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Abby Livingston
Abby Livingston joined The Texas Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington bureau chief, and departed August 2022. In this role, she covered members in the Texas congressional delegation and campaigns back in the home state. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Tribune, Abby worked for NBC, CNN, National Journal and Roll Call. At the Tribune, she won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington regional reporting and the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence. Abby is a contributing writer to the Almanac of American Politics and frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN and Sirius XM radio. She also had a role on an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.
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Politics
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court justice, dies at 87
Nominated in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton, the liberal justice was the legal force behind many of the successes of the women’s movement. In her later years, she became something of a cult figure in legal and feminist circles.
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Coronavirus in Texas
Ted Cruz dismisses concerns over Attorney General Bill Barr and the federal coronavirus response as politically motivated
Cruz said that Barr has done an “admirable job” and that the Trump administration took “serious and … extraordinary” steps to fight the pandemic.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Republican U.S. House campaign arm cancels $2 million in Houston-area advertising
The region is home to multiple competitive races, including Congressional District 7 where Republicans are seeking to unseat U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher
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Politics
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, of Arlington, hospitalized due to complications from cancer treatment
The freshman member of Congress has been undergoing treatment for lung cancer since last year.
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Texas 2020 Elections
In Texas, Republicans fight voting by mail expansion while encouraging their voters to use it
What was once a lightly used and largely uncontroversial voting option in Texas, one even Republicans relied on, is now the crux of the latest fight over who gets to vote and, equally as crucial in a pandemic, who has access to safe voting.
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Congress
U.S. Reps. Will Hurd, Michael McCaul break from Republicans and vote for USPS rescue bill
Driven by Democrats worried about mail-in voting being jeopardized this November, members returned to the U.S. Capitol amid summer recess to vote on the legislation.
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Health care
San Antonio postal union leader describes mass delays, says Postal Service hid backlogged mail from congressman
The union leader said tens of thousands of pieces of mail were carted away ahead of U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro’s visit. The office’s delays have been exacerbated by employees missing because of COVID-19 concerns.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Former USPS leader from Texas says Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is “destroying confidence” in the postal service
Carolyn Lewis, a former USPS Board of Governors chair, said she has been disturbed by reports of cost-cutting measures and concerns that the mail service will not be able to handle an influx of mailed-in ballots.
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Texas 2020 Elections
What you need to know about Colin Allred and Victoria Neave, two of the DNC’s “rising stars”
The Dallas lawmakers are among a group of 17 participating in Tuesday night’s keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.
