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  • #1
    August 7 · 4 min

    Will the Fight Against Closed Primaries Continue?

    -New Secretary of State Must Decide Whether to Keep Fighting Closed Primaries -Constable Salaries Reach $305,000 as Harris County Faces Growing Deficit -Weatherford ISD Teacher Charged With Sexual Misconduct

  • August 6 · 4 min

    Three Years is a Long Time in Texas Politics

    -Old Divisions Fade as Republicans Rally Around Paxton -Abbott Announces New SpaceX Factory in Grimes County -Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Texas Handgun Trespass Sign Laws

  • #113
    August 5 · 4 min

    Controversial Mosque Approved Unanimously

    -McKinney Approves Mosque Amid Citizen Concerns -Immigrant Criminal Denaturalized in Texas District Court -Public Utility Commissioners Schedule Meetings on 765-kV Lines After Lawmakers Demand Project Pause

  • August 4 · 4 min

    Can your HOA Ban Political Yard Signs?

    -Can Your HOA Ban Political Yard Signs? Here's What the Law Says -Democrat Artist-Turned-Candidate's Studio Hosts ‘All Ages’ LGBT Events -Deported Honduran Man Sues Houston Over ICE-Related Traffic Stop Detention

  • August 3 · 3 min

    Texas Has a New Comptroller

    -Don Huffines Sworn In as Texas Comptroller, Vows Aggressive Audits -Texas’ School Choice Program Has Nation's Largest Waiting List -Parents Sue Plano ISD for Teacher’s Sexual Abuse of Student

  • July 31 · 4 min

    Do Data Centers Belong in Neighborhoods?

    -Abbott Unveils Housing Affordability Proposals, Says Data Centers Don’t Belong in Neighborhoods -Patrick, Schwertner Call on PUC To Reject Controversial 765-kV Transmission Applications -Harris County Considers AI Cameras for Jail

  • July 30 · 4 min

    Houston’s Racist Program Reversed

    -Federal Judge Strikes Down Houston’s Race-Based Contracting Program -Lizard Litigation Ends With Endangered Species Status Reversed -Houston ISD Has Yet To Reconcile Contradictory Stance on Graphic Conten

  • July 29 · 4 min

    Investigating Dr. Fauci

    -Republican AG Candidate Mayes Middleton Pledges Texas Investigation of Anthony Fauci -Waller County GOP Presses for Restrictions on Flock Cameras -Pro-Transmission Coalition Allies With Left-Wing Association To Push Controversial 765-kV Lines

  • July 28 · 4 min

    Are Texas Republicans Unified?

    -Shelley Luther Draws Texas GOP’s Top Leaders to Massive Sherman Rally -Baytown Officer Under Investigation for Alleged Flock Camera Misuse -New Rainfall Delays Corpus Christi Water Emergency

  • July 27 · 5 min

    Talarico Praises Islamic Mystics

    -Talarico Said Islamic Mystics Shaped His Faith As Much As Christians -Religious Liberty, Online Safety Among Senate’s Latest Interim Charges -Next Controversial Transmission Line Segment Up for Public Utility Commissioners’ Decision

  • July 24 · 3 min

    Data Centers to Pay Their Own Way

    -Regulators Begin Making Data Centers Pay Their Own Way After Abbott Directive -Texas Congressman Files Legislation To Disincentivize Birth Tourism -Clinics Accused of Illegal Abortions May Continue Operations, Court Rules

  • July 23 · 4 min

    Who Gave Flock Permission?

    -Who Gave Permission? Texans Question Flock Surveillance Ahead of Session -Developer Withdraws Henderson County Data Center Plan Following Gov. Abbott Directives -University of Houston Poised To Eliminate 40 Percent of Core Curriculum

  • July 22 · 4 min

    A Pause on Controversial Power Line Project?

    -Lawmakers Ask Public Utility Commission to Pause 765-kV Project Until After 2027 Legislative Session -Trucker Pleads Guilty After Admitting To Hauling Illegal Aliens Instead of Carrots -Italian Court Demands Formal Death Penalty Waiver in Harris County Murder Case

  • July 21 · 4 min

    Birth Tourism Crackdown

    -Abbott Orders State Agencies to Investigate Birth Tourism Schemes -Black Democrats Press Talarico on Outreach as Candidate Defends ‘Repairing Past Harms’ -Democrat Harris County Judge Nominee Accused of Seven Campaign Finance Violations

  • July 20 · 4 min

    Mexico’s Attempt to Interfere in Texas

    -Texas Republican Lawmakers Reject Mexican Senator’s ‘Lectures’ on Border Security -Inside the “Fake, Profane” Complaints Sent to Texas’ Higher Education Ombudsman -Sharia ‘Already Here,’ Speaker Tells Plano Mosque Open House

  • July 17 · 4 min

    Texas Has a New Secretary of State

    -Gov. Abbott Appoints Robert Howden as Secretary of State -Fort Bend County Grand Jury Indicts Arcola Mayor on Five Felonies -Fort Worth Weighs Data Center Pause as Zoning Rules Sent Back to Council

  • July 16 · 3 min

    States Defending the Border

    -AG Paxton Backs Congressional Resolution Affirming States’ Rights To Defend the Border -US Rep. Self Proposes Legislation To Limit Automated License Plate Readers Reach -Sea Drone Company Saronic Announces $3.2 Billion Texas Shipyard

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