Bill filed to give every Texas household $1,500, a Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa campaign promise
The money would come from the stateβs rainy day fund and be distributed by the end of next year.
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Texasβ oil and gas commission to reinstate public comment after suspending it a few months ago
The public participation policy will be restored at the December meeting, railroad commissioners confirmed.
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SpaceX to build $24 billion data center in South Texas, sidestepping moratorium
The city of Starbase has scheduled a public hearing on a possible tax abatement agreement for the data center and power plant project.
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Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin taps bipartisan transition team as she prepares to lead a GOP-majority Senate
A week after unseating GOP incumbent Dan Patrick, the Austin Democrat announced a team that included Patrickβs former rivals on both sides of the aisle,…
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After Democratic wins, Texas could more closely review deaths related to the abortion ban
The stateβs maternal mortality committee could provide one of the few windows into the impact of the stateβs abortion ban.
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Ken Paxton drops lawsuit seeking to shut down immigration aid group FIEL Houston
The Texas attorney general also ended his effort to dissolve Annunciation House, another immigrant-serving nonprofit, as he prepares to leave office in January.
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James Sullivan, recently defeated Texas Supreme Court justice, nominated to federal bench by Trump
The Republican jurist lost his seat on Texasβ highest civil court in last weekβs Democratic wipeout.
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Molly Ivins on Ann Richardsβ Legacy
Editorβs Note: In light of the forthcoming entrance of another Democrat into the governorβs mansionβand because exactly two decades have lapsed since Ann Richardsβ passingβweβre…
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Texans Are Losing Their Democracy, School by School
My son is 3 now. So in just one or two vanishingly short years, heβll enter Austinβs public school system. That doesnβt make me specialβthere…
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As Texas embraces carbon storage, a Black community questions the risks
Texas now issues permits for companies to store carbon dioxide underground. East Texas residents fear safety risks, and skeptics doubt the climate benefits.
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After nearly three years, AG Ken Paxton drops fight to shut down El Paso migrant shelter network
Paxon sought to revoke Annunciation Houseβs nonprofit status, alleging that it was illegally smuggling in and harboring migrants.
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Report: Luxury hotels, air travel among U.S. Rep. Lance Goodenβs βextravagant spendingβ
The Office of Congressional Conduct also found that the Terrel Republican had discrepancies between his campaign account expenses and official election filings.
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Battered and bruised by the election, Texas Republicans reckon with a blue Texas
Across the state, Republicans were processing a staggering defeat. They expressed fear, but said theyβll pray for the winners and begin to rebuild the party.
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TribCast: How the chair of Texas Democrats wants his party to govern
Kendall Scudder explains how Democrats flipped Texas in one election cycle β and how theyβre hoping to hold onto those victories
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After Huffinesβ defeat, Austin ISD halts cooperation with state investigation
Austin ISD officials question the stateβs demands for library records and staff interviews as incoming Comptroller Sarah Eckhardt plans changes.
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Trumpβs Big Bend border wall construction can resume after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
In an 8-1 unsigned opinion, the justices overturned an El Paso federal judgeβs order to halt construction, while the Trump administration seeks further Supreme Court…
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In Texas, the Glass Ceiling Shattered in a Gas-and-Groceries Cycle
Youβve probably heard by now that, in two monthsβ time, Texas will have the first Hispanic governorβone by the name of Gina Hinojosaβin its history…
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The AI Boom Goes Nuclear
In September, tech industry executives in freshly pressed suits watched as about 50 locals protested outside the downtown Austin Marriott hotel, where the suits had…
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Bill filing begins today for a divided Texas Legislatureβs 2027 session
Democrats will run the House and Republicans retain control of the Senate when the 90th legislative session convenes in January.
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Gov.-elect Hinojosa wants to expand Medicaid in Texas. An executive order wonβt make that happen.
Texas Dems may craft a state βtrigger billβ to activate Medicaid expansion if Congress repeals costly Trump administration restrictions.
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