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Appeals court blocks weed decriminalization measures in 2 Texas cities
| April 29, 2025
A Texas appeals court sided with Attorney General Ken Paxton, who wants to block weed decriminalization measures in Austin and San Marcos.
Trump’s first 100 days brought chaos, cuts to Texas but inspired resistance
| April 28, 2025
From slashing funding for public health initiatives to closing a US Education Department office in Dallas, the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term have left Texans in a state of wreckage.
Texas lawmakers consider over a dozen bills loosening gun restrictions
| April 28, 2025
Texas lawmakers are considering gun-related legislation, including two bills that would make Texas the first state in the nation to allow teenagers to carry handguns on school campuses.
The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges—and the economy
| April 28, 2025
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This so-called demographic cliff has been predicted ever since Americans started having fewer babies at the advent of the Great Recession around the end of 2007—a falling birth rate that has not recovered since, except for a slight blip after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
VIDEO: Greg Abbott’s bromance with Elon Musk just became law in Texas
| April 25, 2025
Rallying against an “administrative state” in a state he’s led for 10 years, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that seeks to recalibrate state government and slash regulations by, ironically, creating a new Texas agency.