Despite their concerns about voting integrity, Texas officials are so far silent about a possible fleet of partisan election observers Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is urging to the polls.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Request Budget Cut Exemptions
On Thursday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice presented a legislative appropriations request to its governing board that offered $28 million in cuts. Officials added that they would seek an exemption from further cuts.
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Hope as They Might, Democrats Don’t See Trump Losing Texas
Arizona. Georgia. Utah. Indiana. As Donald Trump’s poll numbers collapse across the country, could he actually lose Texas to Hillary Clinton? No, say a raft of state and national Democrats.
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DACA Gave Thousands of Undocumented Texans Hope. Will it Survive?
Undocumented immigrants in Texas are taking a glass-half-full approach as a 2012 initiative that has benefited hundreds of thousands of immigrants marks its four-year anniversary. But will that optimism last after the November election?
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Laredo Plastic Bag Ban Tossed by Court
A state appeals court has struck down a plastic bag ban in Laredo in a high-profile fight over local control that could ultimately impact similar laws in other Texas cities.
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Conservative Lawmaker Battling to Stop a Texas Execution
State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, a staunch conservative, is trying to stop the upcoming execution of Jeff Wood, who was sentenced to death even though he killed no one.
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Analysis: Texas Might Let Political Radio Ads Run Disclaimer-Free, But Feds Won’t
The state of Texas might not be requiring sponsorship disclosures on political radio ads right now, but the Federal Communications Commission is.
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U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul Doesn’t Rule Out Challenging Sen. Ted Cruz
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, is not ruling out challenging U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2018, but he’s emphasizing that he is not focused on it for now.
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Poll Suggests Rick Perry Could Beat Ted Cruz in 2018
A new poll suggests there is at least one fellow Republican who could unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018: former Gov. Rick Perry.
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Analysis: Unaccountably Free Political Speech, for a Few Weeks in Texas
A regulatory wrinkle could strip an important piece of information from the political radio ads you hear in Texas between now and Election Day: Who’s paying for the commercials?
