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Drifting anti-immigrant buoys in Rio Grande temporarily close two bridges with Mexico
Rio Grande levels began rising Thursday and are expected to crest at moderate flood stage Friday night.
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Houston protesters call on feds to release more information, and witnesses, to Tuesday’s ICE killing
Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.
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Fatal Houston ICE shooting follows agency’s increased focus on street arrests
The risk of violent encounters rises when immigration enforcement shifts from picking up suspected criminals in jail to arresting people on the streets, experts say.
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Days after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes
Almost none of the state’s major Republican officials have weighed in on the killing of a Houston man by federal agents, and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said she had not spoken with Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Anti-Muslim propaganda film by Texas right-wingers seizes on San Antonio’s Alamo as central symbol
Newly released feature film Remember the Alamo: Don’t Sharia My Texas features commentary from conspiracy theorists Alex Jones, Michael Flynn and Lara Logan.
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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hinojosa visits San Antonio to tout economic plan
The Texas Rep said the state’s rainy day fund is flush with cash that could help ease the pain of ordinary citizens.
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Experts warn Gov. Greg Abbott’s property tax plan could bankrupt Texas, hobble cities
One expert described the Republican governor’s plan as “starving all of your state services” while locking cities into economic stagnation.
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Appointing a Christian Nationalist bomb thrower to oversee elections legislation with Gov. Greg Abbott
Abbott’s appointment of former Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline as senior adviser on election policy sends a dangerous signal.
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Trump administration asks Texas for help providing legal services to immigrant kids facing deportation
Immigration rights experts worry that the recent inquiry is the latest sign Trump is interested in transferring unaccompanied minors to the state, where it is easier to quickly deport them.
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Texas cities forced to remove rainbow crosswalks are installing colorful alternatives
Cities and advocates are channeling support for LGBTQ+ residents into murals, lighting and rainbow-decorated sidewalks and stairs.
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Deaths uncovered in Laredo show the ongoing toll of border militarization
‘The people we’re finding now dying on the U.S. side of the border are the people who could not wait.’
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Hundreds of data centers are coming to Texas. Here’s what you need to know.
Texas is experiencing an AI-driven data center boom with at least 248 projects planned statewide. Here’s what to know about the industry’s rapid growth and the debate over its impact.
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Texas leaders are asking data centers how much water they use. Most aren’t responding.
Data centers use water to cool their massive arrays of computer servers. A state agency sent out a survey to figure out how much, but less than a third of the companies responded.
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From an indictment to an alleged affair, Ken Paxton’s controversies hang over his Senate bid
The attorney general has won statewide elections twice since his legal woes began. This time he will be at the top of the ticket, facing a fundraising juggernaut in James Talarico.
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Texas college watchdog received nearly 70 complaints, opened one investigation, records show
Allegations filed in the first five months of the new ombudsman’s work challenged course content, DEI, academic freedom and employment disputes.
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Analysis: Greg Abbott touts Texas’ religious freedom even as he targets and harasses Muslims
As the governor brags about Texas’ religious liberty, his attempts to vilify the state’s Muslim population suggests he only thinks that liberty extends to Christians.
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Texas’ fight against the New World screwworm will be nasty and brutish
And with any luck, it will also be short.
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Here’s how the Texas secretary of state’s resignation could complicate the midterm elections
Some local officials say a new chief state election official this summer could complicate preparations at a busy time.
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Texas lawmakers put limits on cities’ plans to enact progressive policies. Some want to go further.
Some Republican Texas House members want to give more power to the attorney general to sue cities and issue financial penalties.
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Second screwworm case in Texas confirmed, as Abbott expands state disaster declaration
A screwworm outbreak would threaten the state’s cattle industry and potentially increase already high beef prices nationwide.
