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-Report: Local Government Spending Outpaces Population, Inflation Across Texas
-UT System Poised To Approve Tenure for Professor Arrested as Part of Anti-Israel Protests
-More Charges for Magnolia Teacher Accused of Molesting Students

-Talarico Says His Church Housed Illegal Aliens Facing ICE Deportation
-New Texas Secretary of State Maintains Opposition to Closed Primary Lawsuit
-Harris County Judge Declines To Block Texas Ten Commandments Classroom Law

-New Secretary of State Must Decide Whether to Keep Fighting Closed Primaries
-Constable Salaries Reach $305,000 as Harris County Faces Growing Deficit
-Weatherford ISD Teacher Charged With Sexual Misconduct

-Old Divisions Fade as Republicans Rally Around Paxton
-Abbott Announces New SpaceX Factory in Grimes County
-Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Texas Handgun Trespass Sign Laws

-McKinney Approves Mosque Amid Citizen Concerns
-Immigrant Criminal Denaturalized in Texas District Court
-Public Utility Commissioners Schedule Meetings on 765-kV Lines After Lawmakers Demand Project Pause

-Can Your HOA Ban Political Yard Signs? Here's What the Law Says 
-Democrat Artist-Turned-Candidate's Studio Hosts ‘All Ages’ LGBT Events
-Deported Honduran Man Sues Houston Over ICE-Related Traffic Stop Detention

-Don Huffines Sworn In as Texas Comptroller, Vows Aggressive Audits
-Texas’ School Choice Program Has Nation's Largest Waiting List
-Parents Sue Plano ISD for Teacher’s Sexual Abuse of Student

-Abbott Unveils Housing Affordability Proposals, Says Data Centers Don’t Belong in Neighborhoods
-Patrick, Schwertner Call on PUC To Reject Controversial 765-kV Transmission Applications
-Harris County Considers AI Cameras for Jail

-Federal Judge Strikes Down Houston’s Race-Based Contracting Program
-Lizard Litigation Ends With Endangered Species Status Reversed 
-Houston ISD Has Yet To Reconcile Contradictory Stance on Graphic Conten

-Republican AG Candidate Mayes Middleton Pledges Texas Investigation of Anthony Fauci
-Waller County GOP Presses for Restrictions on Flock Cameras
-Pro-Transmission Coalition Allies With Left-Wing Association To Push Controversial 765-kV Lines

-Shelley Luther Draws Texas GOP’s Top Leaders to Massive Sherman Rally
-Baytown Officer Under Investigation for Alleged Flock Camera Misuse
-New Rainfall Delays Corpus Christi Water Emergency

-Talarico Said Islamic Mystics Shaped His Faith As Much As Christians
-Religious Liberty, Online Safety Among Senate’s Latest Interim Charges
-Next Controversial Transmission Line Segment Up for Public Utility Commissioners’ Decision

-Regulators Begin Making Data Centers Pay Their Own Way After Abbott Directive
-Texas Congressman Files Legislation To Disincentivize Birth Tourism
-Clinics Accused of Illegal Abortions May Continue Operations, Court Rules

-Who Gave Permission? Texans Question Flock Surveillance Ahead of Session
-Developer Withdraws Henderson County Data Center Plan Following Gov. Abbott Directives
-University of Houston Poised To Eliminate 40 Percent of Core Curriculum

-Lawmakers Ask Public Utility Commission to Pause 765-kV Project Until After 2027 Legislative Session
-Trucker Pleads Guilty After Admitting To Hauling Illegal Aliens Instead of Carrots
-Italian Court Demands Formal Death Penalty Waiver in Harris County Murder Case

-Abbott Orders State Agencies to Investigate Birth Tourism Schemes
-Black Democrats Press Talarico on Outreach as Candidate Defends ‘Repairing Past Harms’
-Democrat Harris County Judge Nominee Accused of Seven Campaign Finance Violations

-Texas Republican Lawmakers Reject Mexican Senator’s ‘Lectures’ on Border Security
-Inside the “Fake, Profane” Complaints Sent to Texas’ Higher Education Ombudsman
-Sharia ‘Already Here,’ Speaker Tells Plano Mosque Open House

-Gov. Abbott Appoints Robert Howden as Secretary of State
-Fort Bend County Grand Jury Indicts Arcola Mayor on Five Felonies
-Fort Worth Weighs Data Center Pause as Zoning Rules Sent Back to Council

-AG Paxton Backs Congressional Resolution Affirming States’ Rights To Defend the Border
-US Rep. Self Proposes Legislation To Limit Automated License Plate Readers Reach
-Sea Drone Company Saronic Announces $3.2 Billion Texas Shipyard

-Texas Rangers Join Investigation Into Fatal ICE Shooting
-Texas Leaders Direct Agencies to Reduce Budget Requests by 3 Percent
-TAMU’s Race and Ethnic Studies Institute Receives Over $100,000 Annually

-Austin Unveils Its Latest Record-Setting Budget
-Agency Refers Alleged Birth Tourism Scheme to Attorney General
-National Border Patrol Council Endorses Ken Paxton

-Congressman Speaks Out As Automatic License Plate Readers Face Scrutiny
-Trump Says He Didn't Expect Pardoned Henry Cuellar to Run Again
-Nearly 150 Texas University Employees To Participate in Journalism Conference Alleged To Violate State Law

-Judge Suspended After Indictment for Meth Possession
-Rep. Chip Roy Seeks To Tighten Legal Immigration After SCOTUS Ruling
-UNT Appoints Critical Race Theory Scholar as Interim Provost

-Mexican President Threatens Legal Action Against US Over Houston ICE Shooting

-Poll: Strong Majorities of Texans Worried About Data Centers’ Water Use, Power Demands

-Left-Wing Faculty Group Sues Texas Tech

-Abbott Orders Investigation Into South Texas Hospital Over Birth Tourism Allegations
-Judge Orders Cleanup of West Texas Wind Turbine Blade Dump

-SCOTUS Allows Texas’ App Store Accountability Act To Take Effect

-Texas Leadership Begins To Align Behind Closed Primary Push
-Are Texans Ready To Put Child Rapists to Death?
-Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar Faces Removal Bid Amid Federal Fraud Case

-Texas Stock Exchange Has Officially Begun Trading
-Texas GOP Begins Selling Tickets for Trump’s Midterm Convention
-Texarkana Residents Rally Against Proposed Data Center Expansion

-Abbott Appoints Don Huffines as Texas Comptroller
-Tren de Aragua Members Charged in Connection To Kidnapping and Murder of Dallas Family
-Former Harris County Prosecutor’s Felony Charge Dismissed Months After Firing

-RNC Chair Joe Gruters Gives New Details on Dallas Midterm Convention

-Texas Lawmaker Calls for Special Session To End Birth Tourism

-Nearly 73,000 School Choice Accounts Receive Initial Funding

-Abbott's Property Tax Plan Gains First Senate Backers
-SCOTUS Declines To Hear Challenge to Texas Election Security Law 
-Houston ISD Trustees Approve State’s Bluebonnet Learning Curriculum After Prior Rejection

-‘We’re All Trans and Going to Hell’: Inside the Texas Democrat Convention
-UT and Texas A&M Announce Opposition to Sen. Cruz’ NIL Bill
-Boling ISD Trustee Gets 40 Years for Child Sex Abuse Material

-Detransitioner’s Malpractice Lawsuit May Proceed, Texas Supreme Court Rules
-Former Texas Lottery Director’s Criminal Case Reset Until August
-SBOE Member Blasts Democrat’s Attempt To Silence Her Over Marxist Lab

-GOP Targets Vicente Gonzalez’s Record in Drug Trafficking, Human Smuggling Cases
-Fort Bend County Plunged Into Fight Over Who Is County Judge
-No Constitutional Right To Short-Term Rentals, Federal Court Rules in New Braunfels Case

-Texas Moves to Recover Billions Texas Spent on Biden-Era Border Crisis
-State Warns Judge Against Using Court YouTube to Livestream Personal Book Club
-Austin Residents’ Municipal Audit Petition Officially Certified

-Talarico Called Himself a ‘Christian Who Hates Christianity’ in Resurfaced Podcast

-House Republicans Investigate Travis County DA Jose Garza Over Immigration Policies

-Texas Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Over SpaceX Beach Closures

-Records Shed Light on TAMU Tenure Approval

-Abbott Launches Workforce Push: More Apprenticeships, More Trade Pathways

-Silsbee ISD Policeman Charged With Soliciting Student for Sex

-Texas GOP Announces Top Priorities for 2027 Session

- Federal Judge Blocks AG Paxton’s ActBlue Lawsuit

- Conservative Conroe ISD Trustees Decline District Seat on TASB Board

-AG Paxton Sues Trans Health Association Over Deceptive Practices
-Talarico Welcomed Activist Group Targeting Oil and Gas Industry
-Utility Commissioners Hit Pause on Extra-High-Voltage Line Case

-Suspended Fort Bend County Judge KP George Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
-Higher Education Ombudsman Office Receives Avalanche of ‘Harassing & Profane’ Comments
-Two Men Sentenced for Smuggling Illegal Aliens and Assaulting Federal Agents in Texas

-Republicans Expected to Hold Rare Midterm Convention in Dallas
-Lawmakers Join Push to Pause Transmission Lines
-Houston Controller Calls for Suspension of Whitmire Advisor as Formal Investigation Begins