Merry Christmas, friends
Unseasonably warm, near-record Christmas temperatures across Texas are raising wildfire concerns, as drought conditions and freeze-cured grasses create heightened fire risk heading into the holiday week. In Houston, internal divisions within the Democratic Party came into sharp focus after precinct chairs voted to formally admonish Mayor John Whitmire. Meanwhile, a federal lawsuit filed by a Waco justice of the peace is reviving national debate over same-sex marriage by seeking to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, testing how far courts may revisit long-settled Supreme Court precedents in the post-Dobbs era.
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