A federal judge has tossed out a new law softening Texas’ strict voter identification requirements. Texas’ attorney general says he will appeal the ruling.
August 2017
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Higher Education
A&M System moves to extend contract of Chancellor John Sharp
Texas A&M University System regents voted Wednesday to extend the contract of Chancellor John Sharp through 2023.
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Texas Elections 2018
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke on impeaching Trump and the 2018 elections
In a Tuesday interview at one his campaign stops in Killeen, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke talked about his 2018 Senate run, why he supports impeaching President Trump and which El Paso Democrat he hopes will replace him in the U.S. House.
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TribCast
Confederate statues, UT’s oil cash, another Paxton in the Capitol? (podcast)
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Evan, Patrick and Matthew about UT’s dark-of-night Confederate statue removal, the UT-System’s oil-rich endowment and news that the AG’s wife is considering a run for Senate.
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GOP state Sen. Van Taylor of Plano makes congressional run official
Taylor will seek the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Plano, in Texas’ 3rd Congressional District.
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The Brief: Battle lines are (curiously) drawn in Texas’ redistricting fight
The Texas Legislature isn’t likely coming back for an overtime round in Austin anytime soon — at least not to draw a new congressional map. But what does that mean for one of the most gerrymandered districts in the country?
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Lock the Vote
Puzzling shapes: Travel across this gerrymandered Texas district
As part of our Lock The Vote series, we examine a key piece of Republicans’ 2011 redistricting strategy, which courts said discriminated against minorities: U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s curiously-shaped 35th Congressional District.
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Environment
As Houston plots a sustainable path forward, it’s leaving this neighborhood behind
While Houston works to overcome its image as a dirty oil town, neighborhoods like Manchester remain solidly dominated by the petrochemical industry.
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Analysis: Firing the opening shots in the 2018 GOP primaries
The differences between the state’s top legislative leaders will inform the coming Republican primaries, because Dan Patrick and Joe Straus represent different wings of the Texas GOP.
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Anti-abortion group losing $4.1 million in family planning service funding
The Heidi Group, an anti-abortion organization, is losing $4.1 million in state funding to offer reproductive health services for women after failing to serve as many patients as it thought it could.