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Greg Abbott threatens Dallas, Houston airports’ grant funds over Islamic washing facilities

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Texas’ school A-F grades relatively flat as Austin ISD inches closer to takeover

Austin is among at least five Texas school districts inching toward state sanctions because of chronic academic underperformance.
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Texas will audit up to 300 projects, mostly data centers, after Gov. Greg Abbott’s order

The state’s power grid operator had already planned on auditing several data center proposals, but Abbott’s directive reworks the timeline and adds new requirements.
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Data center audit lacks specifics even as Gov. Abbott, industry leaders tout it

Without key details on the audits but the eagerness to support them, policy watchers question how impactful these audits will be in curbing data center growth.
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Lawsuit seeks to stop Big Bend border wall construction

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Limits on certain firearms, silencers lifted for some in Texas after judge’s order takes effect

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Paxton, Talarico tap contrary versions of God and Christianity in appeal to Texas voters

Campaigning for the U.S. Senate, Paxton says he was “delivered by God” to protect Texas from leftists. Talarico’s focus: “You can’t love God and hate other people.” ...
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U.S. attorney confirms that FBI tests didn’t find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston

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Trial lawyers, once a force for Democrats, reclaim political clout in Texas GOP’s MAGA wing

Texas plaintiffs’ lawyers are bankrolling populist GOP insurgents. Tort reform groups like Texans for Lawsuit Reform are aghast.
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Baby at center of surrogacy rights case is born in Dallas

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As Big Bend wall outcry builds, Paxton does not say whether construction should proceed

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Broadband grants paused as critics allege favoritism toward Elon Musk’s Starlink

The Texas Broadband office made the announcement after facing scrutiny from lawmakers for changing the rules to seemingly favor companies such as Elon Musk’s Starlink.