The GOP nominee for the stateโs oil and gas commission said Texas should not recognize babies born to immigrant parents as citizens.
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Data Centers in Texas
San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers, testing its local control
As Texas counties have faced hurdles to curb the rapid growth of data center developments, cities could have more success with banning them through their zoning laws, land experts say.
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2026 Texas Elections
Paxton breaks with Texas GOPโs anti-IVF platform, saying he supports the procedure
Delegates to the Texas GOP convention recently adopted a platform calling in-vitro fertilization destructive to fetal life.
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Public Education
Texas education board member threatens to sue colleagues over posts calling her โMarxistโ
A Democratic board member says colleagues harassed her in social media posts during Texasโ debate over how history is taught. The GOP members deny any bullying.
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Health care
Maternal health โdeserts’ endanger some Texas women, babies
Of the more than 200 rural counties in Texas, about 70% have no hospital at all or have hospitals that donโt have facilities for delivering babies.
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Politics
Texas cities forced to remove rainbow crosswalks are installing colorful alternatives
Cities and advocates are channeling support for LGBTQ+ residents into murals, lighting and rainbow-decorated sidewalks and stairs.
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Politics
Ruling that blocks Trump use of system to hunt noncitizen voters wonโt stop ongoing investigations
States that already ran voter rolls through the revamped federal SAVE immigration database can continue ongoing investigations of the estimated 24,000 voters it flagged.
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Politics
Texas Democrats welcome Bernie Sanders and plunge into kitchen-table politics
In speeches and conversations throughout their convention, Texas Democrats embraced affordability and anti-corruption themes championed by the independent senator from Vermont.
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Kendall Scudder wins race to lead Texas Democratic Party into critical midterms
Texas Democrats overwhelmingly elected Scudder, the incumbent, to a full term as party chair at their state convention Saturday.
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2026 Texas Elections
Unease about Talaricoโs Black support on display at Texas Democratic Convention
Black elected officials said the Senate nominee had more work to do to engage voters in their communities, while noting there was still time to do so before November.
