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South Texas Democrats fight to shape their party’s future in primary runoffs

Democratic primary runoffs for two congressional districts and two legislative seats in South Texas highlight the candidates’ divergent visions for the party in a region the GOP is heavily targeting.

Analysis: Gerrymandering has left Texas voters with few options

Texans who don’t vote in primaries and primary runoffs are missing a chance to choose who goes to Congress and the Texas Legislature. Thanks to the political maps drawn by lawmakers last year, only a handful of those contests will be competitive in November.

Running for Texas Senate, Raul Reyes defies the lieutenant governor who controls it

Reyes faces Pete Flores in the May 24 Republican primary runoff for the open state Senate seat. Flores is backed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Texas CPS department’s culture kept worries about now-shuttered foster care facility from being addressed, official says

It was also revealed at a special Texas Senate committee meeting that the Texas foster care worker who allegedly sold nude pictures of girls is also accused of dating a child trafficker.

State GOP leaders win big in Texas legislative primaries

Almost all the preferred candidates of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan nabbed enough votes to head into the November general election. And nearly all sitting House and Senate members seeking to return to the Texas Capitol kept their seats.

Lamantia, Stapleton-Barrera in dead heat for state senate seat

In Hidalgo County, Lamantia earned 4,754 votes, or 49.37%, over Stapleton-Barrera, Alex Dominguez and Salomon Torres. Dominguez earned 1,711 votes in Hidalgo County, or 17.77%, while Stapleton-Barrera earned 2,365 votes and Torres earned 800 votes. In the Republican race for State Senate District 27, Adam Hinojosa earned 51.53% of the vote with 12,748 votes to Raul Torres’ 5,419 and Isreal Salinas’ 2,177. The Republican ticket for State Senate District 20 saw ​​Westley Wright with a commanding lead over Johnny Partain with 74.45% of the vote, 10,413 votes to 3,701. In Hidalgo County, Wright took 4,484 total votes over Partain’s 2,512 votes.

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Former Texas state Sen. Kirk Watson running for Austin mayor

Watson was mayor of the city from 1997 to 2001 and is focused on tackling the rising cost of living, homelessness, public safety and transportation.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Trump’s man in Texas, has quietly amassed influence — to the detriment of fellow Republicans

Patrick urged former Gov. Rick Perry to mount a challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking a third term. He’s taken the already considerable power concentrated in the state’s No. 2 job to another level, forcing opponents from races and tightening his grip on the Senate.

In a Newly Competitive South Texas, Democrats Are Clashing Over the Best Way Forward

The race to replace state senator Eddie Lucio Jr. features four candidates, each with a competing vision for the future of their party.

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John Whitmire faces a Texas Senate challenge after announcing his bid for Houston mayor – Houston Public Media

The two will face off in a primary to represent Senate District 15, which includes Bellaire, The Heights and Humble.

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Federal judges won’t halt Texas primary in state Senate district being challenged for alleged discrimination

The redrawn state Senate District 10 splits Black and Hispanic voters in Tarrant County. A full trial on whether GOP lawmakers intentionally discriminated against voters of color is expected later this year.

First Texas redistricting challenge set to be heard in federal court – Houston Public Media

The lawsuit alleges a GOP-drawn map of Texas Senate districts dilutes the voting power of minorities in North Texas. Attorneys say it could be a preview of what’s to come in the larger legal battle facing the state’s controversial new political boundaries.

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GOP hopefuls eye District 27

Two of three candidates in the Texas Senate District 27 Republican primary race took part in a forum hosted by the citizen group Futuro RGV on Jan. 19.

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Analysis: If you can’t beat ’em, change the rules

Here’s something Democrats and Republicans have in common: When lawmakers are deadlocked, leaders turn to the rulebooks, searching for angles and rule changes that would turn things their way.

Court reverses rebuke against state Sen. Sarah Eckhardt for wearing “pussyhat,” mocking Gov. Greg Abbott’s disability

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct had admonished Eckhardt in 2020 for her actions as Travis County judge.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested positive last week for COVID-19 but didn’t tell Texas right away

Patrick’s office said he tested positive for COVID-19 last week and experienced mild symptoms but has since tested negative.

Zaffrini's Senate District 21 remains in Hays County

Hays County will continue to be a part of Senate District 21, represented by Senator Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo following the completion of the redistricting process for the Congressional, Texas Senate, Texas House and State Board of Education maps.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

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Texas’ 2022 races coming into focus as candidate filings close

Every statewide office, legislative seat and U.S. House district will be on the ballot next year when the state’s new political maps are expected to be used.

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Texas' multibillion-dollar corporate tax incentive program is slated to end in 2022. Will state officials let it die?

Critics of the Chapter 313 corporate tax incentive program say it lacks accountability and is burdensome to taxpayers in the state.

Analysis: Texas’ population has changed much faster than its political maps

Texas’ population has grown 40% this century, and 91% of the new Texans are people of color. Federal judges now have to decide whether those monumental changes are reflected in the state’s political maps.

A growing number of Texas Republicans want a fourth special session to pass COVID-19 vaccine mandate ban

It remains unclear whether Gov. Greg Abbott — the only official with the power to convene special sessions — will order state lawmakers back to Austin, or what issues he would include on the agenda.

Gov. Greg Abbott, GOP leaders allocate $4 million to fund county-level election audits

A new state law requires the secretary of state's office to audit results in four randomly selected counties every two years.

State Sen. John Whitmire announces he will run for Houston mayor in 2023

Whitmire, the longest-serving member of the Texas Senate, will first run for reelection to the chamber in 2022 before his mayoral run the following year.

Jay Kleberg, King Ranch scion and conservationist, to run for land commissioner as a Democrat

At least three other Democrats and four Republicans are vying for the office that GOP incumbent George P. Bush is leaving to run for attorney general.

State Rep. Alex Dominguez will run to replace retiring state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. in high-stakes Democratic primary

Lucio is retiring from the Rio Grande Valley seat, and Dominguez wants to continue his legacy of focusing on education in the region. But he suggested he would take a different approach to at least a couple issues, including abortion.

Michelle Beckley, one of the Texas House’s most liberal members, joins Democratic primary for lieutenant governor

The Carrollton Democrat hopes Beto O’Rourke’s run for governor will help down-ballot Democrats next year.

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for criminal investigation into availability of pornographic content in public schools

It’s unclear why the governor tasked the state's education agency, which does not employ law enforcement officers, to perform the investigation.

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Sara Stapleton Barrera, 2020 primary challenger to state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., announces comeback bid as he retires

Lucio announced Thursday that he is not seeking reelection after three decades in the Senate.

Analysis: Ranking the 2021 Texas House and Senate from right to left

Analysis: After months of legislating, ranking the 2021 Texas House and Senate from right to left

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Texas voters split on whether voting laws should be more strict, UT/TT Poll finds

The October poll found that the percentage of Democrats who said voting rules should be less strict increased significantly, with 64% of voters taking that position compared to the 51% in August.

End of a Career: Sen. Lucio to retire after three decades

HARLINGEN — Long-serving state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville, announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election after three decades in the job.

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Democrat Eddie Lucio Jr., known for voting with Republicans on key issues, to retire after three decades in Texas Senate

The Brownsville Democrat, who made the announcement Thursday, has served in the upper chamber since 1991.

Analysis: After months of legislating, ranking the 2021 Texas House and Senate from right to left

These rankings across the ideological spectrum are based on roll-call votes in the Texas House and Senate during this year’s regular and special sessions.

Analysis: Texas legislators aren’t ready to take self-interest out of redistricting

In Texas, the Legislature draws political maps — with results that predictably favor the party in power. Do independent commissions do any better?

Analysis: Maps bolster Republicans in the Texas Senate, especially the top one

The new political maps drawn by the Texas Senate don't just favor Republicans; that much was expected from a Republican majority. The maps help Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pick which Republicans he wants in the Senate.

Texas lawmakers drew political maps that will make elections less competitive in the coming years – Houston Public Media

Most elections, experts warn, could be over during primaries — which means fewer voters will be choosing candidates.

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Gov. Greg Abbott signs off on Texas’ new political maps, which protect GOP majorities while diluting voices of voters of color

Texas lawmakers drew new maps for the state House and Senate, congressional delegation and State Board of Education. Here’s what Texans should know about the 2021 redistricting outcomes.

Here are some Texas lawmakers not seeking reelection – Houston Public Media

The third special legislative session has wrapped up. Here’s a look at the lawmakers who’ve announced they won’t return to their seats in the 88th legislature.

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Texas’ new political maps create safer districts for incumbents — and put an end to some challengers’ runs

The redistricting process in the GOP-dominated Legislature made many political districts less competitive, which some experts believe might hurt civic engagement.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s pick for top Texas election post worked with Trump to fight 2020 results

As secretary of state, Fort Worth attorney John Scott would oversee election administration in Texas.

In fast-growing Central Texas, redistricting sparks political reshuffling in upcoming statehouse and congressional races

The fast-growing region likely will see a considerable number of new state and federal lawmakers after the 2022 election. And in many cases, they will be representing districts whose boundaries have significantly shifted.

Texas state Sen. Kel Seliger, a Republican willing to buck his party leadership, will not seek reelection

Seliger has served in the Senate since 2005 and led the higher education committee. He was seen as a champion of public education and local control but was derided as too soft on social conservative issues near the end of his tenure.

Five takeaways from Texas’ third special legislative session

Gov. Greg Abbott’s office says there’s no plan for a fourth special session at this time. If this was the final special session of the year, what did we learn from it?

Texas legislators pass most — but not all — of Gov. Greg Abbott’s priority measures in final flurry of lawmaking

Lawmakers approved new political maps and decided how to spend COVID-19 relief money. But they didn’t pass bills about vaccine mandates or the criminal penalty for illegal voting.

Texas voters will decide whether to lower their property tax payments after Legislature completes last-minute Hail Mary

If voters approve the measure next year, it will raise the state’s homestead exemption from $25,000 to $40,000 for school district property taxes, netting the average homeowner about $176 in savings.

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Texas Senate approves $3 billion college campus construction bill

The Texas Senate approved a bill Friday that would issue $3 billion in bonds to fund higher education construction programs hours after Gov.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

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Texas Senate approves $3 billion college campus construction bill

The Texas Senate approved a bill Friday that would issue $3 billion in bonds to fund higher education construction programs hours after Gov. Greg Abbott appeared to clear the way for the issue to be passed in the final stretch of the Legislature's third special session this year.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

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Texas Senate passes bill limiting public school student athletes to teams that match their birth gender

The controversial bill, which passed in the House on Thursday, heads to Governor Greg Abbott's desk next.

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Texas Senate approves $3 billion college campus construction bill

Lawmakers haven’t passed a tuition revenue bond bill since 2015.

Column: Help is on the way for Far West Texas – The Big Bend Sentinel

Far West Texas was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the pandemic placing a greater strain on the region’s already limited medical infrastructure, Far West Texas is in need of help. The support provided for rural hospitals, regional infusion centers and the West Texas mental health facility will help Far West Texans receive the medical treatment they need to live happy, healthy lives. From Marfa’s art scene to the McDonald Observatory and Big Bend State and National Parks, tourism is a vital part of Far West Texas’s economy. Help is on the way for Far West Texas!

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Texas House passes proposed new map for chamber’s 150 districts, aiming to protect Republicans’ majority for the next decade

Members considered more than 50 amendments to the proposed map during debate that began Tuesday and ended early Wednesday. Some of the biggest changes focused on Dallas and Harris counties.

Capital Highlights — State climatologist: Texas getting hotter

The state climatologist recently predicted that Texas will continue to get hotter and for longer periods of time during the next 15 years.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

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Texas Senate approves congressional map that draws no new Black or Hispanic districts even as people of color fueled population growth

Texas gained two new seats in Congress based on population growth fueled by people of color. But the Senate’s proposal provides no new majority-Black or majority-Hispanic districts to reflect that growth.

Analysis: When Texas legislators admit they don’t know what they’re doing

When lawmakers find something in the law that they don’t like — or that their voters don’t like — they can always say they didn’t know what they were voting on. It happens more than you’d think.

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Texas legislation would allow partisan actors to request election audits

The bill would allow county party leaders, candidates, judges and political committees to formally ask the Texas secretary of state's office to review any "irregularities" in an election.

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Texas Senate takes another run at supposed election fraud, approving audits of 2020 results and tougher illegal voting penalties

The bills reflect GOP efforts to further tighten voting laws, and pressure from former President Donald Trump on Texas Republicans to help advance his baseless election fraud claims. They are not expected to go far in the House.

City to consider quarantine, mental health policies

The Brownsville City Commission will hold its regular commission meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday where the commission is expected to vote on two resolutions pertaining to the Brownsville Police Department.

myrgv.com

A harsher voting penalties bill supported by Gov. Greg Abbott advanced in the state Senate

Senate Bill 9 would make illegal voting a second-degree felony, after a last-minute change to Texas' controversial voting law rendered it a Class-A misdemeanor.

houstonpublicmedia.org

Senate approves map cementing GOP dominance in upper chamber, dividing up Tarrant county’s voters of color

Democrats criticized Republicans for “targeting” a North Texas district that had been trending Democratic and for not drawing any new districts where people of color would represent a majority of eligible voters.

Analysis: In the drive to get new Texas political maps, racial representation takes a back seat

Republican lawmakers in Texas are trying to make the most of their majority, drawing new political maps to preserve their political dynasty. The maps they’ve proposed would do that, but don’t represent the state’s population.

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for stiffer penalty for illegal voting — weeks after he signed a bill lowering it

The punishment for the crime was scheduled to go down in December, due to the passage of a sweeping bill that restricted the state’s voting process and narrowed local control of elections.

Texas House proposes map that increases Republican strength and decreases Black and Hispanic majority districts

The Texas Legislature is in the midst of its third special session, which is dedicated to redrawing political maps based on the latest census data that showed people of color fueled 95% of Texas’ population growth over the past decade.

Analysis: Texas government won’t represent the state’s population unless its political maps do

The Texas Legislature is drawing new political maps to reflect the growth of the state recorded in the 2020 census. But their initial proposals don't look like the state demographically or politically.

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Matthew Dowd, former George W. Bush strategist, to run as Democrat for Texas lieutenant governor

Dowd said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has focused on “culture war” issues to divide and hurt Texans.

Senate panel advances Texas Senate and State Board of Education maps

The initial drafts of both maps have so far attempted to strengthen Republican majorities by protecting incumbents and creating more GOP-friendly districts.

‘It just keeps on happening’: Texas parents fight legislation targeting their trans children for the fourth time this year

The Texas Senate has passed a bill restricting transgender youth from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity four separate times in 2021.

GOP state Rep. Phil King announces he'll run for new Republican-friendly Senate seat held by Democrat Beverly Powell

Within half an hour of declaring his bid, King got the endorsement of the Senate's presiding officer, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

Senate hearings, congressional map released: Read the latest on redistricting in Texas

As proposed Senate redistricting went under scrutiny, the state’s first congressional map, featuring two additional congressional districts, was released.

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Trump wants 2020 election audit in Texas

AUSTIN — President Donald Trump on Thursday pressed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to add an item to the agenda of the year's third special session: adopting an Arizona-style election audit of 2020 ballots.

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State Rep. Chris Paddie, chair of powerful state affairs committee, says he won’t run for reelection

The news comes less than a month after Paddie, who has represented House District 9 since 2013, announced he would run for reelection.

Texas Senate releases proposed redistricting maps as special session begins

Redistricting is one of the items on the third special session, and the state Senate released proposed maps on Sept. 18.

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Gov. Greg Abbott to convene third special legislative session Sept. 20, sets agenda

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will convene a third special legislative session Sept. 20 at 10 a.m., according to a Sept. 7 news release.

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Bill makes it illegal for social media companies to ban Texans over political viewpoints

Social media companies can’t ban Texans over political viewpoints under bill headed to governor’s desk.

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Texas Legislature passes sweeping election bill and sends to Governor Greg Abbott for signature

The legislation's passage ended a months-long standoff with Democrats, who stalled the bill by leaving the state.

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Texas House passes election bill after Democrats delayed it by fleeing state

Democrats opposed the legislation because they say it will make it more difficult for some to vote.

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Texas House advances election bill after Democrats delayed it by fleeing state

Democrats opposed the legislation because they say it will make it more difficult for some to vote.

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OPINION: Back to work: Quorum in Legislature met, action on voting bill can begin

Texas Democratic legislators’ walkout only postponed the inevitable. After leaving the state Capitol in May and breaking a quorum to stop passage of controversial bills — a walkout that ended the regular session and lasted through one 30-day special session — lawmakers started trickling in, and on Thursday enough had returned to make quorum and enable action on the bills.

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Texans with disabilities fear voting bill will add more barriers to the ballot box

Limits on Texas mail-in and curbside voting would be a burden to people in wheelchairs or those with sight and hearing impairments, advocates say.

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Texas Senate passes voting bill after 15-hour filibuster by Democrat

There are still not enough House lawmakers present for a quorum because more than 50 Democratic representatives have not been at the Capitol Building since mid-July.

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Texas Senate Passes Republican Voting Bill, Overcoming Dem Obstruction

The Texas Senate voted to advance a major Republican voting bill on Thursday in an 18-11 vote, along party lines.

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The 44 Percent: Proud Boys photo op with police, Texas senate & race in Haiti

One headline pretty much sums up how an already divided America has become even more fractured since the Jan. 6 insurrection in the nation’s capitol.

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‘We needed a dose of Ms. Opal.’ Texas Senate honors civil rights icon from Fort Worth

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he would recommend her portrait hang in the Senate chamber at the Texas Capitol.

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Texas Senate bill removes classroom requirement to teach that the KKK is ‘morally wrong’

Teachers’ ‘hands will be tied’, say Democrats

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Patrick's Texas Senate Keeps Cranking Out Bills That With No House To Pass Them Will Never Get to The Governor

Texas House Democrats’ dramatic fly-out to Washington, D.C. last week left the state House at a standstill. But across the hall in Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s Senate, Republican lawmakers were undaunted, rapidly passing a conservative laundry list of legislation that's all but assured to die at the special session's end.

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Texas Senate passes GOP voting reform bill after Democrats left the state to protest

The Texas Senate passed a Republican-led elections reform bill Tuesday night after dozens of House Democrats fled the state to avoid voting on the measure.

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More than 150 companies call on Congress to strengthen Voting Rights Act

Amazon, Starbucks and Pepsi are among the companies that signed onto a letter calling on Congress to pass legislation that would expand the Voting Rights Act.

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Senate Presses Forward Passing GOP Voting And Bail Bills, As Texas House In Chaos Over Democrats’ Decampment – Houston Public Media

If the House Democrats who skipped town to block voting legislation don’t return before the special session ends, the Senate bills will languish without becoming law.

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A Texas GOP Voting Bill Is Likely Dead Due To The Democratic Walkout. So Are These Other Bills – Houston Public Media

In addition to the controversial voting bill, the agenda includes bail reform, restrictions on transgender youth sports participation, and funding for the Legislature itself.

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Texas Senate passes election bill that is stalled until House Democrats return

"It's a little like Groundhog Day here, senator," Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said before the bill passed.

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Texas Senate to honor Fort Worth civil rights icon Opal Lee

Her perseverance led to the federal Juneteenth holiday

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Here is what’s on Governor Greg Abbott’s agenda for Texas special legislative session

Election legislation, critical race theory, border security and transgender athletes are all on the list.

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Tarrant County Sen. Jane Nelson will not seek reelection to Texas Senate in 2022

Longtime Texas Senator Jane Nelson, a Flower Mound Republican, is not seeking reelection in 2022.

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South Padre Island kicks off summer season with fireworks displays

The city of South Padre Island is kicking off the summer season with beach and bayside fireworks displays running through Labor Day.

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2021: The Best and Worst Legislators

Lawmakers faced blackouts, a pandemic, and their own worst impulses. Amid the chaos, we plucked out the leaders—and the losers.

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Senator Zaffirini passes 106 Bills during 87th legislative session

The 87th Texas Legislature concluded Monday, and the Senate's highest-ranking woman and...

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Texas Legislature Approves Bills To Require Power Plants To ‘Weatherize,’ Among Other Measures To Overhaul Electric Grid – Houston Public Media

The Texas House and Senate both approved negotiated versions of Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3, the two sweeping bills to change the state’s power grid and the people who oversee it.

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Walkout by Democrats in Texas House of Representatives keeps sweeping voting curbs bill from passing

The move by Democrats in the state House of Representatives denied Republicans a quorum. Governor Greg Abbott said he'll call a special session to restart the process.

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Right-Wing Voting Limits March Ahead As Texas Legislature Hurtles Toward Monday Night Deadline

Instead of enjoying Memorial Day weekend, Texas lawmakers have been working through the night in a sprint to push forward several big-ticket bills before the legally-mandated closing time of the 2021 legislative session at 11:59 p.m. Monday. Most notably, the Republican-majority Legislature is still on track to...

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Texas Democrats Walk Out, Stop Republican's Sweeping Voting Restrictions

The revolt torpedoed the measure which would have reduced polling hours, empowered poll watchers and scaled back ways to vote in Texas, which already has some of the nation's strictest voting laws.

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Texas Republicans push forward strict voting rights bill after marathon debate

The bill will almost certainly pass the GOP-majority House and be signed into law by the governor

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