With a 29-day special session in the rearview mirror, we should find out today whether the Texas Legislature is coming back for more — but this time, to draw a new congressional map for the state ahead of 2018 elections.
August 2017
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Criminal Justice
Gov. Greg Abbott weighs in on Confederate monument debate
In the Roundup: In the wake of the white nationalist rally in Virginia, Abbott weighs in on the removal of confederate statues, and Texas A&M blocks a similar rally from happening on campus.
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Guides
Hey, Texplainer: Which recent election cycles have been the closest — and what does that mean in 2018?
Texas is a Republican stronghold, and that likely won’t change anytime soon. Heading into 2018, however, several Democrats are pushing to unseat incumbents in several statewide races.
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With bathroom bill dead, Pastor Council looks to future fights
Founded in 2003 as a group of Houston-area pastors, the Texas Pastor Council has grown into a burgeoning statewide apparatus with eyes on someday becoming a nationwide force.
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Courts
Texas voting law on language interpreters violates Voting Rights Act, court says
Texas violated the Voting Rights Act by restricting the interpretation assistance English-limited voters may receive, a federal appeals court ruled.
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Demographics
White nationalist says he might still march through Texas A&M campus
After Texas A&M canceled white nationalist Preston Wiginton’s Sept. 11 campus rally, Wiginton said Tuesday that he was pondering a march on a public street that passes through the College Station campus.
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Criminal Justice
Texas’ congressional delegation weighs in on Trump’s response to Charlottesville protests
The Texas Tribune surveyed all 38 Texans in Congress Wednesday, asking if they believed Trump’s response to Charlottesville has encouraged the white nationalist movement.
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Higher Education
UNT System chooses top NASA administrator for chancellor post
Lesa Roe has been named sole finalist for the University of North Texas System chancellor’s job. She’ll be the first woman to hold that post.
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Texas school official removed for authoring book with a white supremacist symbol
The assistant principal at a Denton middle school had self-published a book over the summer whose central figure is a white supremacist symbol.
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Poll: Some find the Trump administration’s education ideas polarizing
The poll by the Harvard journal Education Next found a big decline in support nationally for charter schools.