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San Angelo Standard Times
Texas funds 85,344 students in first year of new school voucher program
...voucher law? The $1 billion TEFA program was created by Senate Bill 2, authored by then-state Sen. ​Brandon Creighton — now chancellor of the Texas Tech University System — during the 89th Texas Legislature...
Mateo Rosiles
08/06/2026 Online
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Office of the Texas Governor
Governor Abbott Announces SpaceX Expansion In Grimes County
August 6, 2026 | Austin, ​Texas | Press Release Governor ​Greg Abbott today announced SpaceX will construct a vertically integrated semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County. The first phase of the...
08/06/2026 Online
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Dallas Observer
Sitting congressman encourages anti-Islam hysteria during McKinney mosque vote
Keith Self is up for reelection this November, and dog-whistling about Sharia law has emerged as a key policy issue. The East Plano Islamic Center has been a center of controversy in ​Texas. Mike Brooks...
Emma Ruby
08/06/2026 Online
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WOAI NBC 4 San Antonio
Abbott says he'll push bills on taxes, insurance and housing; data center audit pending
...simple terms. What's happening right now? What are the biggest updates at the moment? EL PASO, ​Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Gov. ​Greg Abbott outlined a slate of proposals he said are aimed at lowering the cost...
Erika Esquivel
08/06/2026 Online
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
Pornhub is blocked in Texas. Now it’s asking lawmakers to change its age verification law
Pornhub is trying to convince ​Texas lawmakers to rethink the state's age verification law for adult websites. The effort comes more than a year after the pornography website blocked access in ​Texas instead...
Tiffani Jackson
08/06/2026 Online
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Dallas Express
EPIC City In Senate Crosshairs After ‘Islamist Separatism' Warning
...Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights. U.S. Sen. ​Ted Cruz (R-Texas) chaired the hearing, titled "Hidden in Plain Sight: Confronting the Muslim Brotherhood...
08/06/2026 Online
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Dallas Observer
Talarico outlines economic agenda, pitches ‘New American Dream’ in Arlington
...Reader support is helping shape the future of local news. SUPPORT US TODAY Democratic Senate nominee ​James Talarico pitched himself as an equalizer as he unveiled his economic platform in Arlington Wednesday....
Austin Wood
08/06/2026 Online
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San Antonio Express-News
Terafab activity will kick off ‘nearly immediately,’ SpaceX says
After securing approval for tax break s from two rural ​Texas school districts, SpaceX employees driving Elon Musk's Terafab project are eager to start building the computer chip manufacturing plant in Grimes...
Andrea Guzmán
08/06/2026 Online
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San Antonio Express-News
Midland's lawsuit could upend Texas school funding. Why aren't others joining?
A lawsuit by Midland's school board to overhaul the way ​Texas funds education could have been a rallying cry for districts that have long bristled at having to turn over billions of local tax dollars to...
Lawrence Mower
08/06/2026 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Fracas over reducing Tarrant County polling locations highlights public distrust over how the county runs elections
...organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat ​Texas’ free newsletter here. Tuesday’s chaotic public meeting over the number of voting sites in Tarrant...
08/06/2026 Online
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NewsRadio 1080 KRLD
Crucial Investigation: Talarico's Texas Voting Address Scrutiny
Texas Attorney General ​Ken Paxton and Democratic state Rep. ​James Talarico wasted no time trading personal attacks Wednesday after Paxton secured the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s primary...
Joe Kelley
08/06/2026 Online
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Blaze Media
Jasmine Crockett DUMPS on James Talarico's chances of winning US Senate seat in Texas — and brings the receipts
Crockett said she didn't trust polling ahead of the general election. Democratic Rep. ​Jasmine Crockett of Texas gave a scathing assessment of ​James Talarico's chances of flipping one of the state's seats...
Carlos Garcia
08/06/2026 Online
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chron​.‌com
'Trump Train' organizer asks appeals court to overturn $40K verdict
...defendant , Eliazar Cisneros, liable under the law, ordering him to pay $40,000 in damages to former ​Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, Biden campaign staffer David Gins and bus driver Timothy Holloway. The jury...
Ahmed Humble
08/06/2026 Online
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Abilene Reporter-News
Senate hopeful James Talarico to visit Abilene
...4:09 a.m. CT For his first time since winning the Democratic Party nomination for the U.S. Senate, ​James Talarico is scheduled to visit Abilene. Talarico is to appear 7-9 p.m. Aug. 13. He now serves as...
Ronald W. Erdrich
08/06/2026 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Former state Rep. Lon Burnam eyes lawsuit after arrest during meeting on voting site cuts
...Tarrant County district attorney’s office prosecutes this type of misdemeanor. A spokesperson told The ​Texas Tribune that no case regarding Burnam had been submitted to the office for review as of 11:30 a.m....
Alex Nguyen
08/06/2026 Online
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