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KSST Radio (Sulphur Springs)
AG Commissioner Miller Calls Again for Fuel Tax Relief
...2026 - AUSTIN - As gasoline prices across the Lone Star State surge to heights not seen in years, ​Texas Agriculture Commissioner ​Sid Miller issued a sharp, renewed demand on Monday for Governor ​Greg Abbott...
05/05/2026 Online
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Texas Public Radio
Texas' Republican Senate primary runoff statistically tied shortly before start of early voting, poll finds
Published May 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM CDT Yfat Yossifor / KERA & J. Scott Applewhite Sen. ​John Cornyn and ​Texas Attorney General ​Ken Paxton With less than two weeks to go before the start of early voting...
Andrew Schneider | Houston Public Media
05/05/2026 Online
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San Antonio Express-News
Nearly 8,000 San Antonio-area families have received private school vouchers
...private education costs is coming into sharper focus. After awarding 42,644 vouchers in April, the ​Texas Comptroller has awarded a second round of vouchers through its ​Texas Education Freedom Accounts program...
Noah Alcala Bach
05/05/2026 Online
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Houston Public Media
Psychedelic treatments are on the verge of FDA approval. Why Texas is pushing for them
...White House in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2026. (Nathan Howard | REUTERS) Sign up for TPR Today, ​Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Psychedelic treatments...
Robin Berghaus
05/05/2026 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Texas’ 9th Congressional District GOP runoff: Who is running and what to know
Former Harris County judge candidate Alex Mealer and state Rep. ​Briscoe Cain are facing off in the Republican runoff for Texas’ 9th Congressional District, a newly drawn red-leaning seat in east Harris...
Kayla Guo
05/05/2026 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Nearly 96,000 students receiving Texas school voucher award notices
...have received notices that they can participate in Texas’ school voucher program, Acting Comptroller ​Kelly Hancock said in a statement Monday. The first awardees of more than 42,600 children included those...
Jaden Edison
05/05/2026 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Ken Paxton narrowly leads John Cornyn in new poll of Texas’ Senate GOP runoff
Attorney General ​Ken Paxton leads Sen. ​John Cornyn by three percentage points in a new poll of ​Texas’ U.S. Senate Republican runoff, suggesting the May 26 contest will be narrowly decided absent a shakeup...
Eleanor Klibanoff, Gabby Birenbaum
05/05/2026 Online
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KENS Channel 5 - San Antonio
Leaders push for release of kids from Dilley ICE facility as Alamo Height's family's struggle continues
Rep. ​Joaquin Castro will visit an ICE detention center, advocating for the release of a family mistakenly detained while seeking asylum. Author: Rania Kaur Published: 7:31 AM CDT May 5, 2026 Updated:...
Rania Kaur
05/05/2026 Online
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Classic Rock Q107 - KTBQFM
Camp Mystic Won’t Reopen After Deadly Texas Flood
Whenever you mention Camp Mystic to anyone in ​Texas it’s difficult not to get emotional thinking about the 25 campers and 2 counselors who lost their lives in the floods that took place around the Fourth...
Billy Jenkins
05/05/2026 Online
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KRIV Fox (Houston)
Texas secures $286M as $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement takes effect
...crisis driven in recent years by the rise of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. Related Texas AG ​Ken Paxton announces program aimed to combat opioid epidemic The pilot program "Friday Night Lights Against...
Joseph Rowe
05/05/2026 Online
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Abilene Reporter-News
AG Ken Paxton, US Sen. John Cornyn clash over border, Sharia law in Texas
...primary runoff in Texas, the candidates have release new political ads on the airwaves. Attorney General ​Ken Paxton released his first runoff television ad Saturday, May 2, attacking incumbent U.S. Sen. ​John...
Adam Powell
05/05/2026 Online
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Fort Bend Herald Coaster
Fletcher applauds plan to end DHS shutdown without funding ICE and CBP
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Fort Bend County congresswoman ​Lizzie Fletcher said she applauds a bill to end the DHS shutdown without funding ICE or Customs and Border Patrol. WASHINGTON, D.C.— Fort Bend County congresswoman...
Lizzie Fletcher
05/05/2026 Online
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KPRC NBC 2 Houston
Why Houston’s mayor says a new trash fee is key to fixing waste issues
...would that money actually go? KPRC 2 News reporter Rilwan Balogun took that question directly to Mayor ​John Whitmire and city officials at City Hall. What is the proposed fee? The proposal is part of the mayor’s...
Rilwan Balogun, Jeovany Luna
05/05/2026 Online
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KUT Austin
Council Member José 'Chito' Vela backs off more city money for building parks over I-35
...administration for this section of the "Cap and Stitch" project. The cap proposal is tied to the ​Texas Department of Transportation's $4.5 billion expansion of I-35 through Central Austin. The state plans...
Nathan Bernier
05/05/2026 Online
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The Quorum Report
Abbott's political consultant issues not so thinly veiled threat to lobbyists with public and private sector clients
...intimidation at the Texas Capitol, but things seem to be moving to another level. Around 11am on Sunday, Gov. ​Greg Abbott’s political mastermind Dave Carney issued a not so thinly veiled threat against lobbyists who...
Scott Braddock
05/05/2026 Online
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Seguin Today
Guadalupe County voters prepare for May 26 Primary Runoff Elections
...Other closely watched races include the runoff for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. Senator ​John Cornyn is locked in a battle with Attorney General ​Ken Paxton. The winner will go on to face Democratic...
Darren Dunn
05/05/2026 Online
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KXAN NBC 36 Austin
Summer camps sue Texas over fiber mandate
...as of May 4, four weeks before they're set to open, the camp still doesn't have a license from the ​Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). "I can't change the law," Camp Director and Owner Dan...
Adam Schwager
05/05/2026 Online
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