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Demographics
Dallas birthed the booming DFW region. It’s now bleeding people, arenas and companies to the suburbs.
North Texas is growing and Dallas’ financial sector is booming. But the city is losing residents and businesses — and two major sports franchises are departing the urban core.
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2026 Texas Elections
Tracking the money raised and spent in the U.S. Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton
See the latest fundraising totals, where the money is coming from and how super PACs are spending in what’s poised to be Texas’ most expensive Senate race.
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2026 Texas Elections
Talarico pledges $25 million for Black voter outreach at sometimes tense Houston town hall
The Democratic Senate nominee faced pointed questions from some Black voters and was confronted by a political content creator who said “you cannot win without us.”
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Economy
Texas’ bite of the microchip industry is growing thanks to public grants, incentives
For years, the state has been the leading exporter of semiconductor chips. After the Legislature invested more than $1.5 billion into incentives since 2023, the industry has been booming.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas Tech chair donated $275K to Ken Paxton day before AG intervened in Brendan Sorsby saga
Cody Campbell, a major Texas Tech booster and GOP megadonor, has vocally defended Brendan Sorsby’s right to play amid a legal battle stemming from his betting scandal.
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2026 Texas Elections
Sex abuse victim family says they’re “tired of being used” for politics amid Talarico attacks
Talarico has been attacking Paxton on the campaign trail over his office’s handling of a case where a Waco man was charged with sexually abusing a young boy.
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Environment
New flooding haunts Hill Country residents a year after historic disaster
Residents experiencing flooding on Thursday similar to 2025’s catastrophic July 4 event describe a new sense of preparedness but the same intense anxieties.
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2026 Texas Elections
Paxton and Talarico open battle for South Texas with dueling rallies, diverging pitches
Paxton rallied in McAllen while Talarico toured the border this week, offering an early look at how each will vie in the coming months for the Latino voters who swung to Trump in 2024.
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Immigration
Trump administration revives rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits
The rule allows federal officials to deny green cards to immigrants who use a public program, such as Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers.