| TTLA WOMEN'S CAUCUS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP, Friday, July 10th |
Friday, July 10th, 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM. This hands-on, interactive workshop will give you a place to improve your trial skillsâ?Œ Get a better work/life balanceâ?Œ Become an effective communicatorâ?Œ Improve leadership skillsâ?Œ and more! Lexlee Overton, Laurie Koller and Rena Cook will work directly with us in an interactive workshop â?? meaning you will be â?˜on your feetâ?? responding and practicing. Registration is limited to 50 people so that you can get the most out of this unique virtual workshop. Click on the headline to learn more and register.
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Texas Tribune Daily Brief
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| The Brief for July 7 |
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In today's Brief: Texas wants $32 million in unemployment benefits back, businesses receiving federal coronavirus aid represent several industries, and Texas prisons have the second highest death toll among state prison systems.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 07/07/2020    |
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| FDA List of Hand Sanitizer Recalled Due to Methanol Risk |
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More than a dozen kinds of hand sanitizer should be avoided because they may contain methanol, a toxic substance when absorbed through skin or ingested. The Food and Drug Administration says many of the products have been voluntarily recalled with other products being recommended for recalls because they may contain the potentially fatal ingredient. All of the products in the FDA's latest methanol update were produced in Mexico.
Kelly Tyko, USA Today 07/07/2020
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| Millions of Possibly Deadly Takata Airbags Still on US Roads |
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It's been called one of the biggest disasters in automotive history â?? Takata airbags exploding and sending pieces of metal into passengers and drivers. Since 2014, more than 140 million of them have been recalled, more than half of those in the U.S. But the risks are far from over, as many of the inflators deemed â??most dangerousâ?? are still ticking time bombs in vehicles across America.
Lisa Fletcher, WJLA ABC7, Yahoo News 07/07/2020 |
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| Despite a Massive Drop in Crashes, TX Sees Increase in Speed-Related Road Deaths |
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In the early days of the pandemic shutdown, officials hoped a hiatus on commutes could save lives. Laura Ryan, a member of the Texas Transportation Commission, said state safety experts fielded questions about whether Texas could break its 19-year streak of at least one roadway death every day. They soon recognized it was not to be.
Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle 07/07/2020 |
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| Employers Find Testing Employees More Trouble Than Itâ??s Worth |
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Employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of Covid-19 and making fraught calculations about how to safeguard both their businesses and their employees. Mass testing would appear an obvious solution. But, issues of cost, access, logistics and employee privacy, tests arenâ??t part of most back-to-work plans.
Emma Court, Christopher Palmeri, and Angelica LaVito, Bloomberg 07/07/2020 |
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