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Texas health services reporter at Texas Tribune. Pro-dogs/ outdoors/truth.
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The Texas GOP wants closed primaries. Here’s what that would mean for voters.
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Texas GOP wants closed primaries
Gov. Greg Abbott and state party leaders want a Texas law allowing only registered Republicans to vote in GOP primaries.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/18/texas-closed-primaries-republican-party-greg-abbott/
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Talarico goes all-in with attack on Paxton plea deal in child sex abuse case
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Talarico continues attack on Paxton over child sex abuse plea deal
The Democratic Senate candidate continued his push for the release of files related to a plea deal his GOP rival’s office offered admitted child molester Adam Hoffman.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/18/texas-senate-james-talarico-ken-paxton-sex-abuse-plea-deal/
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Paxton breaks with Texas GOP’s anti-IVF platform, saying he supports the procedure
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Paxton breaks with Texas GOP’s anti-IVF platform
Delegates to the Texas GOP convention recently adopted a platform calling in-vitro fertilization destructive to fetal life.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/18/texas-paxton-republican-ivf-platform/
35 minutes ago
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Texas college watchdog received nearly 70 complaints, opened one investigation, records show
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Watchdog scrutinizing Texas colleges opens 1 investigation
Allegations filed in the first five months of the new ombudsman’s work challenged course content, DEI, academic freedom and employment disputes.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/18/texas-colleges-universities-complaints-ombudsman-investigation/
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Which Bible passages are in Texas’ proposed student reading list? Here’s what the selections reveal.
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Which Bible texts are in Texas’ proposed student reading list?
The chosen readings, to be voted on soon by the State Board of Education, draw heavily from Christian perspectives.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/19/texas-religious-reading-list-sboe-bible-public-schools/
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“Mass euthanasias”: Screwworm could have deeper implications for Texas’ already-crowded animal shelters
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Texas animal shelters brace for screwworm effect
Most stray animal shelters are already at capacity. Adding a deadly parasitic infestation could create an even more dire situation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/19/screwworm-effect-texas-stray-animals/
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Teaching restrictions prompted half of surveyed Texas Tech faculty to alter courses, results show
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Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, gender lessons prompt changes
A faculty senate survey found professors altered or were asked to change material in 277 courses after Texas Tech’s restrictions on race, sexuality and gender.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/29/texas-tech-university-faculty-alter-courses-restrictions-lessons-survey/
20 days ago
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Federal court allows Texas immigration law to take effect, continuing legal seesaw
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Parts of Texas immigration law set to take effect Friday halted
A U.S. judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against critical sections of Senate Bill 4, but a provision allowing police to arrest people suspected of illegal entry did activate.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/14/texas-immigration-law-state-police-arrests-sb4-halt/
20 days ago
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Texas school police pepper-sprayed, tackled and tasered students
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Texas school police pepper-sprayed, tackled and tasered students - The Texas Tribune
School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, investigation shows.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/30/texas-dream-act-federal-appeals-lawsuit-2/
20 days ago
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Bigger price tag, smaller footprint: How Austin’s Project Connect went off the rails
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How Austin’s Project Connect went off the rails
Legal and political challenges continue to threaten Austin’s multibillion-dollar light rail project that voters approved in 2020.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/21/austin-project-connect-texas-light-rail-public-transportation/
29 days ago
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Inside the legal battle over undocumented immigrants’ right to challenge their detention.
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Can undocumented immigrants legally challenge detention?
Last year the Trump administration launched a policy of keeping all immigrants arrested by ICE in detention without the right to request bond, reversing decades of established law.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/21/texas-immigrant-rights-due-process/
29 days ago
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500,000 fewer Texans are on SNAP as participation slips nationally
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Texas SNAP participation drops by 14% in the past year
Advocates say the federal government’s new work requirements and immigration crackdown has limited food stamp participation. The state says the recent decline is part of normal fluctuations in enrollm...
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/20/texas-snap-food-stamps-decline-work-restrictions-immigration/
30 days ago
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Texas Children's Hospital must create country's first "detransition clinic" under legal settlement with state
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Texas Children’s Hospital to create clinic reversing trans care
Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Friday that Texas Children’s must also pay $10 million to the state because it illegally provided transgender care to kids.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/15/texas-children-transgender-transition-settlement-attorney-general/
about 1 month ago
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Seesaw rulings on Texas’ smokeable hemp ban is bad for business, retailers say
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Smoke shops face uncertainty amid Texas’ hemp lawsuit
Some smoke shops say the flurry of court actions since March 31 has already forced them to scale back hours, cut staff and prepare to shut down.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/15/texas-smokeable-hemp-ban-lawsuit-smoke-shop/
about 1 month ago
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Totally normal campaign donor stuff here: “One appears to be in Serbia, attempting to avoid fraud charges in the U.S.”
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Talarico holds steady lead over Crockett in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
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Talarico leads Crockett in Texas Democratic Senate primary
A day of turmoil at the polls in Dallas County — Crockett's home base — ended in uncertainty about whether some ballots would be counted there.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/03/texas-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-us-senate-democratic-primary/
4 months ago
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5 months ago
Feb. 2 is the last day to register to vote and to submit an address change for Texas' midterm primaries. Here's what you need to know about checking your registration, registering to vote and submitting a name or address change. 🧵
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Observers of the race said Taylor Rehmet’s working-class appeal, along with Latino and suburban backlash to GOP policies, fueled his win in a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points.
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How Democrats flipped a ruby red Senate seat in North Texas
Observers of the race said Rehmet’s working-class appeal, along with Latino and suburban backlash to GOP policies, fueled his win in a district Donald Trump carried by 17 points.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/02/texas-senate-district-9-special-election-taylor-rehmet-upset-latino-suburban-backlash/
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MercyCulture, the Christian nationalist church network in Texas that often flirts with QAnon, just opened a prayer house across from the Supreme Court. Among their prayer board items: Ending human trafficking and for Trump to be "baptized in the Holy Spirit."
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5 months ago
A blossoming Texas medical marijuana industry adds new businesses, products and patients
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Texas medical pot industry sprouts new businesses, patients
The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued provisional licenses to nine new medical marijuana operators while existing ones have started opening new manufacturing and cultivating facilities.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/12/texas-medical-marijuana-new-locations-patients/
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Jasmine Crockett leads James Talarico by 8 points in Senate Democratic primary, new poll finds
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Crockett leads Talarico in first head-to-head Senate poll
Crockett had higher name recognition and an overwhelming edge among Black voters, while Talarico kept the margin to single digits through greater support among white and Latino voters.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/12/texas-senate-democratic-primary-poll-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico/
6 months ago
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I am honored to be chosen as a 2026 AHCJ international fellow. I’ll be focusing on what Texas can learn from Japan’s elder care technology boom. Thanks to both AHCJ and the Commonwealth fund for this amazing opportunity.
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6 months ago
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Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
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Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
Many incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/punished-for-periods-in-prison/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
6 months ago
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Llano County library book removals allowed after U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge
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Supreme Court clears way for Llano County library book removals
Seven residents launched a challenge in 2022 to the removal of 17 books, which included topics on race and gender. They won a reinstatement of the titles, but lost on appeal.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/texas-llano-county-library-book-ban-lawsuit-scotus/
6 months ago
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Democrat Colin Allred drops out of Senate race, announces run for 33rd Congressional District
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Colin Allred drops Senate bid, pivots to run for Congress
The former Dallas congressman said he wanted to help his party avoid a runoff. In his campaign to return to the House, he will face U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, his successor in Congress.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/colin-allred-drops-out-senate-democratic-primary-congress-33rd-district-dallas/
6 months ago
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How will Texas’ voter-approved $3 billion dementia fund fare in court
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How will Texas’ $3 billion dementia fund fare in court
In 2023, Texas overcame lawsuits that sought to prevent constitutional amendments from going into effect, but one that voters approved in 2021 is still blocked.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/05/texas-dementia-fund-constitutional-amendment-lawsuit/
7 months ago
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Supreme Court lets Texas keep new congressional map while legal battle continues
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Supreme Court orders Texas to use 2025 map amid legal battle
The ruling is a major win for the Trump administration and Texas Republicans, who engineered the map to give the GOP control of 30 of the state’s 38 congressional districts.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/04/texas-redistricting-map-us-supreme-court-2026-midterms/
7 months ago
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Kerr County was among dozens of Texas communities to turn down state flood money, saying it wasn’t enough
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Kerr wasn’t the only community to reject state flood grants - The Texas Tribune
Texas earmarked $1.4 billion to help fund flood prevention projects. But after learning that so many communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawe...
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/03/texas-kerr-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system/
7 months ago
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Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship
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Texas may have citizenship proof for voters being challenged
The Secretary of State’s Office didn’t initially check with the Department of Public Safety, which collects proof of citizenship from people who register to vote through them.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/texas-voters-citizenship-check-secretary-of-state-department-of-public-safety/
7 months ago
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In Houston, young mothers face some of the highest barriers for college and work in the U.S.
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Houston has worst rate of unemployed, uneducated young moms
At 13.3%, Houston has the worst rate of young adults who are neither working nor in in school of the largest metro areas in the country.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/02/texas-houston-employment-young-mothers-disconnection-jobs-college/
7 months ago
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Even as SNAP resumes, new federal work rules threaten access for some Texans
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New federal work rules threaten SNAP access for some Texans
Under new requirements, “able-bodied” recipients could lose access to benefits for three years if they go three months without documenting working hours.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/texas-snap-food-stamp-federal-work-requirements/
7 months ago
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Texas summer camp owners brace for more mental health issues among youth
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Texas camps brace for more mental health issues among youth
Mental health experts expect the July 4 floods have resulted in post-traumatic stress disorder, unhealthy hypervigilance and recurring thoughts on disasters among campers.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/texas-camps-floods-mental-health-resources/
7 months ago
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Texas education chief met with Turning Point USA to discuss group's expansion in high schools
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Turning Point USA talked expansion with Texas education chief
The meeting happened days before Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged $1 million to help establish chapters of the conservative student group on every Texas college and high school campus.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/texas-education-agency-turning-point-usa-high-school-chapters/
7 months ago
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They couldn't save their daughters' lives in the July 4 floods. Now they're dealing with the grief and the guilt.
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Texas couple grieves children, parents lost in July 4 flood
RJ and Annie Harber have leaned on faith, their community and each other to move through each day after losing their daughters and RJ’s parents. But memories of that night still haunt them.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/25/texas-kerr-county-july-4-floods-family-lost-daughters-parents/
7 months ago
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Head of Texas’ largest business organization accused of sexual assault in lawsuit
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Head of Texas’ top business group sued for sexual assault
An unidentified woman on Monday sued Glenn Hamer, Texas Association of Business president and CEO, alleging he sexually harassed and assaulted her, then retaliated when she rejected his advances.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/24/texas-association-of-business-lawsuit-tab-glenn-hamer-sexual-assault/
7 months ago
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A small Austin, Texas think tank cultivated COVID dissidents. Now they’re running U.S. health policy.
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Austin group catapulted some of Trump’s top health advisers
People with ties to Brownstone Institute have significant authority over access to vaccines and scientific research.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/19/austin-brownstone-institute-trump-health-vaccine/
7 months ago
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A pregnant Texas mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion.
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Texas mother died after she couldn’t get an abortion
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors at a San Antonio area hospital that there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/20/texas-abortion-death-preeclampsia/
7 months ago
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Texas National Guard troops to be recalled from Illinois soon, according to reports
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/16/t...
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Reports: Texas National Guard to return soon from Illinois
Several media outlets, quoting anonymous federal officials, reported that hundreds of Texas troops could be coming home soon from the Chicago area after their activation was halted by a federal court.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/16/texas-national-guard-chicago-deployment-returning/
7 months ago
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UT-Austin silent on Trump compact as deadline approaches
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University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/university-of-texas-trump-policy-changes-federal-funding/
7 months ago
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The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs?
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The U.S. wants healthier children. So why is it scaling back its nutrition programs?
Some of the very programs the Make America Healthy Again movement has said were the key to improving children’s health are now facing cuts by the Trump administration.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/make-america-healthy-again-children-nutrition-programs/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
7 months ago
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How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies
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Why Texas’ newest rural hospital can’t deliver babies anymore
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/13/texas-rural-hospital-olney-labor-delivery/
7 months ago
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Pro-gambling interests struggling to gain foothold in Texas after Senate special election loss
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Texas Senate race marks another defeat for gambling interests
John Huffman was the best-funded candidate in the Senate District 9 special election thanks to casino interests, but failed to make the runoff. Gambling proponents still have millions more to spend on...
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/texas-gambling-legalization-senate-election-huffman-wambganss-district-9/
7 months ago
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The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it’s been in 11 years
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Whooping cough cases in Texas reach an 11-year high
The state has recorded more than 3,500 cases of whooping cough so far this year, 10 times the number in 2023.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/11/texas-pertussis-whooping-cough-disease-infectious/
7 months ago
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7 months ago
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A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026
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Democrats see promise for 2026 in Texas Senate near upset
Democrat Taylor Rehmet came within three percentage points of winning Senate District 9 — which voted for Donald Trump by over 17 points in 2024 — over his two Republican opponents.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/texas-senate-special-election-democrats-tarrant-county/
7 months ago
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Cruz, Cornyn push new retaliatory legislation that blocks U.S. water from going to Mexico
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Cruz, Cornyn want U.S. to stop sending water to Mexico
The bill is the latest effort from the Texas delegation that demands the U.S. get tougher with Mexico for failing to honor a 1944 treaty that in part governs Rio Grande water.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/ted-cruz-water-texas-mexico-united-states/
7 months ago
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Will Texas actually run out of water? Your questions about the state’s water supply answered.
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Your questions about Texas’ water supply answered
You asked our AI chatbot about Texas’ water supply. We answered some of the questions that it couldn’t.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/07/texas-water-questions-answered/
7 months ago
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Cornyn "open to" changing Senate filibuster, Hunt and Paxton back Trump's call to scrap it
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Cornyn open to filibuster reform; Hunt, Paxton want it gone
The president has sharpened his calls for Senate Republicans to kill the longstanding legislative maneuver, saying the GOP’s electoral success could hinge on it.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/06/cornyn-paxton-hunt-filibuster-trump-texas-senate-gop-primary/
7 months ago
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“We don’t know what we’re going to eat”: Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits
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Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits
Although the federal government has said it will deposit half of November benefits, Texans are still unsure when money will land in their accounts.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/texas-snap-food-stamp-families-hunger/
8 months ago
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