Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next year.
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2024 Texas Elections
At debate, Mayra Flores shrugs off concern about mandating South Texans carry passports
During a tense debate with U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, Flores attacked Gonzalez for being soft on border security, then suggested requiring residents to prove citizenship in some instances was appropriate.
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2024 Texas Elections
Vicente Gonzalez and Mayra Flores clash in fiery South Texas congressional debate
In their only debate before Election Day, Gonzalez and Flores traded jabs over the economy, immigration and abortion, and regularly spoke over each other.
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2024 Texas Elections
“More than our wombs”: Women in conservative Texas cities mobilizing to end GOP dominance
Democrats in Lubbock and Amarillo hope Kamala Harris’ candidacy and a backlash to abortion laws will help make their long-held vision of a blue wave a reality.
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Politics
Texas lawmakers signal push to require proof of citizenship from voters
Gov. Greg Abbott gave an inflated number of noncitizens removed from the state’s voter rolls, officials acknowledged, confirming findings by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, and Votebeat.
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Criminal Justice
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s former political consultant pleads guilty to bribery
Todd Smith’s plea comes days before he was set to go to trial, where Miller was subpoenaed to testify.
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2024 Texas Elections
Republicans put up little fight in Henry Cuellar’s race after indictment
Republicans declared the Laredo Democrat a target this year after his indictment, but haven’t spent serious money to unseat him.
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Politics
Watch: Texas lawmakers discuss noncitizens on the voter rolls
Here’s what you need to know after a ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat investigation found that Gov. Greg Abbott likely inflated the number of noncitizens on voter rolls.
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2024 Texas Elections
Colin Allred, Ted Cruz blast each other as “extreme,” throw jabs on border and abortion in Senate debate
The debate proved combative from start to finish, with Cruz and Allred trading barbs on nearly every issue that came up.
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A Panhandle town says goodbye to its newspaper
Watch this documentary about the final run of the Canadian Record, a small-town, family-owned newspaper that closed last year.
