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El Paso Times
Here are key dates, races for the May primary runoff election
...high-profile races across Texas, such as the Republican U.S. Senate race between incumbent U.S. Sen. ​John Cornyn and Attorney General ​Ken Paxton, but El Paso has its own local races to decide as well. Here...
Adam Powell
04/29/2026 Online
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Texas Scorecard
Fake-Republicans Make Their Move. Voters Should Make Theirs!
April 29, 2026 On this Salcedo Storm Podcast: Congressman ​Chip Roy is the effective conservative who represents the 21st congressional district in the great state of Texas. He serves on the House Judiciary,...
The Salcedo Storm Podcast
04/29/2026 Online
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San Angelo Standard Times
Camp Mystic flood deaths were preventable, Texas investigators say
Updated April 29, 2026, 7:29 a.m. CT A tragic flood at Camp Mystic in central ​Texas resulted in the deaths of 27 young girls. Investigators found the camp had an emergency plan but lacked an adequate...
Mateo Rosiles
04/29/2026 Online
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Salado Village Voice
Aldermen candidates on economic development agreements,road bond, wastewater expansion, disincorporation
...years. Second, we will aggressively pursue state and federal funding through programs offered by the ​Texas Department of Transportation and the U.S. Department of Transportation. These funds exist to support...
Tim Fleischer
04/29/2026 Online
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Community Impact Newspaper Austin
Dripping Springs ISD spends $4.4M to improve bus safety
...million for transportation, including seat belts and bus replacement. How we got here In 2017, the ​Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 693, which mandated that any bus manufactured in 2018 or later would require...
Sienna Wight
04/29/2026 Online
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Kurv 710
Houston Mayor Whitmire’s Podcast Targeted By Ethics Complaints
Mayor ​John Whitmire’s new podcast is now the subject of ethics complaints filed by a local political organization. The Houston Progressive Caucus says two of the three complaints focus on the podcast’s...
04/29/2026 Online
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KPRC NBC 2 Houston
Houston Controller’s Office reviewing $60K taxpayer-funded podcast tied to Mayor Whitmire
...is reviewing complaints surrounding a reported $60,000 "taxpayer-funded podcast" connected to Mayor ​John Whitmire. In a statement released on X, the office said it takes the allegations seriously and will...
Ninfa Saavedra
04/29/2026 Online
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San Marcos Daily Record
Texas CD 21 candidate suspended by Kalshi for betting on his own election
KAYLA GUO & AYDEN RUNNELS ​TEXAS TRIBUNE Today, 06:00 AM ​Texas GOP congressional candidate Zeke Enriquez bet on the outcome of his own election on Kalshi, the prediction market said in a press release...
Ayden Runnels Texas Tribune, Kayla Guo &amp
04/29/2026 Online
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KRIV Fox (Houston)
Camp Mystic directors apologize, face tough questions from Texas lawmakers
Parents testify in Camp Mystic hearing The Camp Mystic hearings entered their second day at the ​Texas Capitol on April 28. ​Lawmakers heard emotional testimony from parents as they continue the search for...
Rudy Koski
04/29/2026 Online
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San Antonio Express-News
Katy Padilla Stout goes from long shot to contender in bid for Congress
...everything changed in early March. Not only did she win her crowded March 3 primary, but U.S. Rep. ​Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, announced he was dropping his re-election bid amid a growing sex scandal that...
Jeremy Wallace
04/29/2026 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Texas inmate James Broadnax faces Thursday execution amid final appeal arguing he wasn’t the shooter
...artists, including Houston rapper Travis Scott, filed briefs in support of that appeal. Texas Rep. ​John Bucy, D-Austin, called for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to intervene in Broadnax’s case,...
Ayden Runnels
04/29/2026 Online
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
Fort Worth ISD board unanimously votes to cut dozens more staff positions
...comes after Licata and the nine-person Board of Managers were appointed by Texas Education Commissioner ​Mike Morath to lead the district during a state takeover, which was prompted by the district's years of...
Samuel O Neal
04/29/2026 Online
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KVIA ABC 7 El Paso
El Paso City Council votes to bring in federal lobbyist Forward Global
EL PASO, ​Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso City Council voted 7-1 in favor of awarding a contract to Forward Global to act as a federal lobbyist for the city. The company will give the city a permanent representative...
Rishi Oza
04/29/2026 Online
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Houston Defender
Houston’s Black women in politics: Shaping policy, taking action
...is still alive in the halls of local and state government. From the courthouse to City Hall to the ​Texas Capitol, Black women are holding positions of power and advocating for the needs of their communities....
Tannistha Sinha
04/29/2026 Online
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Denton Chronicle
Out-of-town developers’ money shows up in City Council candidate filings just before Denton votes
...Key, a local homebuilder, and Joe Kesterson, a local mobile home builder. Republican state Rep. ​Richard Hayes — who, like Watts, is a local attorney — donated $750. Watts reported $9,554 in political...
Christian Mcphate
04/28/2026 Online
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KPRC NBC 2 Houston
Houston rabbi among families planning Supreme Court appeal after federal court upholds Ten Commandments law
HOUSTON - A Houston rabbi is among a group of ​Texas families planning to take their legal fight over the Ten Commandments in public schools to the U.S. Supreme Court. Rabbi Joshua Fixler, who sued Houston...
Jaewon Jung
04/28/2026 Online
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