Politics
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Texas hands over complete list of registered voters to Trump administration
Texas officials have turned over the state’s voter roll to the U.S. Justice Department, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, complying with the Trump administration’s demands for access to data on millions of voters across the country.
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Houston City Council redirects $30 million in stormwater funds to building demolitions
The Houston City Council recently approved a $30 million demolition program. Funds for that program were originally meant to address stormwater issues in the city.
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Texas teachers sue over investigations into social media posts following Charlie Kirk’s death
The Texas Education Agency urged superintendents in September to report teachers who were critical of the far-right political activist on social media.
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Dallas County Republicans abandon plan to hand-count ballots in March primary
After months of laying the groundwork to hand-count thousands of ballots in the March 3 primary, the Dallas County Republican Party announced on Tuesday it has decided not to do so, opting instead to contract with the county elections department to administer the election using voting equipment.
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Tejano icon Bobby Pulido says Trump ‘duped’ South Texas. Now he’s running for Congress
Bobby Pulido watched Trump raids hit his neighbors. Now the Tejano star wants to flip Texas’ 15th Congressional District blue by winning Monica de la Cruz’s seat in Congress.
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Dallas County Republicans’ plan to hand-count primary ballots moves forward
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. By Natalia Contreras Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the US. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Dallas County Republicans say they’re planning to go ahead with…
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8 seats up for grabs on the Texas State Board of Education in 2026
Several offices across Texas will be on the ballot in 2026, including eight seats on the state board of education.
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Rep. Marc Veasey drops bid for Tarrant County judge
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, announced Monday he is withdrawing from the race for Tarrant County judge, a week after his 11th-hour decision to run for the county executive post.
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Study: TX teens most affected by state abortion ban
Texans younger than 18 years old are impacted the most by the state’s abortion ban, according to a research paper published in the American Journal of Public Health.
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Jasmine Crockett leads James Talarico by 8 points in Senate Democratic primary, new poll finds
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett leads state Rep. James Talarico by 8 percentage points in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released Friday.
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Greg Abbott vows to put Turning Point USA chapters in all Texas schools
Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joined Turning Point USA Senior Director Josh Thifault in Austin on Monday to announce a partnership with the far-right organization.
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Jasmine Crockett launches campaign for US Senate seat in Texas
US Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas), a progressive critic of the Trump administration, stepped into the US Senate race on Monday and upended the Democratic primary.
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Organizations work to tackle maternal health crisis across Texas
Health care systems and organizations are working together across north Texas to improve maternal health outcomes.
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Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District
Colin Allred is dropping out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and pivoting to run instead for the Dallas-based 33rd Congressional District.
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Texas’ private school voucher program is starting. Here’s what to know.
Rules for the state’s new $1 billion private school voucher program were finalized on Nov. 25. Here’s what you need to know about the controversial initiative.
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Babson College supports student deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise
A college student was detained and deported while trying to fly home to Austin to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.
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A slate of new Texas laws go into effect December and January. Here’s what to watch.
Dozens of new Texas laws will take effect in December and January, bringing wide-ranging changes to the state’s education system, law enforcement, taxes and more.
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Far-right conservatives are rewriting Texas history. Education advocates are sounding the alarm.
Education advocates are raising concerns over a new panel stacked with conservatives that will reshape how social studies are taught in Texas public schools.
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Texas Tea: Three Democrats vs. the Republican aiming to become Texas’ longest-serving governor
So far, there’s three Democrats looking to defeat Greg Abbott and become the governor of Texas, but do they have what it takes? Here’s one Texan’s opinion.
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‘We Ain’t Buying it’: Grassroots groups mobilize to boycott Amazon, Home Depot, and Target
Organizers of “We Ain’t Buying It” are calling for a Thanksgiving boycott of three companies they accuse of capitulating to Trump administration policies.
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Voters stopped a right-wing takeover of a Houston-area school board
In early November, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD voters elected three new trustees to their school board, breaking a conservative majority that was elected in 2023.
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I’m a Texan. But I don’t know if I can be a Texas OB-GYN
‘I worry that I won’t be able to provide certain types of care because of the laws. I worry about the moral distress I’ll feel if I’m unable to act in particular cases—like when a woman might need a termination, and the law says that you can’t do one. On the other hand, there is…
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Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls,’ but White House says release is a Democratic smear
The sex-offending financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to communications released Wednesday, but the White House quickly accused Democrats of selectively leaking the emails to smear the president.
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Christian Menefee, Amanda Edwards in runoff for US House seat in Houston
Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards, both Democrats, topped a field of 16 candidates for a US House seat in Houston and will now face one another in a runoff.
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Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit to meet mobility demands, TxDOT report says
A draft of the first-of-its-kind Texas Department of Transportation plan released in October outlines the need for boosted public transportation in rural and smaller urban areas as well as a greater array of travel options, including rail, between the state’s major urban centers.
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Texas voters approve all 17 ballot propositions
Voters decided 17 statewide amendments to the Texas Constitution on Tuesday. Here are the results.
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From Texas to the heartland, new report examines federal impact on rural America
Texas’ farming communities reflect the broader struggles of rural America as they contend with climate change, immigration raids, and federal cuts.
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‘100% about politics’: Lawmakers denounce Fort Worth ISD takeover
Fort Worth ISD officials can defend the district during an informal review on Thursday. A state takeover would mean sweeping changes to the district’s local leadership.
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Part-time jobs, loans and worry: Texas federal workers contend with government shutdown
Since the federal government shutdown began this month, San Antonio resident Imelda Avila-Thomas has canceled her daughter’s tutoring and removed her from after-school care.
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Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: Local elections let Texas voters shape their communities
My neighbor Tamara is tired of politics; she tells me this all the time. She says she doesn’t watch the news except for the weather, and would rather read a good book instead. I get it, I tell her, as I drop off a paperback I just finished. But Tamara is also pretty fed up…
