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Abbott’s team rejected the assertion, saying that O’Rourke agreed to the audience-free debate months ago.

In a news conference ahead of the only gubernatorial debate, 35 family members of Uvalde school shooting victims said they would support O’Rourke because of Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun control measures.

The debate, the candidates’ first and likely only one before the November election, begins at 7 p.m. Central time in Edinburg.

The brothers reportedly told law enforcement they were looking for animals to shoot. One man was killed and a woman was injured.

The grand jury said it did not find sufficient evidence to indict Iesha Greene, who was reported to have sold and solicited nude photos of children at the Bastrop shelter.

The two companies awarded contracts on Thursday will erect border barriers in Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley.

Texas agencies say they are being hammered by a historic staffing crisis, particularly when it comes to those in the trenches serving the state’s most vulnerable populations.

The Texan objected to certifying Arizona’s electoral votes as rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

The number of migrant encounters at the Texas-Mexico border has climbed from 109,456 in March 2021, the month the mission began, to 116,976 in August — a failure of Abbott’s office’s stated desire to “stop this revolving door and deter others considering entering illegally.”