Texas Senate moves to end countywide voting on Election Day
Countywide polling locations on Election Day would be banned in Texas under a bill approved by the Texas Senate on Thursday. Senate Bill 990, authored by Republican Sen. Bob Hall of Edgewood, …
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Ted Cruz, who’s running for a third term, again files bill to limit U.S. senators to two terms
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced a bill last week to limit senators from serving more than two six-year …
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Will Texas Gov. Greg Abbott develop signature achievement during third term?
Greg Abbott’s tenure as Texas governor has been highlighted by crises.Since he took office in 2015, …
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Texas elections secure despite COVID-related “irregularities” in 2020, audit finds
Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, there was neither widespread voter fraud nor other …
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Lago Vista voters join Leander and other cities in staying with CapMetro
A Leander community group that advocated for Leander to keep its relationship with CapMetro in a vote …
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Red moon but no red wave: Bucy wins big in TX House 136; Flores takes TX Senate 24; Gravell, incumbents remain with narrow margins
A rarely seen "blood moon" caused by a lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning heralded the arrival …
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Just over a third of Texas’ registered voters turned out early this year, falling short of 2018 numbers
For two weeks, voters turned out to cast early ballots in the state’s midterm elections for …
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FINAL RESULTS: Most Leander ISD, Round Rock ISD incumbents win reelection in contentious races; Gauther unseats Grimes in LISD; Markum unseats Vessa in RRISD
Across Williamson County, the percentage of registered voters who turned out to cast a ballot early …
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LISD Trustee elections, two propositions on Nov. 8 ballot
Leander ISD voters will have critical decisions to make about the school district's future …
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LISD candidates meet for non-partisan forum, one candidate ejected from event
The race for Leander ISD Board of Trustees has become usually competitive this year, with social issues and partisanship on display in a non-partisan candidate forum last week where one candidate was …
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Abortion bans are motivating midterm voters, poll shows
Half of voters say the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion has …
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Leander ISD Council of PTAs trustee candidate forum planned for Oct. 17
The Leander Independent School District Council of PTAs will host a non-partisan candidate forum on Oct. …
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Poll: Electricity costs and reliability are top-of-mind for Texas voters
After a summer of higher home energy bills that followed last year’s deadly winter power outages, …
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14-year-old girl shot while playing hide-and-seek in Louisiana
A teen girl was shot and wounded while playing hide-and-seek in Louisiana over the weekend, police said Monday. The 14-year-old girl, who has not been publicly identified, was shot in the back of the …
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Meta threatens to remove news content from Facebook, Instagram if forced to pay news publishers
Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass …
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US job gains and wages pick up, signaling labor resilience
U.S. hiring and workers’ pay gains accelerated in April, showing signs of labor-market resilience and …
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Half of trans and nonbinary youth in the US ‘seriously considered’ suicide in the past year: survey
About half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. seriously contemplated suicide in the past …
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More young adults are living paycheck to paycheck in the US
The share of young people who struggle to cover everyday bills jumped from a year ago, while that of …
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Replacing US coal plants with solar and wind is cheaper than running them
Replacing coal power plants across the United States with renewable energy projects would reduce …
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Fewer than half of US workers use all their vacation days
Spring break is just over and summer vacations are just around the bend. But while increasingly …
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US recurring jobless claims jump to highest since November 2021
Recurring U.S. unemployment benefit claims jumped to the highest level since November 2021, …
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House passes $1.5 trillion debt limit increase, spending cuts
House Republicans narrowly passed legislation Wednesday pairing nearly $4.8 trillion in deficit …
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Texas parents who care for their disabled children full time will lose money after pay raise
Inside an Austin high-rise north of the Texas Capitol in August, tearful parents lined up for a state health commission meeting to beg agency …
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The summer’s record heat has caused costly damage to Texas water systems
The hottest summer on record for many Texas cities has brought millions of dollars in damage to municipal plumbing and the loss of huge volumes …
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New Texas law bars animal cruelty offenders from owning animals for five years
Texas lawmakers are making it harder for those convicted of animal cruelty to own any animals – at least for the next five years after their …
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Gas prices slide again
Average gasoline prices in the Austin metro area slipped an average of 8.1 cents per gallon over the last week, to an average of $3.31 on …
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