Some elections are local; some are about state issues. The 2020 election in Texas is probably not going to be either of those things — national issues and personalities are leading the parade.
2019
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Broken Border
The Trump administration knew migrant children would suffer from family separations. The government ramped up the practice anyway.
Internal emails and reports illustrate a chaotic attempt to track traumatized migrant children seized from parents.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner claims easy reelection win in runoff
Turner was up against high-profile attorney Tony Buzbee in an overtime round that was much quieter than the initial race.
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Joe Biden sells himself as the Democrat to beat Trump — and turn Texas blue — during San Antonio campaign stop
“You’ll be seeing a lot of me before now and November, God willing,” the former vice president said at a rally in the hometown of fellow Democratic candidate Julián Castro.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Democrats could gain control of the Texas House for the first time since 2001. Here are the seats in play in 2020.
Republicans and Democrats are ready for the 2020 battle over the Texas House, with roughly 30 of the 150 seats seen as competitive for both parties.
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Texas 2020 Elections
After uncertain filing period, Democratic U.S. Senate candidates seek to “get down to business”
A crowd of 12 Democrats are jockeying in a wide-open primary to take on Texas’ senior Republican senator, John Cornyn.
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Higher Education
Accusations of shoddy hiring practices dog Texas State University police department
The school’s former police chief and his top deputy were accused of hiring unqualified officers to patrol the San Marcos campus — including one who allegedly slept with a sexual assault victim while investigating her case — university records show.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Analysis: A Houston police death and the debate over who should have guns in Texas
The proliferation of mass shootings has opened up the debate about gun laws among politicians in Texas, and about whether new restrictions are needed. But not among all Texas politicians.
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With a deadline for Hurricane Harvey assistance near, Galveston advocates say hundreds could miss out due to bureaucratic mixups
Recovery workers in the area say the Texas General Land Office owes hurricane victims more time to apply for assistance after losing their paperwork, but the agency says the claims are baseless.
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Broken Border
1,000 migrants a day made this tiny Guatemala town a smuggler’s paradise. The business has dried up.
Two Trump administration initiatives have driven down traffic, locals say: the “remain in Mexico” program requiring people to wait out their asylum cases south of the border, and the threat to slap tariffs on Mexico unless it cracked down on migrants crossing through it.
