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Texas
Tribune Daily Brief
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| The
Brief for Oct 31 |
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In
today's Brief: Austin's mayor and Texas' governor continue to spat over
homelessness, and voters will have a say on where service animals retire.
Elvia Limón, Texas Tribune 10/31/2019   
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| Investigation:
Show of Force |
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USA TODAY
and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spent more than a year investigating G4S, a
global security empire that is largely unknown to the American public even
though its guards are omnipresent in daily life. The reporting revealed a
pattern of questionable hires often driven by low wages, high turnover and
pressure to sign new contracts and bring on enough guards to meet the
requirements. Some employees who raised safety concerns were ignored, punished
or threatened while G4S executives cast the most serious incidents as
aberrations.
Brett Murphy & Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY & Gina Barton, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, USA Today 10/31/2019
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| Family
of Texas Couple Who Died from H2S Exposure Files Lawsuit |
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The
family of Jacob and Natalee Dean have filed a lawsuit against Aghorn
Operating, Inc., Aghorn Oil & Gas, Inc., Gilliam's Aghorn Energy, Inc. and
Sentinel Transportation, LLC. in the wake of the couple's death due to H2S gas
exposure. Dean was responding to a pump house on October 26 for Aghorn when he
was exposed to the hydrogen sulfate. His wife went out to the location after
she hadn't heard from him and was also overtaken by the gas.
Kirsten Geddes, WFAA.com 10/31/2019
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WFAA.com
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| Investigation:
Are Texas Elevators Safe? |
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A WFAA
investigation found significant problems in the state's program to ensure the
safety of Texas' 40,000 passenger elevators ' including missed inspections,
neglected elevators, shoddy record-keeping and failing oversight. A major
problem is that the state has no inspectors on its payroll. Though the state
does have a chief inspector and a deputy based in Austin, neither actually
completes inspections.
Charlotte Huffman & Jason Trahan, WFAA.com 10/31/2019
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WFAA.com
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| Two
More Blood Pressure Drugs May be Added to Lawsuit Alleging Carcinogen
Contamination |
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Two more
blood pressure medications may be added to lawsuits over the alleged harmful
effects of the blood pressure-lowering drug valsartan. Dozens of personal
injury lawsuits have been filed by patients across the country who allege they
developed cancer due to carcinogens in the blood pressure medications.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs now seek to add losartan and irbesartan to the
litigation.
Ken Alltucker, USA Today 10/30/2019
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