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Customers formed a long line for groceries outside of Fiesta on Stassney Lane in Southeast Austin in February. A bill that the House advanced limits the governor s emergency powers during a pandemic. An amendment that would have banned statewide or local mask mandates narrowly failed.
Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
Texas governor’s emergency powers during pandemics would be curbed under bill advanced in House Tue, 05/11/2021 - 5:55pm
CASSANDRA POLLOCK, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE
Customers formed a long line for groceries outside of Fiesta on Stassney Lane in Southeast Austin in February. A bill that the House advanced limits the governor s emergency powers during a pandemic. An amendment that would have banned statewide or local mask mandates narrowly failed. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
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The Texas House has approved a sweeping bill that would reform the governorâs emergency powers during a pandemic and involve the Legislature during such instances.
House members voted 92-45 for House Bill 3 in a preliminary vote Monday. They gave formal approval Tuesday, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration.
Sam Tanner heading to the Tokyo Olympics
Sam Tanner. Photo: Supplied.
Tauranga’s Sam Tanner has been selected to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
The ex-Bethlehem College student broke the University of Washington collegiate record in the 1500 meter race in February, running the race in a time of 3:34 seconds, qualifying him for the Tokyo Olympics.
Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, announced yesterday at the AUT Millennium track by the New Zealand Olympic Committee - NZOC.
The team is made up of an exciting mix of experienced campaigners and emerging talent, with Olympic medallists Dame Valerie Adams, Tom Walsh and Nick Willis joined by the likes of Connor Bell, Maddison-Lee Wesche, and Sam Tanner – all three of whom are aged 21 or under.
Friday, 16 April 2021, 11:13 am
Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the
athletics team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, announced today
at the AUT Millennium track by the New Zealand Olympic
Committee (NZOC).
The initial athletics team for Tokyo
2020 is:
Dame Valerie Adams, shot put
(Pakuranga Athletic Club/Auckland), coached by Dale
Stevenson
Connor Bell, discus
(North Harbour Bays Athletics/Auckland), coached by Mike
Schofield
Lauren Bruce, hammer
(South Canterbury Athletic Club/Canterbury), coached by Dale
Stevenson
Camille Buscomb,
5000m/10,000m (Hamilton City Hawks Athletics/Waikato Bay of
Plenty), coached by Nic
Bideau
Jacko Gill, shot put
(Takapuna Athletic and Harrier Club/Auckland), coached by
Tokyo Olympics: 15 athletes named in conditional New Zealand athletics team for 2021 Games
16 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM
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New Zealand Olympians gathered at The Cloud with 100 days to go before Tokyo 2021.
Video / Jed Bradley
New Zealand Olympians gathered at The Cloud with 100 days to go before Tokyo 2021.
Video / Jed Bradley
NZ Herald
Fifteen athletes have been conditionally named in the New Zealand athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics in July.
The team is made up of an exciting mix of experienced campaigners and emerging talent, with Olympic medallists Dame Valerie Adams, Tom Walsh and Nick Willis joined by the likes of Connor Bell, Maddison-Lee Wesche, and Sam Tanner – all three of whom are aged 21 or younger.