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2026 Texas Elections
Comptroller candidate Don Huffines’ family owns former Epstein ranch in New Mexico
Huffines’ campaign said the candidate’s family bought the ranch at a public auction four years after Jeffrey Epstein died.
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Public Education
Attorney General Paxton launches investigations into three Texas school districts over students protesting ICE
Paxton said his office is examining claims that administrators and faculty helped organize the demonstrations.
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2026 Texas Elections
Aaron Reitz, Paxton’s endorsed successor, vows to “destroy the left” if elected Texas attorney general
Reitz believes the nation is at war with liberals, and the best bulwark against them is a fully empowered Texas attorney general’s office — with him at the helm.
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2026 Texas Elections
Texas 15th Court of Appeals primaries: Who is running and what to know
Voters statewide elect three justices to the new 15th Court of Appeals, created in 2023. Gov. Greg Abbott’s GOP appointees face their first election for six-year terms.
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2026 Texas Elections
Early voting for the Texas 2026 primaries begins Tuesday. Here’s what to know.
Early voting in person runs from Feb. 17-27. This guide explains your rights at Texas polls.
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Demographics
Feds launch fair housing probe into North Texas development marketed to Muslims
HUD is investigating whether the project that had been called the East Plano Islamic Center City discriminated based on race or national origin.
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Health care
AG Ken Paxton backs ivermectin champion’s fight against Texas Medical Board
The board reprimanded Dr. Mary Bowden last year after she prescribed ivermectin to a patient at a Fort Worth hospital during the height of the pandemic.
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2026 Texas Elections
In Texas attorney general race, Mayes Middleton runs on conservative, not courtroom, record
Middleton has the money and the endorsements. But his primary opponents say he lacks key legal experience to be Texas’ top lawyer.
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Economy
Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they?
Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.