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Around Texas 

1. Texas food banks to receive over 2 million free eggs following settlement

In a settlement with the Texas attorney general, Cal-Maine Foods Inc. is set to donate 2.16 million eggs to food banks across the state.

According to a news release from Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, Cal-Maine was sued by the state of Texas in 2020 for illegally raising the prices of eggs up to 300%.

2. A look at the Republican primary for Texas comptroller

In the race for the state’s chief financial officer, Gov. Greg Abbott put his full support behind interim Comptroller Kelly Hancock. Abbott appointed Hancock, a former North Texas state senator, to the position in June after Comptroller Glenn Hegar left to be the chancellor of Texas A&M.

“We’ve had great successes within our office. The office continues to run very well. And so we need that continuity,” said Hancock.

3. Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to prevent AI fakes

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, actor Matthew McConaughey has filed eight trademark applications to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with clips of him smiling, talking and saying his famed “Alright, alright, alright,” from 1993’s “Dazed and Confused,” in an effort to prevent AI apps and users from using his likeness.

Actor Matthew McConaughey attends A+E Network’s “HISTORYTalks: Leadership and Legacy” at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Around The Nation

1. Trump unveils his ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ calling for direct payments to Americans

2. Trump set to meet Venezuelan opposition leader after publicly backing Maduro’s successor

3. 15 former NCAA players among those charged in alleged scheme to rig basketball games

Deep in the Heart of Texas 

Jesuit priest Brian Strassburger talks with two migrant children at the Senda de Vida shelter in Reynosa, Mexico. (Spectrum News 1/John Salazar)

Jesuit priest brings hope to migrants at border shelter

Twice a week for the last four and a half years, Jesuit priest Brian Strassburger has shared songs of joy and words of faith with migrants and their children at a shelter in Reynosa, Mexico, feet away from the Texas-Mexico border.

Strassburger crosses the international border to lead biweekly masses. The people in attendance are stuck inside the Senda de Vida shelter in Reynosa.