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Conroe Today
Attorney General Ken Paxton Asks Texas Supreme Court to Block Unlawful Harris County "Guaranteed Income" Scheme
AUSTIN, TX -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed for emergency relief with the Supreme Court of Texas ("SCOTX") to block Harris County’s "guaranteed income" program that violates State law. Previously,...
04/23/2024 Online
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AM 1070 The Answer
Reports: Russian hackers targeted west Texas water facilities
...security measures, they said at a recent local meeting, also having met with their state senator, Charles Perry, a Republican. The FBI, Homeland Security and other federal agencies are investigating the...
Bethany Blankley
04/23/2024 Online
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KRGV (ABC) 5 (Weslaco)
Valley lawmakers weigh in on truck traffic at ports of entry
...to expand inspection stations on the United States side is still underway, but State Representative Terry Canales says he's working to expand highways connected to ports of entry. "When a truck crosses any...
04/23/2024 Online
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KETK (NBC) 56 (Tyler)
Influential state lawmakers check out South Texas border infrastructure projects
...state Sen. Robert Nichols, a Republican who chairs the Senate Transportation Committee, and State Rep. Terry Canales, a Democrat from Edinburg who chairs the House Transportation Committee, were both part of...
Sandra Sanchez
04/23/2024 Online
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KXXV (ABC) 25 (Waco)
Police: Vandals splatter red paint saying 'Free Gaza' on Rep. John Carter's Georgetown office
...09:42:13-04 GEORGETOWN, Texas — An investigation is underway after Georgetown police said Congressman John Carter's office was vandalized Monday morning. Georgetown police received a possible burglary report...
By: Christian Hudspeth
04/23/2024 Online
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KVIA ABC 7 El Paso
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces $34 million dollar behavioral health facility
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced today a $34 million dollar behavioral health campus is set to be built in Uvalde, Texas. The facility will treat 32 nearby counties. The facility...
04/23/2024 Online
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Dallas Weekly
Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care
...know about transition-related health care, which Texas has banned for children] Seizing on that, Gov. Greg Abbott directed CPS to investigate for child abuse the Texas parents with transgender children who...
04/23/2024 Online
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FOX West Texas
Seattle Children’s Hospital won’t have to provide trans patient records to Texas under new settlement
...testing how far it can extend abortion and gender-transition restrictions beyond state lines. Texas legislators passed the ban on transition-related care for kids despite opposition from doctors and advocates...
04/23/2024 Online
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Dallas Express
Paxton Contends SCOTUS Ruling Helps SB 4 Case
...3-foot barrier placed by the state near his property, as previously reported by DX SB 4, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in December, would make unlawful entry into the state a crime and allow state and local law...
04/23/2024 Online
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Austin American-Statesman
Why is Travis County District Attorney José Garza being sued? Here's what to know
...Garza Republican interference Democratic state Reps. Donna Howard, Lulu Flores, Vikki Goodwin and Sheryl Cole also spoke in opposition of the filing. They were joined by Austin Kaplan, an attorney representing...
04/23/2024 Online
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WOAI
Abbott Credits Operation Lone Star With Drop In Illegal Border Crossings
...river on April 02, 2024 in El Paso, Texas. Photo: Brandon Bell / Getty Images News / Getty Images Gov. Greg Abbott is crediting his border security initiative with a recent decrease in the number of illegal...
04/23/2024 Online
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Houston Public Media
Primary runoff voter guide: May 28 election includes notable Houston-area races
...runoff on the ballot with significant implications on the trajectory of statewide politics. State Rep. Dade Phelan of District 21 trailed challenger David Covey in the March 5 primary, by a margin of 46.3% to...
Adam Zuvanich
04/23/2024 Online
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NewsRadio 740 - KTRH
Three Texas Supreme Court seats eyed by Obama-backed redistricting group
...not worked. Their most valiant effort was Robert Francis O'Rourke, aka Beto, who ran against Senator Ted Cruz in 2018. Beto traveled to every single county in one of the largest grassroots fundraisers ever,...
Andre Perrard
04/23/2024 Online
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Texas Scorecard
4.23.2024: Ted Cruz has single-digit lead.
...County Officials Want Special Session on Border Security… Texas Taxpayers Fund Sky-high Superintendent Salaries… TLR Helping Dade Phelan Raise Money in Houston… Democrat Sues Tarrant County GOP for Place […]
04/23/2024 Online
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Dallas Morning News
Dallas city manager’s departure must be investigated
...the Open Meetings Act. That can carry criminal penalties. Mayor Eric Johnson has called for the Legislature to stop such payouts to high-level city employees. But the law already provides for that. Johnson...
04/23/2024 Online
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KBTX (CBS) 3 (Bryan)
Rep. Colin Allred discusses Senate bid, Texas high-speed rail
...will represent Texas in the U.S. Senate. Rep. Colin Allred won the Democratic primary to take on Sen. Ted Cruz. Republican Cruz has served in the US Senate for two terms after being elected in 2012. Allred,...
04/23/2024 Online
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