1. MORE INFORMATION ON THE PRESIDENT’S ACTIONS
A second whistleblower has come forward with details about Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, adding to the impeachment peril engulfing the White House and potentially providing new leads to Democrats in their unfurling investigation of Trump’s conduct.
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2. TWO AMERICANS, ONE BRITON SHARE NOBEL
The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists William G. Kaelin, Jr, Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of “how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
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3. EXPERTS SEE U.S. ECONOMY SLOWING
The nation’s business economists think President Donald Trump’s trade war with China will contribute to a sharp slowdown in economic growth this year and next, raising concerns about a possible recession starting late next year.
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4. AGGIES TO GO VAPELESS IN COLLEGE STATION, ELSEWHERE
Texas A&M University is banning e-cigarettes from all its campuses because of the potential health risks associated with smoking them. Chancellor John Sharp announced Tuesday that the ban will be effective “as soon as possible.” The ban extends to students, faculty and staff at 11 universities and across eight state agencies. Sharp says smoking is already prohibited in most areas on campus, but the vape ban is “mandatory and expanded to every inch of the Texas A&M System.”
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5. ADLER CHANGES TONE ON STATE AID FOR HOMELESSNESS
Speaking to the Texas Democrat Party, Austin Mayor Steve Adler takes a different tone about the letter he received from Governor Greg Abbott demanding change to the homeless ordinances. Adler’s optimism he expressed last week at getting help from the state was replaced by a more cynical take over the weekend.
“We read that letter also and said, ‘Well, maybe the governor actually wants to help.’ Probably not, but the state should be helping with homelessness,” Adler told Texas democrats at the annual Johnson-Jordan dinner in Austin on Saturday.
Adler says the state should be doing far more, pointing to the $145-million the State of California has given to the City of Los Angeles this year.
