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Vol. 113, No. 354 /18 pages, 3 sections
Denton, Texas
Bathroom bill has already hurt tourism
Denton chamber,
county judge warn
state officials about
economic impact
Senate panel
advances
legislation
Construction
crews work
Friday on
finishing
Denton’s
hotel and
convention
center. With
the center’s
opening date
months
away, the
Denton
Chamber of
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By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan @ dentonrc.com
The city faces a big obstacle as tour-
ism officials woo conferences and
events to the new Embassy Suites by
Hilton Denton Convention Center: the
“bathroom bill.”
As the Texas Senate began debating
legislation this week that would regulate
who uses which bathrooms in schools
and other public buildings, the eco-
nomic impact came into view. The Den-
ton Chamber of Commerce executive
By Alexa lira and Emma Platoff
Texas Tribune
As part of state lawmakers’ second
attempt at passing a bathroom bill this
year, a panel of Senate lawmakers voted
Friday to advance a measure to restrict
bathroom use for transgender Texans.
The 8-1 vote came after almost 10
hours of emotional testimony — a large
majority in opposition — by transgen-
der Texans, their families and their al-
lies, who pleaded with lawmakers to
not endanger an already vulnerable
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The Dallas Morning News
jcowan@dallasnews.com
Texas led the nation in employment
growth in June, adding 40,200 jobs to
the states economy, its biggest gain in a
single month since January.
The state’s unemployment rate
inched downward to 4.6 percent, slight-
ly higher than the nation’s jobless rate of
4.4 percent. Texas was one of 10 states
where the unemployment rate fell.
Economists say the Lone Star State’s
jobless rate is at a healthy level, given
the huge volume of new residents.
“Texas is not only doing well,” said
Kurt Rankin, PNC Bank’s Texas econo-
mist. ‘Texas continues to do better’
Service sectors added some 30,000
jobs, and the continued resurgence in
the oil economy helped goods-produc-
ing sectors add nearly 10,000 jobs, ac-
cording to data released Friday
The news of employment growth
comes as Texas lawmakers started de-
bating proposed legislation that busi-
nesses and critics say discriminates
against transgender people.
The state’s major employers have
tried to persuade the Legislature to
drop efforts to pass the so-called bath-
room bill, without much success so far.
Some say the fight may be symbolic of
business’s waning sway in Austin.
Legislation that’s perceived as dis-
criminatory, business leaders have said,
could threaten the state’s economic mo-
mentum because young workers — so
desperately needed by companies
looking to hire — are turned off by a
less-than-inclusive environment.
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A construction crew continues to work Thursday on Evers Trail near the intersection of West Hercules Lane and Nicosia Street. The trail will be an
extension of a walking/jogging trail that connects North Lakes Park to Evers Park on the city’s north side. Denton residents ask the city for trails
more than any other kind of parks or recreation facility, parks officials say.
Spicer off Trump press team
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President hires
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traveling to North Korea
beginning next month, the
State Department said.
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By Ken Thomas and Jill Colvin
Associated Press
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White
House press secretary Sean Spic-
er abruptly resigned Friday over
President Donald Trump’s deci-
sion to tap a camera-ready finan-
cier to lead the beleaguered
White House communications
team. The departing spokesman
said the president “could benefit
from a clean slate” as he seeks to
steady operations amid the Rus-
sia investigations and ahead of a
health care showdown.
Spicer, whose daily briefings
once dominated cable television
and delighted late-night comics,
quit in protest over the hiring of
Anthony Scaramucci as the new
Write House communications
director. Spicer denounced what
he considered Scaramucci’s lack
of qualifications, according to
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Sean Spicer, who is resigning as White House press secretary,
walks down the steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office
Building toward the White House on Friday in Washington.
Metro leaders
But the legislative fights, observers
say, haven’t yet put a damper on the eco-
nomic force of the state’s fast-growing
metro areas, which Rankin said power
Texas’ overall economy
Rankin said metro areas, including
Dallas, Austin and Houston, have taken
steps to build their respective labor
forces.
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The shake-up among the
As his first act on the job, Sea- president’s spokespeople comes
ramucci, a polished television as Trump is suffering from dis-
commentator and Harvard Law mal approval ratings and strug-
graduate, announced from the gling to advance his legislative
White House briefing room that proposals. As his effort to replace
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Israeli-Palestinian ten-
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most contested shrine
boiled over into violence
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The three main geographies in the
state are all attacking the problem in a
take Spicer’s job. She had been
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