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#News #Ceuta #EU #Europe #SpecialSession #ForeignMinisters #MigrationCrisis
Word has spread even to the media (Radio HR3) that the storming of Ceuta was clearly coordinated and orchestrated online, on the #Internet #www! ...
The #EU now wants, among other things, to “monitor” #social #media ...
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HB 18 would ban lawmakers from raising funds while participating in a quorum break. The measure is in response to the Democratic quorum break that unsuccessfully sought to prevent Republican-sponsored congressional redistricting legislation.
#News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #CongressionalRedistricting #FreedomOfSpeech #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasConstitution
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Logic-Free #Taxation Madness!
#EnergySources are literally not where the rubber meets the road.
As far as structural maintenance costs for #road #transportation systems go, #tire usage – by weight – much more closely tracks real costs, #fiscal and #environmental.
Whether powered by cow farts, fossils, or fusion, all road users have #tires.
#Corporations hate this idea. Guess why.
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A Texas House panel on Thursday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, but not without some Democrats lamenting the changes the lower chamber made to reach an agreement with the Senate.
#Education #EducationNews #News #Politics #Texas #SpecialSession #Staar #STAARTest #STAARTesting #TexasLegislature
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After the Texas House passed a new GOP congressional map, Gov. Greg Abbott added three new items to his agenda for the ongoing special session, including punishments for lawmakers who leave the state to block passage of future legislation.
#News #Politics #Texas #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasHouseDemocrats #TexasLegislature
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The congressional redistricting map now advancing through the Texas House would add Liberty County to TX-9, unlike the map under consideration in the Senate. The district has long been represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green.
#Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #CongressmanAlGreen #LibertyCounty #SpecialSession #Texas9thCongressionalDistrict #TexasRedistricting
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A Fort Worth lawmaker said on Monday that she can't leave the Texas House chambers because she won't agree to round-the-clock monitoring by state troopers, which the GOP speaker is requiring of Democrats who fled the state.
#News #Politics #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #CongressionalRedistricting #SpecialSession #TexasDemocrats #TexasHouseOfRepresentatives #TexasRepublicans
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Some survivors of the Kerr County Flood said they feel like political pawns – caught in the middle of lawmakers’ games – while they desperately need relief.
#Local #News #Politics #Texas #CentralTexasFlooding #GovGregAbbott #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released his second special session proclamation moments after the state legislature officially called its first special session to a close. The governor told lawmakers to begin work Friday afternoon.
#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting
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In a Houston neighborhood near the city’s port, residents worry their problems — and their votes — will be unheard if Texas state lawmakers go ahead with a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan.
#Elections #Environment #EnvironmentalJustice #Healthcare #Houston #Immigration #InDepth #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #CongressionalRedistricting #DenverHarbor #Gerrymandering #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting
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Texas House Democrats seem set on remaining out of state as long as it takes to block a new Republican-backed congressional map. What does that mean for business at the Capitol?
#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #GregAbbott #KUT #SpecialSession #TexasHouseRepresentativeGeneWu
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Texas Republicans will again try to convene the state Legislature for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor, an effort that already sparked a national political brawl and prompted Democratic lawmakers to leave the state.
#News #Politics #Texas #CongressionalRedistricting #GovGregAbbott #SpecialSession #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting
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A growing quorum break in the Texas Legislature is halting progress in both chambers, delaying all legislative activity as House members remain absent.
#News #Politics #Texas #QuorumBreak #REDISTRICTING #SpecialSession #TexasHouseOfRepresentatives #TexasPolitics #TXLegislature
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he will seek a court ruling declaring that state House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state have “abandoned their offices,” potentially allowing Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint their replacements.
#Court #Elections #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasHouseDemocrats
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A bill that would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps has advanced in the GOP-led House of Representatives, increasing the chances that Democrats will break quorum to deny Republicans the minimum number of legislators needed for the House to function.
#CivilRights #Elections #National #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #CongressionalRedistricting #QuorumBreak #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting #VotingRightsActOf1965
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The proposed map targets districts dominated by coalitions of Latino and Black voters, with a focus on districts in the Rio Grande Valley, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and Central Texas. Houston Democrats would also see their districts shuffled.
#Elections #International #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #RacialDiscrimination #SpecialSession #TexasRedistricting
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The clock is ticking down on the Texas special legislative session with one week down and about three to go.
#News #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #REDISTRICTING #SpecialSession #TexasLegislature #THC
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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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Texas state representatives will convene at the University of Houston Saturday to hear public comments on plans to redraw congressional maps mid-decade.
#Elections #Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #2025TexasLegislature #Congress #MidtermElections #PresidentDonaldTrump #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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Ken Paxton is investigating more than 100 cases of "potential noncitizens" voting in two recent election cycles, with a focus on Harris County. A Houston attorney says it's a "smoke and mirrors game" to diminish the influence of Democratic voters.
#Elections #HarrisCounty #Houston #Immigration #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Voting #AttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #ElectionIntegrity #HarrisCountyElections #SpecialSession #TexasAttorneyGeneralSOffice #TexasSecretaryOfState
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Disaster preparedness and flood recovery are at the top of the agenda for Texas' special legislative session. Many of the measures likely to come up for debate were considered months or years before the deadly flash flood in the Hill Country.
#EnergyEnvironment #Flooding #Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #DisasterPreparedness #FederalEmergencyManagementAgency #SpecialSession #TexasHillCountryFlooding #TexasRedistricting
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U.S. Rep. Al Green of Houston slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to redraw some of the state's congressional districts mid-decade during the upcoming special legislative session, under pressure from President Donald Trump.
#Houston #Local #National #News #Politics #Texas #CongressmanAlGreen #Impeachment #PresidentDonaldTrump #SpecialSession #TexasGovernorGregAbbott #TexasRedistricting
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Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.
#Education #EducationNews #HISD #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #SpecialSession #STAARTest #StandardizedTesting #TexasGovGregAbbott #TexasPublicSchools
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Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for a rare, mid-decade round of congressional redistricting as part of a packed agenda for the Texas Legislature’s special session, set to begin July 21.
#Houston #Local #News #Politics #Texas #GovGregAbbott #HoustonCongressionalSeat #REDISTRICTING #SpecialSession #TexasLegislature #TexasRedistricting
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have let victims of human trafficking claim duress as a defense against any crimes they’re charged with committing on behalf of their traffickers. Lawmakers will revisit the issue in a special session.
#CriminalJustice #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #Abuse #HumanTrafficking #SexTrafficking #SpecialSession #TexasGovernorGregAbbott
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Here is a list of the 26 bills vetoed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, along with his reasons for preventing the proposed legislation from becoming law.
#News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #89thTexasLegislativeSession #AbbottVetos #GovGregAbbott #SpecialSession #Veto
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#California #lawmakers to begin #Specialsession to ‘#Trumpproof’ #state #laws
“We are positioned, if necessary, to be the tip of the spear of the #resistance and to #pushback against any 3unlawful or #unconstitutional #actions by the #TrumpAdministration,” said Gabriel, who chairs the #State #budgetcommittee.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #DemocraticParty #Allies
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#California Announces #SpecialSession To #Protect #Trans #People: Here's How They Could Do It.
#Governor #GavinNewsom has called a special section to #protect #LGBTQ+ #people, #abortionrights, and #immigrants from #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump. There are many ways the #State #legislature can #stepup for #transgender #citizens.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #DemocraticParty #Allies
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/california-announces-special-session