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Houston mothers challenge Ten Commandments posters under Texas’ new parental rights amendment

The parents' suit leverages Texas law — versus federal First Amendment arguments — in the latest legal case involving the classroom posters.
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North Texas suburbs resisting new housing laws garner Abbott’s rebuke

At a campaign stop in Round Rock, Abbott accused cities of “skirting the law” and said he would pursue legislation to withhold sales tax revenue from any city or county “violating the law” — though he ...
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Ken Paxton unveils economic plan centered on tax breaks in U.S. Senate race

The Republican attorney general is starting a tour next week to promote the plan, which would create new housing and healthcare tax write-offs.
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For Texas DACA recipients, a fearful present and an uncertain future as protected status expires

Many of the roughly 80,000 Texas residents in the program are facing renewal delays that can leave them undocumented, unable to legally work and exposed to possible deportation.
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U.S. will begin limited imports of Mexican cattle as screwworm outbreak continues

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John Cornyn’s unmet demands imperil Trump’s U.S. attorney general nomination

Texas’ outgoing senator has insisted on written assurance that President Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” is dead as a condition for voting to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination.
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South Texas Republican builders warn of voter backlash in November if aggressive ICE tactics continue

Republican business leaders said immigration raids on the Latino community would be top of mind at the ballot box in the midterm elections.
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Small plots of land fuel big suspicions among Lubbock residents, who fear it’s for a data center

Despite community concerns, the president of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance said neither piece of land would be conducive for a data center.
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ACLU launches legal claims in 17 states against immigration detention conditions, including Texas

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Texas could send a record four GOP women to Congress — if they make it through November

Since it joined the Union, Texas has sent just five Republican women to the U.S. House. Next year, there could be four at once. That would be a high-water mark for the Lone Star State, which has more ...
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State finds some registered Texas voters were wrongly flagged as potential noncitizens

The secretary of state told counties to immediately reinstate any Texans who were removed from the voter roll despite showing DPS proof of citizenship.