Texans Die from Heat Exhaustion After Governor Bans Mandatory Water Breaks - eviltoast

House Bill 2127 preempts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.

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    Since then, 11 people between the ages of 60 and 80 have died of heat-related illness in Webb County, the Associated Press reported. Most did not have air-conditioning in their homes. A teen and stepfather died while hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park, per a National Park Service release. According to the Texas Tribune, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, died in Texas prisons that lack air conditioning. And at least four workers have died after collapsing while laboring in triple-digit heat: a post office worker in Dallas, a utility lineman in East Texas, and construction workers in Houston.

    Only 4 of them were even workers out in extreme heat, and none of the deaths are confirmed to be from that.