The presumptive GOP presidential nominee spends the first day of a two-day trek through the Lone Star State with a boisterous, free-wheeling rally at Gilley’s in Dallas.
State Government
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These Officeholders Already Know Their Political Futures
In two charts, an inventory of those officeholders whose return tickets are already stamped and those who for sure aren’t coming back.
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Bernie Sanders’ Texas Supporters Vow To Press His Agenda
At a unity press conference this week, a Sanders representative says his base will not take their “foot off the gas” on pushing the Vermont senator’s key proposals.
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A New Development in a Tax Tussle Between Texas and Big Oil
Oil and gas industry officials argue are attempting to persuade the Texas Supreme Court that a mammoth tax exemption for producers is good for the state in the long-term.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: About That Democratic Convention…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about that upcoming convention for Texas Democrats in San Antonio.
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Politics
Cosper Wins GOP Recount in Race to Succeed State Rep. Aycock
Texas House candidate and former Killeen Mayor Scott Cosper has won a recount of his narrow victory over Killeen optometrist Austin Ruiz in last month’s Republican primary runoff.
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Criminal Justice
10 Candidates Vying to Be Next Texas Prisons Chief
The next executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will lead nearly 40,000 employees, manage a $3 billion annual budget, direct more than 100 prisons and oversee the nation’s busiest execution chamber.
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New in TribTalk: Trump and Claytie
A gaffe-prone multimillionaire runs a vitriolic, divisive campaign against a veteran female politician. Trump for president in 2016? Try Clayton “Claytie” Williams for Texas governor in 1990, writes Brandon Rottinghaus of the University of Houston.
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Politics
Lawmaker Wants Federal Investigation of Austin Ride-Hailing Rules
Republican state Rep. Jason Isaac has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Austin’s rules for ride-hailing companies, raising concerns that the city’s “burdensome regulations” are anti-competitive.
