The CAIR Legal Defense Fund and another group claim the governor’s proclamation identifying them as terrorists “is defamatory and finds no basis in law or fact.”
Colleen DeGuzman
Colleen DeGuzman is a general assignments reporter. In addition to covering a broad range of topics, she focuses on immigration developments in the state. Before joining the newsroom, Colleen was an enterprise reporter at Houston Public Media, Houston's NPR station. She's also reported for KFF Health News, the Austin-American Statesman, and The Monitor in McAllen. Colleen was previously a reporting fellow at the Texas Tribune, an intern at The Today Show, and NPR NextGen Radio mentee. Colleen, who studied mass communication at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, was born on one end of the border (El Paso) and proudly raised on the other (the Rio Grande Valley). She is based in Houston.
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Redistricting Texas 2025
After blocking redistricting map, Judge Jeffrey Brown draws fire from Texas Republicans who once praised him
Until being labeled as the “radical left,” Brown was widely supported by Texas Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, who previously hired him as his clerk. Abbott called the ruling “clearly erroneous.”
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State Government
Cash-strapped Texas city defies AG warning not to raise taxes
Citing a new state law, Attorney General Ken Paxton told four cities to cancel planned tax hikes. But La Marque leaders say their tax increase is critical to keeping the city afloat financially.
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Politics
“You woke us up”: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, energized by Prop 50 redistricting win, thanks Texas
The Democrat took a victory lap on rival Gov. Greg Abbott’s home turf Saturday and called on other blue states to push back on a GOP effort to retain control of the U.S. House.
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2026 Texas Elections
Rep. Al Green switches congressional districts in bid for reelection
The veteran lawmaker whose current district was redrawn to benefit Republicans would face the winner of the 18th Congressional District special election runoff.
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2025 Texas Elections
North Texas community votes against forming a city to regulate a noisy Bitcoin mine
Some Hood County residents wanted the same power that cities have to set noise limits, but did not secure enough votes.
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Health care
“We don’t know what we’re going to eat”: Texans are still waiting for November SNAP benefits
Although the federal government has said it will deposit half of November benefits, Texans are still unsure when money will land in their accounts.
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Graphics and data reporting
New data shows 1 in 4 ICE arrests happened in Texas under Trump’s immigration crackdown
ICE agents are arresting more immigrants on the streets and at routine check-ins than under President Biden. But most of them don’t have criminal convictions despite pledges to pursue “the worst of the worst.”
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Public Education
How a single Fort Worth ISD campus prompted a state takeover
The district has struggled to bring students’ grades up, especially at campuses in low-income neighborhoods with large Black and brown populations.
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Public Education
Texas Education Agency takes over Fort Worth ISD, replacing its elected school board
The North Texas district is the 11th since 2000 to be taken over by the state and the second largest after Houston ISD.
