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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 ...
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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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 ...
Trump shreds 'lowlife' Jasmine Crockett after congresswoman mocked Greg Abbott as ‘Governor Hot Wheels’
During an interview with conservative radio host Vince Coglianese on Wednesday, Trump reacted to Crockett’s insult of the wheelchair-bound governor as "Governor Hot Wheels" this week, which led to ...
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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With his national profile on the rise, is a White House run in Greg Abbott’s future?
That suggests the potential for seeking something beyond being governor of Texas, and it will be a wide-open race in 2028,” Kall said. Abbott is, for now, focused on his future in Texas ...
Governor triggers criminal investigation of Muslim-led development
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Rangers to investigate the East Plano Islamic Center and its proposed master planned community.
Texas’ voucherlike school tuition plan on fast track after Patrick backs latest proposal
AUSTIN — Texas’ $1 billion plan to allow families to spend public money on private schooling appears to be on a fast track to ...