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Seeking lower electricity rates, residents in two East Texas towns hope the state will intervene

Livingston and Jasper residents hope a lawsuit will force their municipality-operated utility company to offer lower rates and create more transparency in setting rates. They’re among the 5 million Texans living outside the state’s deregulated market and cannot choose their energy provider.

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Texas legislators approve bill allowing police to arrest people who cross the border illegally

The Texas House also voted to spend $1.5 billion on new state border walls, though that measure must be reconciled with the Senate version before it’s sent to Gov. Greg Abbott for consideration.

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Voters in one of West Texas’ largest cities will decide whether to decriminalize marijuana in 2024

Voters in several Texas cities have sought to decriminalize marijuana. However, their efforts have been met by reluctant city councils that say they can’t go against state law.

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Texas Republicans divided on funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown

Thirteen Texas Republicans opposed the GOP-led legislation, which would keep the government funded as Congress negotiates federal appropriations. The bill passed after nearly all Democrats came to back it.

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Watch Texas Tribune journalists discuss their experience on a rural reproductive health project

Reporter Eleanor Klibanoff and photojournalist Shelby Tauber talked with Tribune editor Terri Langford about their reporting on a story of a 26-year-old Texan who was told her twin sons had a zero percent chance of survival after childbirth.

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U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon drops Texas Senate bid, will run again for Congress

Fallon, who made the decision 24 hours after filing to run for his old Texas Senate seat, did not say why he changed his mind. His staff said the congressperson would provide more information later.

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Burnet County judge allows Ken Paxton whistleblower lawsuit to proceed

Lawyers for employees fired by Paxton’s office after they reported him to the FBI say they plan to begin issuing subpoenas in the case.

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Jury rules against Texas professor who claimed suburban community college retaliated against him for political speech

The professor alleged the North Texas school violated his First Amendment rights when he advocated for the removal of Confederate statues and criticized the college’s COVID-19 plans. A jury disagreed.

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More women join lawsuit challenging Texas’ abortion laws

Twenty women are challenging the state’s abortion laws, saying they were unable to get the health care they needed for their medically complex pregnancies.

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Midland fights disposal of oilfield wastewater near its drinking supply

As oil and gas companies struggle to dispose of their wastewater in the Permian Basin, the city of Midland is challenging applications for disposal wells near one of its drinking water sources.

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Republican Pat Fallon to give up Congress seat and run for his old Texas Senate post

Fallon served in the Texas Senate for two years before running for Congress. He won’t see reelection in the U.S. House.

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Longtime U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess will not seek reelection

Burgess, a Dallas-area Republican who comes from a family of doctors, was a key critic of Democratic efforts to overhaul the country’s health care system.

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Texas A&M Interim President Mark Welsh will get nod to keep permanent position

A&M System Chancellor John Sharp will recommend Welsh, a retired Air Force general, as the sole finalist for the job at a Board of Regents meeting later this week. Welsh has held the position in the interim since July.

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Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general

Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office.

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“People aren’t thinking about us”: How new ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates impacts medically-vulnerable Texans

The ban applies to all private businesses, including health care facilities like hospitals, which can jeopardize the health of those with compromised immune systems or other underlying conditions.

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Bison return to Texas Indigenous lands, reconnecting tribes to their roots

Indigenous ranchers in Texas are receiving help from nonprofits to rebuild bison herds in the state. One family in Sulphur Springs that received five bison last month invited Texas tribal members to see the herd in person.

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Texans fill downtown Austin streets to demand ceasefire in Gaza

Thousands of Texans rallied in front of the state Capitol Sunday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the death toll has surpassed 10,000 people.

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Texas A&M to spend more than $75 million to fire football coach Jimbo Fisher

The buyout amount is the largest in college sports history.

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Pope removes Tyler’s Bishop Joseph Strickland after opposition to church reforms

Bishop Strickland, a Pope Benedict XVI appointee, has been a fiercely vocal critic of Pope Francis’ efforts to reform the Catholic Church.

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After controversy, Texas school board says transgender student can sing in school musical

After Max Hightower scored a role in the seminal American musical, administrators changed their policy on performers’ gender. After backlash, the school board directed the school to produce the original version “Oklahoma!” — not a youth version that cut Hightower’s solo.

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Judge upholds 2022 Harris County election results, throws out most GOP lawsuits

The judge found that Harris County’s elections office made mistakes and violated the state’s Election Code — but that didn’t affect the outcomes of several 2022 races. He also tossed all but one Republican lawsuit challenging the results.

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Texas House committee moves school safety funding forward

The two new measure could bring $1.3 billion more to schools to pay for security systems, fencing and personnel training.

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Texas House committee advances school voucher bill, overcoming key hurdle

The committee action means school voucher legislation is poised to get its first House floor vote in recent history. Gov. Greg Abbott said if the Legislature fails to pass it this time, he will continue to call them back into session until they do.

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Rep. Joaquin Castro warns of GOP’s adversarial rhetoric around Latino immigrants

Castro, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, has made improving discussion of Latinos and Latino issues in politics a focus of his time in office.

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Texas community colleges see biggest enrollment recovery since the pandemic

The uptick comes after community colleges saw enrollment drop by about 80,000 students between 2019 and 2021.

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