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States Led by Texas Target Google in New Antitrust Probe
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States Led by Texas Target Google in New Antitrust Probe

RACHEL LERMAN and MARCY GORDON, Associated PressSeptember 12, 2019

The Monday announcement closely followed one from a separate group of states Friday that disclosed an investigation into Facebook’s market dominance. The two probes widen the antitrust scrutiny of big tech companies beyond sweeping federal and congressional investigations and enforcement action by European regulators.

Black Lawmaker Renews Call Against Texas Confederate Plaque
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Black Lawmaker Renews Call Against Texas Confederate Plaque

Paul J. Weber, Associated PressNovember 30, 2018

A Black Democratic lawmaker called on Texas to immediately remove a Confederate plaque in the state Capitol that rejects slavery as an underlying cause of the Civil War after the state’s attorney general said Wednesday that a legislative vote isn’t needed.