The first political ads bought by a corporation in Texas appeared in East Texas newspapers just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended the state's ban on that kind of spending.

The ads appear to mark the first instance of a corporation directly playing in a Texas election since the nation's highest court lifted a century-old ban on political spending by corporations and labor unions. That January ruling — in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission — doesn't affect contributions to candidates, which remain restricted. But it does mean corporations and unions can spend money as they ...

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