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Joe McCarthy’s Ghost: How Texas officials’ bullying tactics chill free speech and cost taxpayers
Big Brother has come to Texas, and the outcome isn’t going to be good for anyone.
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Texas A&M system approves policy to restrict faculty from advocating ‘race and gender ideology’
Faculty are also prohibited from teaching material inconsistent with approved syllabi. The changes come in response to a recent controversy over gender identity classroom discussions.
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Paxton makes ‘extraordinary request’ to block Tylenol maker from paying shareholders
The filing is likely intended to create financial uncertainty for the company — something Texas has promised corporations they could avoid in a bid to lure business to the state.
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Analysis: Mamdani’s victory sure is triggering the f–k out of Texas Republicans
Here’s the reality: Gov. Greg Abbott, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Chip Roy are less scared of Mamdani than what his victory says about voters.
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Texas turns its sprawling state police force into immigration agents for Trump
The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.
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California redistricting will erase GOP gains from Texas redrawing its political maps
California’s Prop 50 shifts 10 seats in favor of Democrats, wiping out the advantage Republicans got from redistricting the Lone Star State.
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Feds ordered to pay for SNAP as millions of Texans face cuts during government shutdown
It’s not clear how soon assistance could reach people and the rulings could be appealed, The Associated Press reported.
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Texas counties look into ‘potential noncitizens’ on voter rolls. Here’s what they’re finding.
At least six people listed as potential noncitizens confirmed that they are, in fact, U.S. citizens, including one in Bexar County.
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Texas Democrats urge Gov. Greg Abbott to direct emergency funds to address the looming food crisis
Democrats say Abbott has used his authority during COVID-19, the Uvalde shooting and border operations to free up emergency funds.
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Majority of Texans oppose National Guard deployment to cities out of state, poll finds
At President Trump’s direction, Gov. Greg Abbott authorized the deployment of hundreds of troops to Illinois to ‘safeguard’ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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San Antonio official confirms city will seek exemption to governor’s rainbow crosswalk order
Records show the number of traffic incidents at San Antonio’s rainbow crosswalk have declined since the colorful markings were applied.
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Assclown Alert: Keeping Texas’ redistricting plan shrouded in darkness with the state’s legal team
As a court case challenges Texas’ redrawn congressional maps, the state’s lawyers are trying to make things as murky as possible.
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Texas grid operators and regulators iron out new rules for data centers
New state legislation seeks to address grid challenges from hosting large energy users like data centers while remaining an attractive place to do business.
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San Antonio likely to seek exemption from governor’s order on rainbow crosswalks
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said she’s balancing the city’s transportation needs with ‘ensuring everyone in our community feels safe, welcomed, and supported.’
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Federal judge blocks Trump’s deployment of Texas National Guard troops
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claimed the deployment was needed to ‘safeguard’ federal immigration officials.
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How the Texas GOP’s bid to block lawmakers from the ballot defies a century of court precedent
The Texas GOP will vote Saturday to possibly bar some state legislators from running in the 2026 primary, despite repeated Texas Supreme Court rulings saying they cannot.
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Most transgender Texans in new survey say they’re afraid and considering leaving the state
‘I never thought I would be so afraid to be here that all I wanted to do was run away,’ said one trans person preparing to move out of state.
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Bad Takes: It’s up to San Antonio residents to push back at extremist book bans
One group has counted 16,000 public-school book bans since 2021, ‘a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s.’
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to cut funding to cities with rainbow crosswalks
‘He’s wasting time twiddling with unhinged stunts and obsessing about paint colors,’ one critic fired back at the Republican governor.
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Donors to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s PAC have pulled in $1 billion in no-bid state contracts
A new study highlights how some of the governor’s deep-pocketed donors landed lucrative state contracts during disaster declarations.