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Abbott gave Trump credit when Texas closed a border site for booking migrants.
Average monthly bookings at the Jim Hogg County facility, located between Laredo and McAllen, has dropped by more than half ...
More oversight of state colleges, rollback of faculty influence clears Texas Senate
An effort to give politically connected appointees more control over state universities — including over what’s taught and how schools are following laws — advanced in the Texas Senate Tuesday. The ...
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Why Texas Gov. Abbott says his migrant bus operation helped set tone for 2024 elections
The 45-minute conversation with interim UT President Jim Davis, who assumed his new role in February, and Texas Law Federalist Society President Jordan Lamb gave the governor an opportunity to ...
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announces he’s running for fourth term
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will run for a fourth term of his influential role as lieutenant governor, he announced Friday, touting ...
Texas governor blames county’s elections problems for delay in filling vacant congressional seat
Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming a history of election problems in the state’s most populous county for his delay in ...
Texas governor under fire after pushing special election to November
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the special election to fill the seat vacated following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner will be held on Nov. 4.
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Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. The Governor Says No.
The reason? It would be anchored by a mosque. “To be clear, Shariah law is not allowed in Texas,” the Republican governor wrote on social media in late February, reposting a video advertising ...
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson lobby Texas lawmakers for $500 million in movie, TV incentives
At the Texas Capitol, actor and Texas natives Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson made their pitch to state Senators of ...
Ahead of pivotal vote, Texas leaders share unfiltered thoughts on future of education
Here’s your ultimate guide to ESA legislation, which supporters often refer to as school choice, as it heads to a vote.
Texas Governor Sets November Election to Fill Heavily Democratic House Seat
Democrats have argued that Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, did not act faster to fill the vacant seat because he didn’t want ...
Texas poised to create its own version of DOGE as bill passes both chambers
Texas lawmakers passed a bill that would establish a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) following Elon Musk's ...