner and the OxyCide Dilution Management System. The lawsuit seeks to represent a nationwide class of current or former hospital employees exposed to OxyCide cleaning products.
Staff Report, Yahoo News 02/26/2020 |
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| NTSB Slams Tesla |
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NTSB slammed Tesla on Tuesday for failing to take adequate measures to prevent â??foreseeable abuseâ?? of its Autopilot driver-assistance technology, in a hearing into the fatal 2018 crash of a Tesla Model X SUV in Mountain View, Calif. The board also blamed the highway safety arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation for failing to properly regulate rapidly evolving robot-car technology.
RUSS MITCHELL, LA Times 02/26/2020 |
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| NHTSA Suspends Self-Driving EasyMile Shuttles |
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NHTSA said they had ordered a suspension of passenger operations for 16 autonomous shuttles operated by France-based EasyMile after a passenger was injured in an unexplained braking incident. The battery-powered buses in 10 U.S. states will be suspended pending an examination of â??safety issues related to both vehicle technology and operations.â??
David Shepardson, Reuters 02/26/2020 |
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| Grandfather of Toddler Who Fell From Cruise Ship Pleads Guilty |
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The grandfather of a toddler who fell to her death from a cruise ship in Puerto Rico is pleading guilty in her death. The child died after she fell from an open window while being lifted up by her grandfather. "I took a plea deal today to try to help end part of this nightmare for my family, if possible," he said. The family of the girl filed suit in December against Royal Caribbean Cruises, alleging that the company was at fault for the accident.
Doha Madani, Minyvonne Burke and Xuan Thai, NBC News 02/25/2020 |
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| Lawsuit Over Death of Mexican Teen by Border Agent Rejected by Supreme Court |
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A lawsuit over the shooting death of a Mexican teen by a U.S. border agent has reached its end. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out claims filed by the family of 15-year-old who was fatally shot by a U.S. agent. The border agent shot and killed the teen on the other side of a culvert in Mexico. The majority opinion said that courts in this country "cannot adjudicate what effectively is an international dispute."
Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star 02/26/2020 |
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