Rice University’s marching band used its halftime performance in a Friday night football game against Baylor University to mock Baylor’s recent sexual assault scandal.
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Cruz: Senate “Hanging by a Thread,” Texas GOP Can’t Stay Home
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, declared Friday that the GOP majority in the Senate is in serious danger and warned Texas Republicans in particular against staying home in November.
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Texas Certifies McMullin as Write-In Candidate for President
The Texas secretary of state’s office on Friday certified former CIA operative Evan McMullin, who is running as an independent, as a write-in candidate for the general election.
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Higher Education
Weeks After Campus Carry Went Into Effect, an Accidental Misfire at Tarleton State
No one was hurt and there was minimal property damage at Tarleton State after someone accidentally shot off a gun in a dormitory.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Named Trump’s Texas Chairman
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is taking an official role with the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, serving as his Texas state chairman.
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Perry Makes His Dancing Debut, Advocates Protest Textbook
In the Roundup: Rick Perry makes his TV dancing debut, Hispanic activists call a proposed textbook racist and lawmakers discuss whether to put the brakes on a tuition program for children of Texas veterans.
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Recent Presidential Polls Spark an Unusual Discussion in Texas
It’s a question most Texas politicos aren’t used to asking, let alone having to debate: How close, really, is the presidential race in the Lone Star State?
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Health care
Texas Budget Writers Hear Concerns Over Medicaid Therapy Cuts
Cuts in the state’s payments to therapy providers who see children with disabilities remain tied up in court, but Texas officials said Thursday they have made about $58 million in cuts from other parts of the health care budget.
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Abbott Says He’s Fully Behind Trump, Hopes for Double-Digit Win in Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back against the suggestion that his support for Donald Trump is lukewarm, saying “of course” he is all in for the Republican presidential nominee — and that he hopes Trump wins Texas by double digits.
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Cruz, Cornyn Team Up to Raise Funds for Endangered Colleagues
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is stepping up his efforts to protect the GOP majority in the upper chamber, teaming up with colleague John Cornyn to raise money for a half dozen vulnerable incumbents.