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Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes $50 million in funding to build cyber campus at Port San Antonio
The governor said the new military-focused site would duplicate the efforts of the state’s Texas Cyber Command.
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Did Texas lawmakers do enough for children with disabilities? These child care advocates say no.
Lawmakers added $100 million to a child care scholarship program but failed to expand access to free preschool for children with disabilities.
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Federal judge rules Texas illegally put thousands of people with mental disabilities into nursing homes
U.S. District Court Judge Orlando Garcia of San Antonio said the state did ‘irreparable injury’ to people it cut off from assistive services required under law.
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Texas governor kills state’s new THC ban with late-night veto
Instead, Gov. Greg Abbott called for a special legislative session to regulate the industry and keep its products away from minors.
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Texas quietly shuts down its border wall program after building just 8%
Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction. However, during President Trump’s first term, his administration built about one-third of what the state was able to put up in the same amount of time.
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After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged
Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.
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Trump aides want Texas to redraw its congressional maps to boost the GOP. What would that mean?
The plan would shift voters from safely red districts into blue ones. Members of the state’s Republican delegation aren’t sold on the idea.
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Despite Jones’ mayoral win, San Antonio can expect to see more Abbott-backed GOP candidates
Political observers said the deep-pocketed Texas Republicans aren’t likely to give up on SA after Saturday’s defeat.
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Texas governor likely to sign hemp ban to avoid conflict with lieutenant governor
Gov. Greg Abbott faces pressure, including from in his own Republican Party, to veto the legislation, which Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick championed.
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Are Texans fleeing the increasingly right-wing state for New Mexico?
More Texans left for deep-blue New Mexico than any other state, and its governor is encouraging the relocations, NPR reports.
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Capitol Conspiracies: Texas Republicans are flooding the session with bills based on online hoaxes
GOP lawmakers filed recent bills targeting ‘furries’ and ‘chemtrails’ along with proposals based on debunked voter-fraud claims.
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Texas House votes to strictly define man and woman, excluding trans people from state records
If it becomes law, the bill would define sex based on reproductive organs and require state documents and policies to comply with that framework.
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As Texas measles cases reach 709, CDC considers outbreak the nation’s worst in 25 years
The CDC is now treating the measles cases in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico as a single outbreak.
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Experts cast doubt on state’s report that undocumented immigrants cost Texas hospitals $122M in a month
Policy experts say undocumented immigrants’ cost to hospitals is a small fraction of the total cost from uninsured Texans.
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Abbott signs first bill of session into law, creating a Texas DOGE
The first bill to reach Abbott’s desk this session creates a regulation-cutting state agency under the purview of the governor. It was passed with bipartisan supermajorities.
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Texas may study the impact of immigration again, but focus only on costs
The only time the state conducted such an assessment two decades ago, it found that undocumented Texans contributed more to the state’s economy than they cost the state.
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Bexar Democrats target San Antonio mayoral candidate Rolando Pablos over ties to Greg Abbott
The Bexar County Democrats released a 30-second attack ad warning that Abbott has funneled big money into Pablos’ campaign.
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Ending 30 years of resistance, Trump and Abbott break ‘The People’s House’
The Legislature’s lower chamber has finally blessed school vouchers—and denied ordinary Texans the chance to weigh in.
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As Texas measles cases near 600, experts tie outbreak to spread in other states plus Mexico
So far, the number of cases nationwide has reached 800 across eight states, and more cases are reported in Mexico and Canada.
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Eagle Pass park reopens more than a year after the state seized it for border security
The Texas Department of Public Safety and National Guard presence has largely disappeared from Shelby Park, which sits next to the Rio Grande.
