O’Rourke also wouldn’t rule out challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2020.
2018
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Joaquin Castro says twin brother Julián Castro is running for president
The San Antonio congressman erased any lingering doubt during a joint interview that aired Thursday night on CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”
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Politics
Analysis: A potential Texas shootout inside the 2020 presidential race
The faraway 2020 presidential election is already underway, and it’s got a distinct Texas air to it, with Democratic Party rising stars Julián Castro of San Antonio and Beto O’Rourke of El Paso deciding whether to run.
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Guides
Dennis Bonnen isn’t Texas House speaker yet but he’s hiring people like he is. How does that work?
The Texas House is about to get a new speaker and more than two dozen new members. While they all have started transitioning into their new roles, they can’t do much until they are officially sworn in to their new positions next month.
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Criminal Justice
Texas sees uptick in executions, death sentences in 2018
The state put to death 13 men this year. That’s more than half the total number of people executed in the entire country: 25. Still, the death row population — both here and nationwide — is at a historic low.
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Immigration
7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion
The Guatemalan child was taken into custody last week after crossing from Mexico into the United States illegally with her father and a large group of migrants along a remote span of New Mexico desert
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Environment
Rebuilding commission calls Hurricane Harvey a “wakeup call” for Texas
A report by the Commission to Rebuild Texas says there is an urgent need to “future-proof” the Gulf Coast.
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The Texas water industry faces a looming workforce shortage as it struggles to attract new talent
As a generation of water and wastewater operators near retirement in Texas, it could become more difficult to provide safe drinking water and to protect state waterways from pollutants, experts say.
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Economy
Apple announces $1 billion expansion in Austin
The company will reportedly receive as much as $25 million from a state job-creation fund.
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Economy
Dallas-Houston bullet train critics want to boost Texas oversight of eminent domain use
As private developer Texas Central moves ahead with plans to build what could be the country’s first high-speed rail line, a handful of state lawmakers hope to try next year to give the state more authority over the project. But they admit there may not be the legislative appetite.