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Some of the state’s political leaders, including House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, took the unusual step Friday afternoon of declining to set the state’s spending cap after calling a meeting to …
The Texas Tribune
November, 2018
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15 November
Pelosi’s Fate Up in The Air as Band of Democrats – Including One Texan – Push for New Speaker
WASHINGTON – A small but determined band of House Democratic rebels – including one Texan – have spent the last several days assuring the world they have the votes to deprive House Minority Leader Nancy …
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13 November
Anti-Vaccine Texas Families May Take Their Fight to Day Cares Next
The next vaccine fight could be coming to a day care near you. Texans for Vaccine Choice, a group focused on anti-vaccine policy, says it has received hundreds of calls and emails from parents of …
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12 November
Bill Filing for 2019 Session Begins with Legislation on Marijuana, Taxes and Daylight Saving Time
The Texas Legislature’s newest incoming members were elected less than a week ago, and the two chambers won’t gavel in until Jan 8. But the law-writing bonanza of the 2019 legislative session kicked off Monday, …
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9 November
Texas May Have Again Illegally Reduced Special Education Funding
The day after the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Texas for spending tens of millions of dollars less than it was supposed to on kids with disabilities in 2012, advocates have dug …
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6 November
Texas Sending its First Latinas to Congress: Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia
EL PASO — A pair of veteran Democratic Texas lawmakers made congressional history Tuesday night as the first-ever Latinas elected to represent Texas in the U.S. House. Former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar and state …
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6 November
Ted Cruz Defeats Beto O’Rourke in Re-Election Fight
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke Tuesday evening in what appeared likely to be one of the closest U.S Senate races in Texas in decades. With more than 60 percent of precincts …
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5 November
Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke Entered Congress at Same Time; Here’s What They Have Accomplished
Since launching his bid for U.S. Senate last year, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke has painted Republican incumbent Ted Cruz as a senator whose national ambitions have distracted him from his Texas duties. Cruz has questioned what …
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4 November
Texas Voter Turnout in 2018 Races Toward Presidential Election Year Levels
SAN ANTONIO – Early Friday afternoon, on the last day of early voting, Jacque Callanen strutted out of the Bexar County Elections Department with a noticeable pep in her step and a smile on her …
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1 November
Offering Few Details, President Trump Asserts End to “Catch and Release”; Promises Tent Cities to Hold Migrants
President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his intent to militarize and fortify the border against a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers slowly making their way toward the United States, saying his administration recently …
October, 2018
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31 October
Texas’ Border Lawmakers Say They’re In The Dark on Troop Deployment
Ask a border lawmaker from Texas how much President Donald Trump’s decision to send the military to the U.S.-Mexico border will cost taxpayers, and the response could be a shrug of the shoulders. Same thing …
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29 October
Department of Defense Says it’s Sending 5,200 Troops to U.S.-Mexico Border
At least 5,200 military troops will be deployed to the U.S. border with Mexico by the end of the week, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense officials confirmed Monday afternoon. The troops are …
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29 October
More Than 2,980,915 Texans Have Already Voted in the Midterm Election
As of day seven of early voting, 2,669,506 Texans have cast in-person ballots and 311,409 have cast mail-in ballots in the 30 counties where most registered voters in the state — 78 percent — live. That preliminary turnout has surpassed the total …
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24 October
Ted Cruz Leads Beto O’Rourke by 5 Among Likely Voters in U.S. Senate Race, New Poll Finds
Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leads U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, by 5 percentage points among likely voters in a new Ipsos online poll released Wednesday in conjunction with Reuters and the University …
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22 October
Early Voting Starts Today: Here’s What Texas Voters Should Know
On Nov. 6, Texas voters will decide who will hold several statewide, legislative and congressional seats. To help Texans navigate Election Day, we’ve compiled an overview of everything you need to know about casting a …
