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The University of Houston hosted a hearing of the Texas House Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Saturday. Almost all of the candidates running for TX-18, vacant since Rep. Sylvester Turner's death in March, urged the committee not to redraw the boundaries.
#CivilRights #Elections #InDepth #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #18thCongressionalDistrict #2025TexasLegislature #GovernorGregAbbott #RacialDiscrimination #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting
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Democratic lawmakers at the state capital on Monday said they are keeping all options on the table to stop Republican leaders from advancing their special session redistricting agenda, along with other legislative bills they say are harmful to the average Texan.
#Local #News #Politics #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #Elections #GovernorGregAbbott #National #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #Texas #TexasRedistricting #Voting
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President Donald Trump is seeking to pick up at least four, potentially five, Texas congressional seats for Republicans in a midterm election cycle that ordinarily would favor the Democrats.
#Elections #InDepth #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #GovernorGregAbbott #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting
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Governor Greg Abbott previously signaled support for Senate Bill 17 on security grounds. Opponents warn the bill would encourage widespread anti-Asian discrimination.
#Court #Housing #Immigration #International #National #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #AntiAsianLaws #GovernorGregAbbott #HomeSales #LandSales #TexasHouseRepresentativeGeneWu
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Governor Greg Abbott previously signaled support for Senate Bill 17 on security grounds. Opponents warn the bill would encourage widespread anti-Asian discrimination.
#Court #Housing #Immigration #International #National #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #AntiAsianLaws #GovernorGregAbbott #HomeSales #LandSales #TexasHouseRepresentativeGeneWu
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Governor Greg Abbott previously signaled support for Senate Bill 17 on security grounds. Opponents warn the bill would encourage widespread anti-Asian discrimination.
#Court #Housing #Immigration #International #National #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #AntiAsianLaws #GovernorGregAbbott #HomeSales #LandSales #TexasHouseRepresentativeGeneWu
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Governor Greg Abbott previously signaled support for Senate Bill 17 on security grounds. Opponents warn the bill would encourage widespread anti-Asian discrimination.
#Court #Housing #Immigration #International #National #News #Politics #SupremeCourt #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #AntiAsianLaws #GovernorGregAbbott #HomeSales #LandSales #TexasHouseRepresentativeGeneWu
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The 89th Texas Legislature could be largely defined and remembered for its conservative push on education policies.
#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #EducationSavingsAccount #EducationRelatedPolicies #GovernorGregAbbott #SchoolFunding #SchoolVoucherProgram #TexasPublicSchools
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Flanked by elected officials and crime victims in Houston on Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law several legislative measures aimed at tightening the state's bail laws.
#Court #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #BailBills #BailLegislation #BailReform #GovernorGregAbbott #MagistrateJudges #TexasBailReform
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Four civil liberties groups, which already are suing Louisiana over its law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public-school classrooms, say they'll file a lawsuit against Texas as soon as Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 10.
#Court #Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #ACLUOfTexas #EstablishmentClause #FirstAmendment #GovernorGregAbbott #TenCommandmentsInSchools #TexasPublicSchools
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A Rice University political science professor recently expressed concerns about the forthcoming Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office -- also known as the state's version of "DOGE."
#Business #HoustonMatters #News #Politics #Texas #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #DOGE #GovernorGregAbbott #RiceUniversity #TexasDOGE #TexasRegulatoryEfficiencyOffice
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Expanded protections and support for virtual education programs across Texas has been greenlighted by Gov. Greg Abbott, who signed a bill to strengthen the framework for K-12 virtual learning.
#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #GovernorGregAbbott #OnlineLearning #StateSenatorPaulBettencourt #TexasLegislature #TexasVirtualAcademy #VirtualLearning
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After struggling to gain enough bipartisan support to tighten the state’s bail laws, Texas Republicans appear closer than ever to achieving their goal of amending the state Constitution to keep more defendants behind bars pretrial.
#Court #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #BailBonds #BailReformLegislation #BailSystem #GovernorGregAbbott #TexasLegislature
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Former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards has joined the contest to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner as the representative for Texas’ 18th Congressional District.
#Elections #Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #18thCongressionalDistrictRace #AmandaEdwards #ChristianMenefee #CongressmanSylvesterTurner #GovernorGregAbbott #SpecialElection
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Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the federal government for more than $11 billion in reimbursements to Texas for the costs of border security operations and wall construction during the Biden administration.
#Border #Immigration #News #Texas #BorderAndImmigration #BorderSecurity #FederalFunding #GovernorGregAbbott #OperationLoneStar #TexasBorderAndImmigration
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A reported potential deal between Houston and the state would send the city’s “excess” water to West Texas. But the Houston region faces a dramatic shortfall in the coming years.
#CityOfHouston #Houston #HoustonMayor #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #GovernorGregAbbott #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #HoustonWater #HoustonWaterLeaks #TexasWaterDevelopmentBoard #WaterSupply
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A Texas House of Representatives committee did not have the authority to override death row inmate Robert Roberson's scheduled execution with a subpoena, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.
#CriminalJustice #News #Texas #DeathRow #GovernorGregAbbott #RobertRoberson #TexasHouseOfRepresentatives #TexasSupremeCourt
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During the primary, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was successful in ousting many anti-school voucher Republicans from the Texas House. Now his pro-voucher candidates must sway voters in the general election. The voucher issue could help Democrats.
#Education #EducationNews #Election2024 #InDepth #Local #News #Politics #Schools #Texas #2024Election #GovernorGregAbbott #PrivateSchoolVouchers #SchoolChoice #TexasHouseCandidate #TexasSchoolVouchers