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Gus Bova

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Kansas-Texas transplant. Writer+Editor, @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social. Tips: bova@texasobserver.org, or DM for Signal. Stories: https://www.texasobserver.org/author/gus-bova/

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Joined January 09, 2023

· 45mo ago

I don't have any followers here, but: Here's a story from me today about the state-of-play at Texas' three unionized newspapers -- with the big news being that the Fort Worth NewsGuild has ratified the only union contract at a Texas newspaper, following a 24-day labor strike: https://www.texasobserver.org/striking-does-work-fort-worth-journalists-win-only-newspaper-union-contract-in-texas/

NewsGuild workers at papers in Dallas and Austin are still bargaining.

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· 44mo ago

"Late last month, Texas acquired five miles of land to build 30-foot steel fencing through a sprawling 40,000-acre private ranch owned by Stuart Stedman ... who also happens to rank among the governor’s biggest political patrons." --
@justinmiller@texasobserver.social https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-strikes-deal-to-build-abbotts-border-wall-on-big-donors-ranch/

The governor’s slow-moving wall scheme gets a major boost from a political ally as the state secures five miles of land for fencing.

· 32mo ago

“Texas is empowered to take all necessary steps to repel the cartel invasion at our southern border by ‘engag[ing] in War.’” https://www.texasobserver.org/sb-4-immigration-deportations-david-ezra/

Senate Bill 4, the controversial state immigration law, “slaps the federal immigration law right in the face."