Valley Fever cases are rising in West Texas

Texas lawmakers have long known about flood dangers along the Guadalupe. So why were calls for life-saving protections not heeded?
Amid lawsuits, two top state leaders say they want to make it easier for summer camps along the Guadalupe to reopen this summer, less than a year after the deadly July 4 floods.
Plans to open a data center at U.S. military base Fort Bliss is getting serious pushback from nearby El Paso residents.
Also, what’s behind a huge increase in drug overdose deaths at Texas prisons?
Plus, why officials are raising red flags over a rise in cases of what’s called Valley Fever.

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