If you want to understand the disaster happening in Texas, you must read this. This is testimony from Selena Xie, president of the Austin EMS Association. Thank you to our EMS staff, emergency responders, & all our public employees who are working to save lives during this crisis. #ATX

As of 6:45PM (2/25) there are 5,340 appointments still available.

Read about how H-E-B is leading the way in crisis communications wcaustin.org/2021/02/17/lea…

Great news!! Vaccines available *now* for drive ups with no registration needed at Northeast Early College High School. Come before 2pm, no wait. We need more events like this to bring the vaccine direct to our community!

Hey! The The Associated Press will hire four, strong breaking news editors. Is that you? Willing to be based in New York, Atlanta, Chicago or Phoenix? APPLY NOW: careers.ap.org/job/Newsperson… #journalismjobs #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈 NAHJ Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 najournalists South Asian Journalists Association

Diverse stories belong on bookshelves and bestseller lists. 📖 Our new #LitUp fellowship will provide 5 unpublished, underrepresented writers an all-expenses-paid retreat & mentorship with an incredible author. Tag a friend & encourage her to apply: bit.ly/3fjIHH4

NEW: I am so proud of Austin Statesman, which gathered Spanish-speaking journalists to translate the Uvalde school shooting report. The city is comprised of many Spanish-speakers who deserve answers. Read here, and we're printing 10,000 copies to deliver ASAP. tinyurl.com/yckk8mrs

Did you know voters with disabilities are more likely to vote by mail ✉️ than those without disabilities? Check out this NEW Election Asst. Comm. resource for best practices and checklists on how to make voting by mail more accessible: eac.gov/best-practices… 🧵1/3

🚨ACTION ALERT 🚨 We are in need of people to testify with @texrisingtamu and our partner orgs to bring back the MSC as an Early Voting Location. mobilize.us/tfn/event/4959… 🧵 1/18 ⤵️

At a town hall, POLITICO just announced 150 new jobs in the next year - many of those in editorial. I know there’s been a lot of layoffs recently — please tell your reporter friends who’ve been laid off to keep an eye on politico’s jobs page!

More details on why at least 3 Texas counties have sued AG Ken Paxton and are asking a judge to strike down a legal opinion he released last year that says anyone can access voted ballots right after an election. For Votebeat⁩/⁦Texas Tribune⁩ texas.votebeat.org/2023/1/24/2356…

Florida is an absolute mess, this teacher is currently under investigation for indoctrination. Here is her statement.

Meet Tim Dunn & Farris Wilks—two billionaires from West Texas. They bought Paxton’s acquittal for $3 million. Now they’re pushing a private school voucher scam. Their ultimate goal is even more ambitious: transforming Texas into an authoritarian, Christian Nationalist state. 🧵

One of the biggest advocacy opportunities of the year has launched - FDA/CURE-ID's #LongCovid treatment survey! There are many treatment surveys, but this one is special - the data will be used as evidence to help inform which drugs to study in clinical trials! Please RT! 1/

Kamala Harris is taking power back from the press corps. She learned from Biden’s fatal error. A THREAD.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that over one MILLION voters were purged from Texas’ voter rolls and THOUSANDS were sent to Attorney General Ken Paxton for prosecution— despite data showing no evidence of wrongdoing. Visit GoVoteTexas.org to check your registration status now.

HEY Y'ALL. Are you a reporter covering voting ? Do you want to be part of a slack channel full of 75 experts in elections and voting who will answer questions there on the record? JOIN Votebeat as we dump out our source Rolodex on behalf of Journalism! forms.gle/BWK5PmGjWJPVf7…

The censorship algorithm has reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife advocacy group ? You can help by retweeting, liking and following. If we're going to preserve what few wild places remain, we need you to get involved.

Why silence a wildlife advocacy group? The only way to beat the censorship algorithm (we've had a 95% drop in views/impressions since M Usk took over) is to encourage participation by asking you to like, retweet and following. Help us get the message out Retweet & follow

The Texas State Board of Education adopted a new Bible-infused curriculum for elementary school students. These new lessons elevate Christianity over the other major world religions. This curriculum is unconstitutional, un-American, and deeply un-Christian.