Billionaire Donald Trump is on a roll to the Republican presidential nomination, and his two closest competitors showed they know it as they aggressively moved to slow his momentum here Thursday night.
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Former Texas GOP Chair: Many Predictions About Trump Don’t Add Up
With just a fraction of the delegates awarded so far, the race for the GOP presidential nomination is still up for grabs, former Republican Party of Texas Chairman Steve Munisteri said Thursday.
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For Cruz, Super Tuesday Stakes Reach New Heights
The stakes could not be higher for the junior U.S. senator from Texas as the March 1 primaries approach. Long a day on which his campaign hoped to make major progress, Super Tuesday is instead shaping up to be a potential do-or-die moment.
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Abbott on Long-Awaited Cruz Endorsement: It Was “The Right Time”
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday said he waited until the week before the Texas primary to endorse Ted Cruz because he wanted to maximize his impact on the volatile presidential race.
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Higher Education
University of Houston Basks in Debate Spotlight
Few students will get in, but the University of Houston hopes to make the most out of its host duties during Thursday’s GOP presidential debate.
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GOP Presidential Race Converges on Houston Ahead of Debate
The Republican presidential race converged Wednesday in Texas, a day before the field was set to meet on the debate stage in Houston.
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Bordering on Insecurity
After Deportation, Killer Returned Easily to U.S.
Deported to his native Mexico for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, Juan Leonardo Quintero returned to Houston and easily resumed his life. When he killed a police officer in 2006, Quintero became a poster child for loose border enforcement.
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Roundup: Planned Parenthood, Campus Carry, Iowa 2016
In the Roundup: The people behind the undercover videos of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Houston face criminal charges, a University of Texas at Austin professor says he won’t follow the campus carry law and Ted Cruz is exhausting his energy in Iowa ahead of Monday’s caucuses.
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Transportation
TxDOT Planning $1.3 Billion to Relieve Worst Traffic in Texas Cities
The Texas Transportation Commission is expected to approve a $1.3 billion plan Thursday aimed to funding 14 roadway projects designed to relieve gridlock in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio.
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Ellis on Senate Ballot, But Wants Commissioner’s Seat
State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, will remain on the primary ballot for re-election in Senate District 13, despite his plan to seek the Harris County Commissioner’s seat left open when Commissioner El Franco Lee died on January 3.
