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District officials announced their plans Friday to implement Texas’ so-called Guardian Plan, which lets local school boards authorize specific employees to carry on campus at all times and determine their training standards. Full Story
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Some voters in Houston were stuck in excessively long lines and were forced to wait more than six hours to cast their ballots. Full Story
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McGinty, the CFO of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, will lead an embattled agency of nonpartisan budget analysts who have been without an executive director since October 2018. Full Story
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“There’s been a lot of push against Sanders, and it makes me feel very helpless,” said one supporter. “There’s always going to be a faction of the party trying to stop him.” Full Story
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The former vice president bested Bernie Sanders in Texas on the strength of election day ballots that heavily favored him in the state's most populous counties. Full Story
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As Democrats and Republicans gear up for a competitive general election in Texas, there seems to be less appetite for intraparty warfare. Full Story
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Sitton was elected in 2014 to the three-member board, which oversees Texas' oil and gas industry. Jim Wright, who beat him in an upset, owns an oilfield waste services company. Full Story
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Neither party wants to see Morrow, who has a history of sexist and racist rhetoric, elected to the board, but he is headed to a runoff for the District 5 seat. Full Story
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Biden had trailed in the polls leading up to election day, which pointed to Bernie Sanders as the frontrunner. Full Story
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We're discussing election results with longtime partner WFAA-TV in Dallas as they come in Tuesday night. Join us starting at 6:55 p.m. Central Time. Full Story
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There is a lot to monitor when the results come in Tuesday on primary election night. Here are five of the biggest things. Full Story
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Get all of Texas’ election results through The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the 2020 primary races for president, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Texas Legislature. Full Story
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“We need ranked-choice voting,” said one Texas early voter who cast a ballot for Pete Buttigieg before he dropped out of the race. Full Story
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Members of the Green and Libertarian parties don't participate in Super Tuesday. Instead, they choose candidates at conventions held over the course of the next few months. Full Story
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Turnout was higher than in 2016 among Democrats, and lower among Republicans. Full Story
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Ratcliffe was previously considered for the role but withdrew his name after he was accused of exaggerating parts of his biography, like his role as the leader of an immigration crackdown while he was a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Texas. Full Story
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These superlative journalists and inspiring role models will be The Texas Tribune's new editorial director and chief product officer, respectively. We’re so lucky to have them on our team. Full Story
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The lawmakers concede there is no major present-day outbreak of the deadly strain in Mexico, South America or Central America but note that “it can be presumed that we will see the virus spread further.” Full Story
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Texas is one of 17 states with open primaries, which means regardless of which party voters identify with, they can choose from year to year which party’s nominees they’d like to select in a primary election. Full Story
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Many black voters in the Lone Star State and elsewhere are wondering aloud whether to look elsewhere. If they do, his campaign could be in trouble. Full Story
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