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3 years

Effective 3/10, Texas is reopening all businesses, rescinding its #COVID19 restrictions such as a statewide mask mandate, @GregAbbott_TX announces Using matrix he used last fall, if a region's COVID hosp'ns top 15% of hospital beds for 7 days, county judge may restrict reopening

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Big, big crowd for @BetoORourke at Tyler's Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. Parking lots overflowing. Had to park 3 blocks away. #TXSen #txlege

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BREAKING: Judge asks feds to probe possible child porn production at Bastrop home for sexually abused girls. Also, @dallasnews has learned The Refuge has enjoyed high-level support from state government, including by @GregAbbott_TX and his wife. #txlege

Judge asks feds to probe possible child porn production at Bastrop home for sexually abused girls

A federal judge on Wednesday asked for a federal criminal probe of possible child pornography production and distribution at a Bastrop County facility for...

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Joe Biden builds lead over Donald Trump in reliably red Texas, as voters sour on handling of virus #2020 Elections #COVID19 #txlege 1/9

Joe Biden builds 5-point lead over Donald Trump in red Texas as some voters sour on handling of...

AUSTIN — Former Vice President Joe Biden has built a five-point lead over President Donald Trump in Texas as unease over Trump’s handling of the coronavirus...

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.⁦ @jamestalarico ⁩ unveils bill to give all Texas teachers a $15k/yr pay raise. School support staff would get 25% pay bumps. Noting state’s huge carryover cash balance, he says, ‘Hoarding this surplus while educators and children are suffering is immoral.’ #txed #txlege

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BREAKING: As Texas sets 3 more single-day records on coronavirus, @GovAbbott predicts next week will ‘look worse’ Wearing masks is 'only strategy we have left to avoid having our economy shut down again,’ he pleads. #COVID19 #txlege

As Texas sets 3 more single-day records on coronavirus, Gov. Greg Abbott predicts next week will...

AUSTIN — As Texas on Thursday set single-day records for deaths from coronavirus and how many people the disease has put in the hospital, Gov. Greg Abbott was...

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Willie Nelson, denouncing election law changes as ‘unAmerican,’ to play at Beto O’Rourke/William J Barber II ‘March for Democracy’ rally. #txlege #Elections

Willie Nelson, denouncing election law changes, to play at ‘March for Democracy’ rally

Music legend Willie Nelson chides Republicans for reacting to election losses with calls for changes to voting laws, not self-examination. He’s performing at...

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A San Antonio supporter named Bryan, in his late 20s or early 30s, gave his Land Yachts skateboard to @BetoORourke . After long days, O'Rourke said, "you need a little, like, moment. So this going to be our zen. Right here. This skateboard." #txsen #txlege

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Ted Cruz responds to Beto O’Rourke record haul of $38.1M last quarter: “Liberal, left-wing activists are flooding Texas with cash. .. But at the end of the day, you can’t buy Texas.” #TXSen #txlege

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One by one, parents of kids fatally shot at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary speak of their loss and their disappointment ⁦ @GregAbbott_TX ⁩ won’t call a special session to raise age for buying assault-style weapons. It’s a ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ pre-debate presser in Hidalgo County.

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BREAKING: Using emergency budget powers when lawmakers aren’t in session, @GovAbbott , GOP leaders take $4M from prisons, give it to county election audits done by the Texas secretary of state for 'election integrity.' Trump's been hounding Abbott for a 2020 audit. Story to come

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NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stayed at fundraiser for hours after Uvalde shooting, records show. #Uvalde #2022Elections #TXGOV

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stayed at fundraiser for hours after Uvalde shooting, records show

After the Uvalde school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott spent nearly three hours on the ground in Huntsville at a campaign fundraiser that he was criticized for...

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3 years

Longtime McConnell watchers know this, but House #impeachment manager Joe Neguse is appealing to Mitch’s better angels by mentioning John Sherman Cooper’s vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the override of Reagan’s veto of sanctions against South Africa over apartheid.

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4 years

I can attest Cornyn now is singing a different tune. He told me 2/20/20, 'I support the efforts to accomplish that secure border,' referring to Trump’s siphoning of more defense dollars for the wall. See: #TxSen #txlege #2020Elections 1/4

John Cornyn opposes legal pot, says marijuana use may harm kids, pregnant women

AUSTIN — Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says he opposes legalizing marijuana because he worries about “public health consequences,” such as potential harm...

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4 years

. @JohnCornyn defended Trump for siphoning Pentagon budget to pay for #borderwall , but now claims he was against it #TXSen

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Al Weaver of Washington Examiner asks ⁦ @tedcruz ⁩ if he agrees w/Dems who say ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ shd share some of his $60M haul in #TXSen race w/other Dem Senate hopefuls. “If the Democratic Party wants to embrace the principles of socialism, they should,” Cruz replies.😉

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Ted Cruz warns that behind Beto O’Rourke and his cash is rash of ‘radical’ stands. My story from near the shores of Lake Conroe, an hour north of Houston: #TXSen #txlege @tedcruz @betoorourke

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Uvalde families drove 5 hours to come to Edinburg but ⁦ @GregAbbott_TX ⁩ wouldn’t travel directly to Uvalde on May 24, ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ says. Background:

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Guns? “In the state of Texas, we understand that we need to go after bad guys.” More peace officers in schools are needed, Ted Cruz says. Defend #2A , he says. Calls ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ a “gun-grabbing liberal.” #TXSen #txlege

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2 years

5 minutes after @GregAbbott_TX 's campaign mocks @BetoORourke with 'Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego' video, asserting O'Rourke's only made 1 public appearance in past 11 days, O’Rourke announces 12 town halls w/young people. #TxGOV 1/2 via @TeenVogue

Beto O’Rourke Knows Young Voters Can’t Be an Afterthought

The Texas candidate for governor says young people will be “front and center” in his campaign.

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6 years

Meanwhile, @tedcruz said at Plano rally yesterday that the Kavanaugh confirmation fight "has shown why this election matters." Said @BetoORourke , if in Senate, "would have been vying with Spartacus to see who could be > part of that circus." #TxSen #txlege

Ted Cruz says Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday

This is a developing story and will be updated. PLANO--Sen. Ted Cruz Thursday said that he expects Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be confirmed to the...

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8 months

. @SarahEckhardtTX leaves as Patrick's still speaking. The Austin Dem said she's ashamed of what's happened in the trial's final hours. 'I was very proud of the Senate throughout this trial until undue political pressure here at the last radically, radically changed the process'

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As Texas Dems' candidate for the state's No. 2 post, Mike Collier is eager to hold GOP state leaders in Austin accountable for recent ERCOT power alerts. @CollierForTexas also aims to hold down incumbent Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick 's numbers in rural Texas.

Texas’ grid fixer? Mike Collier punches back at GOP during Democratic convention in Dallas

Democrat Mike Collier wants to be "the most powerful lawmaker in Texas" and is running as Mr. Grid Fixer, ripping Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Republican state...

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Remember 2018, when ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ faced second-guessing because he wouldn’t hit ⁦ @tedcruz ⁩ hard? Tonight in Dallas: ‘Greg Abbott is chaos. He is corruption. He is cruel. And he is incompetent. But he is not Texas. And he is not us.’ Quite a change. #TXGOV #TXDEMS22

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Cruz challenges O’Rourke to let him debate him at CNN Town Hall in McAllen. Says O’Rourke is hiding. But “Beto doesn’t get to hide in the protective cocoon of the media,” Cruz says #TXSen #txlege ⁦ @tedcruz ⁩ ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩

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4 years

. @realDonaldTrump 'has lost considerable ground among the folks in the middle, who may ultimately decide who wins Texas in November,' says UT-Tyler professor Kenneth Bryant Jr., who helped design the poll. #2020Elections #COVID19 #txlege 2/9

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6 years

Texas Senate race’s bottom line? Ted Cruz says jobs, freedom, security are at stake. My dispatch from Victoria: #TXSen #txlege @tedcruz @betoorourke

Texas Senate race’s bottom line? Ted Cruz says jobs, freedom, security are at stake

VICTORIA -- Making his closing pitch for another six years in Washington, Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday warned Texans that jobs, freedom and security...

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2 years

Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller calls on Abbott to end ‘catastrophic’ border inspections. The ‘misguided’ safety checks of commercial vehicles could ‘quickly lead to $2 lemons and $5 avocados, Miller warns. Via @MorrisReports & @ajcorchado #txlege #TxGov

Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller calls on Abbott to end ‘catastrophic’ border inspections

AUSTIN – Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller pressed the governor on Tuesday to end a new inspection policy that is snarling traffic at the border and “tu...

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6 months

Some shipping news (w/apologies to Annie Proulx): I'm taking a buyout from @dallasnews , setting sail Feb. 1. Yes, I'll miss tracking politicians, trying to parse what their laws and budgets mean in real folks’ lives. To me, that’s one of our craft’s high, noble callings. 1/5

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Cruz takes the stage at Firehouse Saloon. “We have seen victories over and over again” since 2017, he says. Tax cuts, regulations cut, energy booming, conservative judges confirmed. Lowest unemployment rate since 1969. ⁦ @tedcruz ⁩ #TXSen #txlege

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After a 29-minute ripsnorter of a stump speech that combined humor with digs at O’Rourke and warnings against complacency, Cruz plunges into crowd at Firehouse Saloon in SW Houston. #TXSen #txlege ⁦ @tedcruz ⁩ ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩

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5 years

Quite the scrum as hometown boy made good ⁦ @JulianCastro ⁩ arrives at community center a few blocks from where he grew up #2020 #txpolitics #txlege

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.⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ speaks with family of slain Uvalde 4th-grader Jacklyn Cazares before his pre-debate presser at a park near Edinburg, Texas. ‘We are at your orders … forever,’ he tells Jacklyn’s dad Javier (who’s wearing sunglasses). #TXGOV #2022Elections #txlege

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. @BetoORourke halts block walks, phone banks. Urges Texans to care for neighbors. 'Just check in on them,' he says. During 2021's #TexasFreeze , he and @poweredxpeople raised $ for victims. At icy exit for Welfare in Kendall County, he quips to @ccano1971 , 'No accidents, Cano.'

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Past road trips have yielded political gold for @BetoORourke . Will this one? ‘Keeping the Lights On’ tour will goad @GregAbbott_TX over blackouts last year. #TxGOV #txlege

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Silicon Valley billionaires bankroll $28M deluge to help @MJHegar oust @JohnCornyn in Texas Senate contest. FB, Google, Twilio bigwigs are mainly helping @JoeBiden but have 'home run play' envisioned for #TxSen , @teddyschleifer writes. #2020Elections

Silicon Valley billionaires bankroll $28M deluge to help Hegar oust Cornyn in Texas Senate contest

A little-known super PAC seeded with Silicon Valley money plans to lead four other outside groups in a $28 million TV ad blitz to try to help Democrat MJ...

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.⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ holding presser at former HQ of ⁦ @TexasDFPS ⁩ to assail ⁦ @GregAbbott_TX ⁩ for having ‘absolutely failed’ as leader of the state’s foster care system. Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, Rep. Ann Johnson echo indictment. ‘The fish rot from the head,’ Johnson says.

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4 years

Will @AndrewYang make the LA debate stage? Or will the Dems' next presidential forum lack a person of color? Yang visits Dallas to pump up support - in quest of just one more poll showing, @NicGarcia reports. #txlege #2020Elections

Andrew Yang visits Dallas as critical deadline for presidential primary debate nears

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang stumped in Dallas Friday. Yang has based his campaign on providing everyone a universal basic income. Yang's...

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2 years

Gov. Greg Abbott’s Texas-run immigration dragnet at southern border exhausts state resources > rapidly than expected, raising ?s from some lawmakers abt whether skyrocketing tab can be shouldered indefinitely. Also: Is using fed COVID19 $ kosher? #txlege

How much longer can Texas afford to keep up Greg Abbott’s border surge of troopers and soldiers?

Gov. Greg Abbott’s Texas-run immigration dragnet at the southern border has exhausted state resources more rapidly than expected, raising questions from some...

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It’s my last day. I’m retiring after a fun adventure with 4 different dailies. I began the week co-moderating a US Senate debate, then went to Dallas to personally thank Robert W. Decherd for ~ quarter-century of paychecks that fed my family — and my addiction to politics. 1/5

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Wow, @gromerjeffers has a juicy special congressional election to cover in #TX06 . Says ex-Trump admin staffer Sery Kim, a GOP hopeful: 'China created coronavirus in a Wuhan lab' 'They r the ones that caused COVID' ‘I can say that because I'm Korean'

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. @MichaelBennet says he will leave campaign trail, if needed, to tend his Senate Intelligence Committee duties on #UkraineWhistleblower , #Impeachment . ‘We’ve been bumped off the front pages,’ but so be it, he tells @Lawrence . #2020Elections #TribFest2019

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. @MichaelBennet recounts Senate bipartisanship during the Nixon impeachment: ‘It was a moment when our democracy tried to heal itself. … That’s what I hope is going to come out this, one way or another.’ #Impeachment #UkraineWhistleblower #2020Elections #TribFest2019

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Very somber news: Journalist, Dallas Morning News politics reporter, author Wayne Slater killed in car crash #txlege @dallasnews #Texas

Journalist, Dallas Morning News politics reporter, author Wayne Slater killed in car crash

AUSTIN — Retired Dallas Morning News Austin bureau chief and senior political writer Wayne Slater, who chronicled two Texas governors’ rise to national...

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1 year

‘Dropping a binder on your potential jurors could be considered tampering,’ Rep. Ann Johnson says of ⁦ @TXAG ⁩ office’s leaving stack of papers at senators’ offices. #txlege

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6 years

Am honored and humbled to report my bosses have offered me – and I’ve accepted – the job of Austin Bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News. I follow some tough acts – great journalists who held this job before me. Hope to hold the standard high! #txlege #txpolitics #tx2018 1/2

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BREAKING: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he will defy NRA, take lead on gun background checks. ‘Someone in the Republican Party has to take the lead on this,’ he says, of requiring checks when strangers sell to strangers. #txlege #OdessaShooting #ElPaso

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he will defy NRA, take lead on gun background checks

AUSTIN -- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he's "willing to take an arrow" and defy the National Rifle Association by pressing Texas to close one loophole...

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Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan thanks ⁦ @tedcruz ⁩ for going to Alaska in 2014 to help him get elected. Casts 2018 midterms as fight to defend Republicans’ handling of economy, energy and judges. “I like watching Ted Cruz in action on the Judiciary Committee.” #TXSen #txlege

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. @tombenning with some stunning #s : Soon, @realdonaldtrump could have 16 of his picks on district court benches in TX, compared with 11 for two-termer @barackobama . How Donald Trump, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are reshaping the federal courts in Texas

Trump's stacking of federal courts in Texas with conservative judges could have decades-long impact

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is reshaping the federal judiciary in Texas with remarkable efficiency, positioning the Republican to leave a...

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg throws some verbal punches at President Donald Trump during Austin interview. 'I’m comfortable dealing with bullies,' the Democratic presidential contender said. 'I’m gay and I grew up in Indiana.' #2020Elections #txlege #TribFest19

Mayor Pete Buttigieg throws some verbal punches at President Donald Trump during Austin interview

AUSTIN -- Donald Trump is diverter in chief, but Democrats can beat him if they speak next year to many Americans' anxiety over slipping...

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NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton tried to escape public apology by offering more cash to whistleblowers 'Is there a number at which Mr. Brickman would forego No. 3 [apology from Paxton]?' AG's atty asks. 'There is not,' Blake Brickman's atty responds. #txlege

Texas AG Ken Paxton tried to escape public apology by offering more cash to whistleblowers

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawyer offered more taxpayer money to whistleblowers last winter, if Paxton could duck a settlement deal’s requirement...

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. @GregAbbott_TX says Texas has obtained its own supply of Regeneron, despite roadblocks from Biden administration, from drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen. State purchasing directly, Abbott tells @DLoesch . 'Consider this treatment,' he tells people testing + for #COVID19 . 1/2

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'Baptists should bristle' at how @GregAbbott_TX 'wants pastors to be a mouthpiece for this bully tactic.' - @BaptistStandard editor Eric Black, on Abbott's ask that pastors speak in favor of #SchoolChoice in worship services Sun, 10/15. #txlege #Vouchers

Editorial: Religious freedom calls for rejecting Abbott’s ‘ask’

Baptists, who have championed religious freedom and separation of church and state more than 400 years, should reject Abbott's latest "ask."

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7 years

Trump picks TX Supreme Court justice Don Willett, ex-TX solicitor general Jim Ho for 5th Circuit. #txlege @pfikac :

Trump picks Texas Supreme Court justice, former solicitor general for U.S appellate court

Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett and Dallas lawyer James Ho are nominated to the...

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2 years

State-paid expenses for @GregAbbott_TX 's security detail in his second term have climbed to nearly $1.4M - w/7 months to go, reporting-wise. Tho' Abbott is tightlipped about his travel, @TxDPS summaries provide a retrospective look at his jaunts. #txlege

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I'm told 17 Republicans have signed the ESA ripper amendment filed by Rep. John Raney of College Station, including North Texas Reps. DeWayne Burns of Cleburne; Charlie Geren of Fort Worth; and Justin Holland of Rockwall. 1/4

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BREAKING: Profane recording surfaces of 2 Empower Texans operatives joking about Gov. Greg Abbott being in wheelchair #COVID19 #txlege #txpolitics

Profane recording surfaces of 2 Empower Texans operatives joking about Gov. Greg Abbott being in...

AUSTIN — Two operatives of the staunchly conservative activist group Empower Texans chortled over how Gov. Greg Abbott uses a wheelchair in expletive-laced...

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. @GregAbbott_TX asks Christian pastors across TX to speak to congregations in favor of #SchoolChoice legislation on Sun., Oct. 15 'Moral fabric' of TX at stake, he says (I've asked his press office if he'll mount parallel effort to enlist Jews, Muslims, others; no response yet)

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Feminist Austin lawyer, former state Rep. Sarah Weddington, who filed the Roe vs. Wade case that overturned laws criminalizing abortion, dies as her signature achievement teeters amid a 49-year backlash and conservative takeover of the federal judiciary.

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And we’re done with @PeteButtigieg . Crowd ate him up.

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‘Christians who are troubled by the use of a fetal cell line for the testing of the vaccines would also have to abstain from the use of Tylenol, Pepto Bismol, Ibuprofen, and other products,’ says Dallas First Baptist’s Robert Jeffress, of #COVID19 shots.

First Baptist’s Robert Jeffress: ‘There is no credible religious argument against the vaccines’

As Americans increasingly seek religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates, many faith leaders are telling them no. With more employers imposing the...

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'Everybody needs to get an oar in the water and start paddling.' - Buda, TX-based Democratic consultant Colin Strother, appealing for his party to push @RochelleMGarza over the top in her state AG race vs @KenPaxtonTX Via @MorrisReports . #2020Elections

Democrat Rochelle Garza banks on anti-Paxton sentiment in Texas attorney general’s race

Rochelle Garza talks on the campaign trail about her experience as a civil rights lawyer in South Texas, about advocating for a brother with disabilities,...

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Trump backers who intimidated Biden campaign bus apologize, settle lawsuit. 'While I regret now participating in such risky activity, .. I & other Trump Train participants were happy that.. the Biden campaign canceled the rest of the bus tour,' one says

Texas ‘Trump Train’ members who intimidated Biden campaign bus apologize, settle lawsuit

Two members of the “Trump Train” convoy who harassed a bus belonging to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign as it traveled through Texas in 2020 apologized for...

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Near fistfight erupts after Irving GOP Rep. @MattRinaldiTX reportedly tells several Hispanic Ds he called ICE on #SB4 protesters. #txlege

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3 Texas Democrats test positive for COVID-19 in Washington, D.C., ⁦ @nicolecobler ⁩ & ⁦ @madlinbmek ⁩ report. #txlege via @statesman

3 Texas Democrats test positive for COVID-19 in Washington, D.C.

Three Texas Democrats tested positive for COVID-19 after this week's walkout. The House Democratic Caucus said all three are vaccinated, but did not release names.

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6 years

The scene in Round Rock as supporters await Beto O’Rourke in a steady drizzle. His fifth stop near early voting locations in Austin area today. #TXSen 1/2 ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩

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For context, @LupeValdez raised just $1.86M during her entire 2018 bid for governor. In one period, @BetoORourke raised nearly 15 times her entire haul.

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2 years

NEW: Beto O’Rourke raises record $27.6 million in race for #Texas governor vs. Greg Abbott #TXGOV #2022Elections #txlege

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Christmas sunrise in Austin. Merry Christmas!

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BREAKING: Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas child-care regulators to yank licenses of facilities housing immigrant kids. Impact? Unclear. With @disolis ...

Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas child-care regulators to yank licenses of facilities housing immigr...

Gov. Greg Abbott, as part of declaring a disaster because of conditions at the Texas-Mexico border, ordered state officials on Tuesday to yank the licenses of...

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7 months

Now that Lauren has gotten a green light to say where she's going, I just wanna say that the @dallasnews ' loss is the public radio collaborative Texas Newsroom's gain. She's the queen of open-records requests, the diva of deep dives and a fellow antiquarian. Helluva reporter.

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Don’t call it a comeback.🎙️ I’m excited to announce that I’ll soon join @NPR @KUT as an investigative reporter and editor! In this newly created role, I’ll continue my watchdog reporting on state gov’t while helping public radio folks across Texas do enterprise work. #txlege

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BREAKING: Taxpayer cost of impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton tops $4.3M, @PhilJankowski reports. Tops the $3.3M proposed in a whistleblower settlement that triggered the impeachment effort, obviously. Not that dollars and cents alone were at issue.

Taxpayer cost of impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton tops $4.3 million

The costs of impeaching Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton topped $4.3 million, according to documents released to The Dallas Morning News. They represent the...

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Being political director for a high flying campaign like ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩’s must be really glamorous, huh? Um. Not really. ⁦ @moodyforelpaso ⁩ picks up trash after Brownsville rally. #txlege #tx2018 #txpolitics

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NEW: Beto O’Rourke raises record $27.6 million in race for #Texas governor vs. Greg Abbott #TXGOV #2022Elections #txlege

Beto O’Rourke raises record amount in race for Texas governor vs. Greg Abbott

Gubernatorial hopeful Beto O’Rourke raised $27.63 million between Feb. 20 and June 30, the most ever for state-level candidate in Texas, but still trails...

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3 years

54% of Texans: State’s on wrong track. ⁦ @GregAbbott_TX ⁩ job approval: 45%. In past 2 months, McConaughey has gone from slightly behind to 9 points ahead of Abbott, ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩ has cut Abbott lead from 12 pts to 5 in @dallasnews /UT-Tyler poll

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4 years

BREAKING: ‘Spread is so rampant,’ Texas hits all-time high of more than 5k new #COVID -19 cases, Gov. Greg Abbott says #txlege

As Texas hits all-time high in new COVID-19 cases, Gov. Greg Abbott tightens outdoor gathering rules

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott sternly warned Texans of “rampant” spread of coronavirus that took the state to a new high Tuesday of more than 5,000 new cases in a...

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2 years

New @dallasnews / @UTTyler poll: Abbott 46 O’Rourke 39 Patrick 36 Collier 28 Paxton 34 Garza 32 (8/1-7, 1,384 registered voters, +/- 2.8%) Via @gromerjeffers 1/3

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott still leads Beto O’Rourke, new poll shows

Most Texans in the poll said they want Gov. Greg Abbott and elected officials to do more to curb mass shootings, such as gun control legislation.

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Getting a preview of Carrie Underwood’s performance tonight at CMT Award show … just outside our ⁦ @dallasnews ⁩ Austin bureau office.

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‘It’s ridiculous for Republicans imm’ly after a disappointing election result to just turn around & rubber stamp the same ldshp,’ @tedcruz says, urging delay of vote to give McConnell another go as leader. And @chiproytx backs Biggs 4 speaker vs. McCarthy

Two Texas Republicans resist ‘rubber stamp’ for party leaders after midterm fizzle

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is pushing his colleagues to postpone a planned Wednesday morning vote that is expected to award Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., another...

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4 years

BREAKING: Texas leaders demand resignation of Bexar County GOP chairwoman who spread George Floyd conspiracy theory. Cynthia Brehm must go, say @GregAbbott_TX , @TeamCornyn . #txlege

Texas GOP leaders try to distance themselves from Facebook posts Democrats denounce as ‘racist’

AUSTIN — In recent days, five Republican county chairmen in Texas have taken to Facebook to spread a conspiracy theory that George Floyd’s death was staged to...

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5 years

‘When the president says we’re full, we’re not full. .. Never forget that an immigrant pays taxes.’ - @PeteButtigieg , on @realDonaldTrump , at #TribFest19 . #2020Elections #immigration

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After joke about Beto sharing a cell with Hillary, Cruz denounces overheated rhetoric and mail bombs. @toddgillman & I report from the #TXSen trail: #txlege #tx2018 @betoorourke @tedcruz

After joke about Beto sharing a cell with Hillary, Cruz denounces overheated rhetoric and mail bombs

On Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz joked that his opponent, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, could share a jail cell with...

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2 years

SCOOP: Texas Ethics Commission wants funds for tech upgrades after Beto O’Rourke crashes servers. Via @MorrisReports . #TXGOV #txlege

Texas Ethics Commission wants funds for tech upgrades after Beto O’Rourke crashes servers

Without a change, the system “will likely fail again” when the next round of campaign finance reports are due in October, commission leaders warned in a July...

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1 year

As of last year, 8,200 World War II veterans were living in Texas. Today, 16 of them came to Austin for World War II Veterans Capitol Day. Age range: 95 to 102. A good-looking bunch! #txlege 1/2

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Texas CPS worker courses that were part of 'cultural awareness' training required by #txlege are removed after GOP governor candidate @DonHuffines alleged they contain 'critical race theory,' emails show. #txlege #CRT

Texas employee course removed after GOP governor candidate alleged critical race theory

Texas’ child welfare agency stopped offering two diversity-training courses to its caseworkers late last year, soon after a GOP gubernatorial challenger to...

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2 years

'How many migrants did [Texas] find? None. How many drugs? None. So why do this? It’s political.' - @m_ebrard , Mexico's foreign minister, promoting port of entry in NM, west of El Paso. Says other truck routes needed 'in case we face another Mr. Abbott.'

How New Mexico plans to take a bite from Texas’ trade with Mexico

SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — As a political rift between Texas and Mexico grows, this tiny port of entry in New Mexico is reaping the benefits, doubling the...

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7 months

Vouchers are an old idea in Texas, ⁦ @SenRoyceWest ⁩ says. Cites 1957 #txlege committee proposal for private school tuition assistance-as an end run on Brown v. Topeka ruling that outlawed racially segregated schools. Today’s proposal would be ‘welfare for private schools.’

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3 years

NEW: Texas leaders’ plea for #COVID19 vaccines to be used quickly adds to big confusion over rollout rules. Vaccine expert @PeterHotez says it may be time to go with a simpler distribution plan-create 'tent cities' and run 'em through in huge numbers.

Texas leaders’ plea for COVID-19 vaccines to be used quickly adds to big confusion over rollout...

Amid widespread confusion and criticism of Texas’ rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, state leaders are urgently telling hospitals and other providers who have...

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3 years

Asked about possibility @BetoORourke may run for governor, @GregAbbott_TX cites his 'hell yes' comments on taking people's assault weapons (tho' tones it down to 'heck yes') O'Rourke wrong on #2A , borders, energy, Abbott says. 'I don't think that's gonna sell real well' #txlege

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On Biden's halt in new federal oil & gas drilling permits on federal land, @GregAbbott_TX says, 'In Texas there's either zero federal lands ..or close to zero, .. hence Texas is not going to be impacted.' But he frets Biden EPA will put 'onerous' requirements on the industry.

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. @BetoORourke : '1st, Abbott flip-flopped on public health guidelines & then he stopped schools, local govts & biz's from protecting our fellow Texans.' Least he can do is not block actions by those focused on preventing > #COVID19 hospitaliz'ns & deaths

As Texas preps for omicron variant threat, Gov. Greg Abbott won’t ease stance against mask mandates

Texas has played some of its usual cards in advance of the omicron coronavirus threat – arranging help that hospitals may need, shipping antibody treatments....

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5 years

‘This isn’t just about this moment and this president. This is about the integrity of the system,' @PeteButtigieg tells @SRuhle in Austin, after endorsing impeachment of @realDonaldTrump . #2020Elections #TribFest19 #txlege

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In TX AG race, Rochelle Garza is within 2 points of GOP incumbent Ken Paxton. 25% of registered voters up for grabs. ‘The race could be Democrats’ best shot at winning a statewide office after a nearly three-decade lockout,’ @MorrisReports writes. 3/3

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton neck-and-neck with Democratic challenger in new poll

Attorney General Ken Paxton and his Democratic challenger, Rochelle Garza, are neck and neck in a new poll, a sign the embattled incumbent is vulnerable in...

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'Have you ever heard of the expression there's no coincidences in Austin? Pass the witness.' - House prosecutor Daniel Dutko After linking dates of Paxton whistleblowers' firings to when they went to the FBI ... & throwing Paxton defense lawyer Tony Buzbee's words back at him.

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'He cannot admit guilt while claiming innocence' - @DrewSpringer , a GOP senator who voted to acquit @KenPaxtonTX , on AG's recent decision to stop contesting ex-aides' whistleblower lawsuit. Springer broaches reopening #impeachment , @PhilJankowski reports

Republican state senator calls for Ken Paxton impeachment to be revisited

State Sen. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, called on the Senate to examine reopening impeachment proceedings into Attorney General Ken Paxton after the attorney...

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Wow. The Austin American-Menchaca landed on my driveway this morning. Way to go, ⁦ @meganmmenchaca ⁩!

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2 years

New @dallasnews / @UTTyler poll: Abbott: 47 O'Rourke: 36 GOP gov: Abbott: 59 West: 6 Huffines: 4 Perry: 4 GOP AG: Paxton: 33 Bush: 19 Gohmert: 8 Guzman: 7 Dem LG: Beckley: 17 Brailey: 13 Collier: 10 Dem AG: Garza: 11 Jaworski: 11 Fields: 7 Merritt: 6

Abbott running comfortably ahead of O’Rourke in DMN-UT-Tyler poll; Paxton could face runoff

Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democrat O’Rourke, 47%-36%, in a hypothetical matchup for governor, according to a Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at...

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New @UTTyler poll: Governor: Abbott 50% O'Rourke 44% Lt. Gov: Patrick 44% Collier 35% AG: Paxton 42% Garza 38% Favor legalizing medicinal marijuana: 72% Favor legalizing rec’l marijuana: 56% (973 LV, 10/17-24, +/- 3.4%) #Midterms2022 #TxGOV #txlege

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Gov. Greg Abbott says migrants not being shot because Biden ‘would charge us with murder.’ Via @AaronTorres_

Gov. Greg Abbott says migrants not being shot because Biden ‘would charge us with murder’

Gov. Greg Abbott defended the scope and legality of Texas border initiatives, saying: “The only thing that we are not doing is we’re not shooting people who...

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'He hasn't even bothered to be here for the whole trial,' Murr says of Paxton.

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. @BetoORourke may be off teaching a course in the Windy City but @texasdemocrats apparently aren't letting @GregAbbott_TX off the hook on the #TexasFreeze and #Uvalde . @NXSTMediaGroup is producing a 10-min. video as Dems' response to Abbott's unusual #StateOfTheState speech Thur

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Traveling to India w/Gov. Abbott & his Indian-American ‘kitchen cabinet’ was another highlight. As were my ridealongs with CPS workers thru the yrs, & w/DPS at Eagle Pass in '22. Not sure what comes next (besides rest). Expect some lengthy thank-you notes in this space soon. 5/5

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"You all look so good from where I am," O'Rourke tells large crowd in sanctuary of black Baptist church in Tyler. "You look very much like the victory this state and country deserve." #TXSen #txlege

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ignored proddings by a federal judge about foster care and 'absolutely failed' to improve Child Protective Services, Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke said Wednesday. #txlege #FosterCare #CPS @TexasDFPS @TexasHHSC

Dem challenger Beto O’Rourke blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as ‘failed’ leader on foster care, CPS

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ignored proddings by a federal judge about foster care and “absolutely failed” to improve Child Protective Services, Democratic...

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