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Texas Tech wants permission to pay college athletes as a part of its recruitment efforts

State law prohibits schools from making direct name, image and likeness deals with athletes. Texas Tech says it puts them at a disadvantage as the university recruits athletes for fall 2025.

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Trump’s border czar pick supports using Texas ranch for mass deportations

Gov. Greg Abbott also announced that the state is adding more floating barriers to the Rio Grande.

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Texas Targets Foreign Influence from China, Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela with New Executive Orders

Gov. Abbott's executive orders impose strict sanctions aimed at preventing espionage and infiltration from several countries labeled as "foreign adversaries."

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State Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum

Critics say the curriculum overemphasizes Christianity. Texas school districts don’t have to use it but will receive $60 per student if they do.

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UNT faculty slam university for removing references to race and equity in course names

Professors and instructors say the university is preemptively censoring itself after administrators removed references to race and equity in dozens of College of Education course titles and descriptions.

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As Trump administration takes shape, Texas takes a back seat

So far Trump has looked elsewhere for his earliest cabinet and high-level staff appointments, in some cases passing over Texans who were in the mix.

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Federal appeals court affirms ruling that Caldwell County must hold public bail hearings

The Texas Tribune, the Caldwell/Hays Examiner and Mano Amiga challenged the county’s policy of barring the press and public from bail hearings, saying it violated the First Amendment.

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Texas’ top elected officials signal Texas could cut border spending after Trump takes office

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have both recently signaled new openness to winding down the state’ border security operation.

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Why Democrats’ abortion messaging failed to resonate in Texas, despite unpopular bans

Texas’ strict abortion bans made it “ground zero” for Democrats hoping to rile up their base, but voters prioritized economic issues.

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Texas names new higher education chief

Wynn Rosser will be in charge of guiding the state’s postsecondary education policies. He currently leads a foundation focused on rural East Texas and previously worked at Texas A&M.

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Texas’ uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties

Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments.

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How Ted Cruz pulled off a decisive win and kept his White House hopes afloat

Cruz won over Latino voters and targeted Colin Allred’s support of transgender rights to win a third term.

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Gov. Greg Abbott wants to freeze tuition at Texas colleges and universities for another two years

The governor’s directive extends a tuition freeze for Texas’ public universities that was approved in the last legislative session.

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A push to change a 2019 Texas law that bars certain felons from becoming social workers

Texas prohibits people with assault convictions, among other felonies, from becoming social workers. A new lawsuit says the ban is unconstitutional.

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Texas’ 90,000 DACA recipients can sign up for Affordable Care Act coverage — for now

Those enrolled in the federal program shielding them from deportation can enroll through Jan. 15, but a lawsuit and Trump’s anti-immigration stance threaten to eliminate eligibility.

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A growing and aging population is forcing Texas counties to seek state EMS funding

Although Texas counties are not required to provide ambulance services, many are digging deep to pay for their own fleet or to contract out services.

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Texas Democratic Party chair steps down after dismal election performance

Gilberto Hinojosa’s resignation ends a 12-year run leading the state party, dating back to his election at the 2012 Texas Democratic Convention.

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Texas A&M regents overrule faculty, cut 52 “low-producing” programs including LGBTQ+ studies minor

After conservative criticism over the LGBTQ+ minor, university officials started looking at all its programs. Faculty say they were excluded from the process.

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How zebra mussels and a Lake Texoma pump station spurred Texas to redraw its border with Oklahoma

The two states agreed to a land swap to ensure that a Dallas-area water district’s pump station lies wholly within Texas. Neither state gained in size from the small change.

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Texas State University condemns demonstrators who brought offensive signs to campus

The university is exploring potential legal responses after two men came on campus the day after the election with misogynistic and homophobic signs.

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After election, Texas House speaker race remains up for grabs

Neither Speaker Dade Phelan, nor his current opponent Rep. David Cook, have enough public support yet from the GOP caucus to win the nomination.

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How to stay politically engaged in between election cycles

From engaging with representatives to joining advocacy groups, there are numerous ways to continue participating in democracy and shaping policy after the polls close.

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“Uncharted territory”: Trump’s anti-immigration plans could take center stage in Texas

Texas is positioned better than any state to help Trump carry out his ambitious anti-immigration agenda. But it is also vulnerable to those policies’ impacts.

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Texas voter turnout falls in 2024 election despite record registration numbers

A historic 18.6 million Texans were registered to vote in the 2024 election, and 61% cast ballots, a nearly 6% drop from the 2020 presidential race.

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Adam Hinojosa flips Texas Senate seat, becomes first Republican to represent Rio Grande Valley district since Reconstruction

Hinojosa won the only competitive seat in the Texas Senate this cycle, besting Sen. Morgan LaMantia two years after she narrowly defeated him.

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