Five stories that have North Texas talking: Fort Worth City Council may take SB4 vote; Texas A&M cancels white nationalist event on campus; take a driverless shuttle to the Cowboys game; and more.
Fort Worth is the largest Texas city that hasn鈥檛 joined the legal fight against the state鈥檚 new immigration law, known as Senate Bill 4. A council member is forcing a vote on the matter.
Councilman Carlos Flores has to put the issue on the agenda for Tuesday鈥檚 meeting, the reports. The proposal directs the city manager and city attorney to take legal action to join the lawsuit. Council members Ann Zadeh, Gyna Bivens and Kelly Allen Gray are also on board, according to the Star-Telegram.
As 四虎影院 earlier this month, 鈥淟ed by the tiny border town of El Cenizo, all the biggest cities in Texas have joined the suit, but five of the nine Fort Worth council members said they don鈥檛 favor adding the city to that list. They did not take a formal vote, but members discussed their views during a council work session.鈥�
Council members usually hear and discuss issues in work session a week before they vote on them. 鈥淏ecause Flores is asking that the issue be on the work session agenda and the regular meeting agenda the same week, it may not come to a vote this week,鈥� according to the Star-Telegram.
The law bans so-called 鈥溾�� in Texas. It also allows police officers to inquire a person鈥檚 legal status in the course of investigating crimes and when they detain or arrest someone.
The law would require Fort Worth to change its policy that prohibits officers from contacting federal immigration authorities, but officers wouldn鈥檛 be forced to call the feds either.
Mayor Betsy Price has said that the law, slated to take effect Sept. 1, would not force the police department to fundamentally change its community-oriented policing strategies. [Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 四虎影院]
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- State lawmakers on Monday called on Texas A&M University to block a , planned by a white nationalist for next month on campus. University leaders , citing student safety. There will likely be questions of legality because A&M is a public university. [The Texas Tribune]
- Oil producers have turned to the dunes of the Permian Basin in West Texas to provide . Producers have found that using finer sand at higher volumes seems to push out more oil, for less money. It鈥檚 threatening a . [Marfa Public Radio, The Texas Tribune]
- Two driverless vehicles that can hold 12 passengers each will make their public debuts Aug. 26 for the Dallas Cowboys' preseason game against the Oakland Raiders. Arlington will offer ongoing to the public as part of a year-long pilot program.
- Practicing yoga with different kinds of animals (cats, goats, etc. ) appears to be the trend. Appropriately, a put on by the Friends of Northaven Trail in North Dallas is being is held next month. [GuideLive]
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