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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Prioritizes Property Tax Relief, Electric Grid Fixes And Border Security...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday unveiled a list of 21 legislative priorities including property tax relief, improving the reliability of the electric grid...
Beto O’Rourke Returned $1 Million Check From FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
Beto O’Rourke returned a $1 million donation from embattled cryptocurrency leader Sam Bankman-Fried four days before Election Day, his campaign told The Texas Tribune...
Ken Paxton, Texas’ Election Denier-In-Chief, Closes In On Third Term
In the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, Texas Attorney General Ken...
Operation Lone Star Troops Could Owe Feds Tax Money Thanks To State’s Payroll Error
Texas National Guard troops deployed to the border by Gov. Greg Abbott could be stuck paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars in unexpected...
Another National Guard Soldier Working Operation Lone Star Dies By Suspected Suicide
A service member assigned to the Texas National Guard’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, died by a self-inflicted gunshot Tuesday morning in Eagle...
Abbott, O’Rourke Spar Over Immigration, Abortion and Uvalde Shooting in Debate
"Abbott, O’Rourke spar over immigration, abortion and Uvalde shooting in debate" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that...
Immigration, Abortion And Economy Expected To Take Center Stage When Abbott, O’Rourke Debate Friday
Immigration, abortion, the economy and guns are expected to be major topics of conversation Friday night as Republican Gov. Greg Abbott faces off against...
Migrant Encounters At The Border Are Higher Today Than They Were Before Gov. Greg...
For the past year and a half, Gov. Greg Abbott has made border security his priority and the centerpiece of his reelection campaign.
He’s put...
ACLU Calls On Feds To Investigate Abbott’s Policy Transporting Migrants Back To Border
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on the federal government to stop cooperating with Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order authorizing state troopers to...
Texas Democrats See Hope In Kansas Abortion Vote, But Challenges Remain
Heading into a difficult election cycle, Democrats and abortion-rights supporters in Texas were energized by voters in Republican-dominated Kansas who on Tuesday resoundingly voted...