Monday, November 6, 2023
Texas Senate meets without voting on border security bill, likely killing bill — for now Aarón Torres The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN — The Texas Senate met for less than a minute Sunday and gaveled out for the day without debating a controversial border security bill prioritized by Gov. Greg Abbott. Sunday’s unexpected development likely assures Abbott will call a fourth special session as only two bills from this 30-day session will reach his desk. Only three Senators appeared on the floor and they recessed until 4 p.m., Tuesday — the last day of the special session. Heading into Sunday, the chamber had been expected to debate House Bill 4, a contentious proposal that would allow state and local police to arrest migrants who are in Texas without proper legal documentation. See Senate on 6
Tribune News Service The exterior of the Texas Capitol in Austin on Thursday, May 4, 2023.
OSU Extension to host free National Diabetes Prevention Program year and six times in Trisha Gedon OSU Extension Sr. the second half. Each session lasts an hour. Communications A short online survey Specialist can help determine if
Tribune News Service Stephen Kruse (left) and Ron Tykoski, the Perot Museum’s director of paleontology and curator of vertebrate paleontology, excavate bones found from a mosasaur in a creek bed on Thursday, July 21, 2022, near the North Sulphur River in Fannin County, Texas.
New ‘little bitty’ dinosaur discovered in North Texas Noor Adatia The Dallas Morning News
In 2020, a small fossil of a jawbone was discovered at a rock formation near Lake Grapevine, outside Dallas, where paleontologists with the museum have been collecting fossils for years. Initially, scientists thought the two-inchDALLAS -- Scientists from long jaw fossil belonged to a small the Perot Museum of Nature and crocodile, but they soon discovered Science recently named a newly dis- they were wrong. covered species of a plant-eating di“It wasn’t until we got it back nosaur, suggesting the animal once to the lab and got under a microused to roam eastern North America scope and cleaned it up using little more than 96 million years ago. pins and needles,” said Ron Tykos-
ki, vice president of science at the Perot, “that we realized it was not like a little crocodile, but instead it was a new little kind of dinosaur.” After three years of investigation and research, scientists recently published their findings in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. They named the dinosaur after the volunteer who found it, Murray Cohen, as well as the city it was found near. The dinosaur’s name, Ampelognathus coheni, roughly translates to “Cohen’s Grapevine jaw.” See Dinosaur on 7
Oklahoma State University Extension will host a virtual informational session on its upcoming National Diabetes Prevention Program. Oklahomans who want to learn more about prediabetes, diabetes and steps to help prevent the disease are invited to attend the session. Lauren Amaya, Oklahoma State University Extension diabetes specialist, will host the Zoom session at noon on Nov. 15. Those interested in participating may contact her at lauren. amaya@okstate.edu for the Zoom link. The National Diabetes Prevention Program, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a partnership between public and private organizations to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Amaya said research shows that 58% of individuals under the age of 60 who have participated in this program decreased their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, while 71% of participants over the age of 60 reduced their risk. Amaya said the national program, offered free of charge, is an evidence-based lifestyle change course geared toward people with prediabetes, type 2 diabetes or those with risk factors that lead to the disease. It is a year-long commitment in which participants meet via Zoom 16 times during the first half of the
a person is at risk or may have prediabetes. “The informational session will answer questions and help ensure participants understand what they’re signing up for,” Amaya said. “People aged 18 years or older with prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, at risk of developing prediabetes or who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes are encouraged to participate. Pregnant women and women who are nursing are not eligible.” Program participants will learn about the basics of prediabetes and diabetes, risk factors, health consequences and prevention. The informational session will also cover physical activity and nutrition that can help with disease prevention and management. Sandy Pogue recently completed the year-long class and said it was beneficial for her and her mother. Although Pogue had not been diagnosed with prediabetes, she did have some risk factors, including a family history of diabetes. “This class was great in teaching us not only about what to eat but also the importance of being physically active,” Pogue said. “My mom was able to get her A1C down and no longer takes medication for diabetes. Lauren (Amaya) was great in teaching us about different foods and about the Diabetes Plate Method, which is similar to MyPlate.” See Diabetes on 5