WEDNESDAY TOP NEWS LINKS:
Advocacy groups are trying to turn up the pressure on national Republicans to consider immigration reform. Targeting their local party headquarters, has been on focus here in Houston.
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LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- 10-year-old boy shot while sleeping in southwest Houston (KTRK 13 News)
- Houston woman in critical condition after pack of 15 dogs attack (KHOU 11 News)
- Disabled woman found in car, taken to hospital (KPRC 2 News)
- Houston woman says she killed man in self-defense (Chron.com)
- New method for battling rising water (KHOU 11 News)
- Children’s Museum of Houston screens Houston PBS’ literacy superhero series (Your Houston News)
- Harris County lifts burn ban (Chron.com)
- Local 2 Investigates water samples of Houston splash pads (KPRC 2 News)
STATE HEADLINES:
- Food Stamps Policy Made Clear for Homeless Youths in Texas, US (KUT Austin)
- TJJD Weighs Closing Mental Health Unit, Halfway Houses (Texas Tribune)
- Texas Bar Foundation funds State Bar of Texas civics education program (Your Houston News)
- UT chemists turn seawater into fresh water with a battery (Chron.com)
NATION & WORLD:
- Tucson Revives Mexican-American Studies Program (NPR)
- Laws Tightening Abortion Rules Gain Traction In States (NPR)
- New tropical depression forms in eastern Atlantic (KTRK 13 News)