09/26/2026
Focus Group Entertainment Newsroom
Four stories we’re watching this week:
1. The ‘lionesses’ who sued for air conditioning in every Texas prison — and won.
Formerly incarcerated women with Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance helped win a federal order for TDCJ to air-condition all prisons by end of 2029.
https://19thnews.org/2026/09/women-advocated-air-conditioning-texas-prisons/
2. Nor’easter hits the East Coast with wind, coastal flooding, and high waves.
States of emergency in NY/NJ; coastal flood alerts Virginia through Maine.
https://abcnews.com/US/noreaster-brings-strong-winds-coastal-flooding-high-waves/story?id=136777903
3. Reba McEntire on Dolly Parton’s final call — and finding out why “one day.”
Reba told ET she missed Dolly’s late-July call and couldn’t reconnect before Dolly’s death in August.
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2026/09/25/ill-never-know-why-she-called-me-reba-gets-emotional-revealing-she-missed-the-last-call-dolly-parton-ever-made-to-her/
4. The uncomfortable truth about raising kids in 2026.
Parental burnout isn’t just personal failure — it’s structural pressure, cost of care, and always-on expectations.
https://apple.news/AuKuqRRa3Q2C15uYRrrTp7A
Credit the original reporting. More from Focus Group Entertainment soon.
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