Delayed Texas voter applications highlight how difficult it is to register in the state, experts say
Texas’ backlog of at least 200,000 voter registration applications and updates, which election officials must now process in the weeks before the critical midterm elections due to state error, is …
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After backlash, power grid officials back away from agreement to give ERCOT CEO millions in additional bonuses
The president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas secured approval for a contract …
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Texas cities say Abbott’s proposal to disband their electric companies won’t lower costs
The cities of Austin and San Antonio stand to lose hundreds of millions in revenue each year if a …
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Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states, like Texas, with abortion bans.
The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn …
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State education board advances anti-Islamic rewrite of Texas social studies lessons
State Board of Education members on Tuesday preliminarily approved a rewrite of what Texas high schoolers …
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With voters squeezed by high costs, Texas candidates race to claim affordability mantle
In a state once considered one of the most affordable places in the country, candidates have popped up at …
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Lawmakers added $1 to Texans’ car insurance policies. That money paid for thousands of Flock cameras.
In 2023, the Texas Legislature unanimously passed a law raising auto insurance costs for Texans by $1 to …
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Texas lawmaker wants oil regulators to explain why they ended public comment at meetings
ODESSA — A bipartisan pair of Texas lawmakers say they are concerned about the Texas Railroad …
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FEMA still hasn’t approved most disaster aid for Texans hit by this year’s July floods
Six weeks after extensive floods damaged homes, bridges and roads across southwest Texas, President …
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Texas adds 1,600 jobs as sectors diverge
AUSTIN — Texas added 1,600 nonfarm jobs in July, as gains in health care, business services and …
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Gov. Abbott proposes ban on H-1B visa use for Texas public schools during campaign stop
Texas public schools couldn’t sponsor H-1B visas to hire foreign workers under a ban Gov. Greg …
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick proposes penalties for schools that keep “vulgar” books on library shelves
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday vowed to pass legislation punishing public schools that do not remove graphic books from their shelves by knocking them down a notch in the state’s annual school …
Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott’s order
The audit and verification of data centers ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott will involve about 250 to 300 projects, most of which are data centers, state grid operator officials told the Public Utility …
Texas’ mail ballot ID requirements restored by federal appeals court
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday restored several pieces of a 2021 Texas election law that overhauled mail-in and assisted voting, overturning a lower court’s block on those …
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Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case that could potentially affect hundreds of …
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Texans shouldn’t expect Supreme Court ruling against tariffs to bring prices down soon, economists say
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported …
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Austin judge gives time-served sentence in Russia export case
AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin federal judge sentenced Bulgarian national Milan Dimitrov to time served …
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School choice programs grow in popularity — and cost
States are scrambling to meet rising demand for newly expanded school choice initiatives, pouring more …
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Government by AI? Trump administration official plans to "flood the zone" with AI-generated policy
The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation …
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Part-time jobs, loans and worry: Texas federal workers contend with government shutdown
WASHINGTON — Since the federal government shutdown began this month, San Antonio resident Imelda …
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Emergency Alert System Test Set for Oct. 2
Williamson County emergency officials will participate in a nationwide test of the Integrated …
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Ex-Trump aide Meadows faces contempt citation next week
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will vote Monday night to …
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Gov. Greg Abbott proposes further limiting screen time in K-12 classrooms
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday proposed further limiting screen time in K-12 schools, framing the idea as a way to improve student learning across …
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While data centers boom in Texas, their plans stay shrouded in secrecy
Last year, Mason McCallister saw survey markers on a property near his home in a rural community about an hour north of Dallas. He suspected it …
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Following ban, Texas hemp reps sue state for violating commerce protections
Three members of the hemp industry are suing the state of Texas for violating commerce protections after it was announced last week that nearly …
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State finds some registered Texas voters were wrongly flagged as potential noncitizens
Election officials across the state should immediately reinstate some voters who were incorrectly flagged as potential noncitizens through a …
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Data center approvals in Texas halted until audits completed, Gov. Greg Abbott says
Amid growing public backlash to the rapid buildout of data centers across Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced a moratorium on the …
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Texas’ multibillion-dollar sales tax exemption for data centers is growing, while audits lag
Texas’ multibillion-dollar estimate for what it will lose on sales tax breaks for data centers is growing, but the Comptroller’s Office …
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Workforce Pell Grant application period extended in Texas
AUSTIN — Texas colleges and technical schools will have additional time to apply to participate in the new federal Workforce Pell Grant …
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Dan Patrick directs Texas Senate to study ways to further ingrain religion into public life
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday asked state lawmakers to study ways to further infuse religion into public life as part of a new crop of interim …
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Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new poll of Texas’ U.S. Senate race
WASHINGTON — The latest survey of the U.S. Senate race from Texas Public Opinion Research shows Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken …
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