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A Texas Republican benefited from out-of-state donors. Now he wants to limit their impact
With school choice as a top issue last year, millions of dollars flowed into the state’s GOP primaries from outside of Texas.
SCOOP: This Texas Republican congressman endorses Paxton over Cornyn in Senate primary brawl
Republican Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas is taking sides in the Lone Star State's burgeoning GOP Senate primary battle, endorsing state Attorney General Ken Paxton over longtime Sen. John Cornyn ...
'Con man' vs. 'anti-Trump': Years of Republican fighting fuel a nasty Senate primary in Texas
GOP Sen. John Cornyn is facing a challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton in what figures to be an expensive and ...
Elon Musk’s attorney running to succeed Paxton as Texas attorney general
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s attorney John Bash is running to succeed Ken Paxton (R) as Texas’s attorney general, becoming ...
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One Week After Warning of School Consolidations, AISD May Have Its First Target
But just below the surface of the celebration lay a perceptible sense of anxiety and bitterness. The night before, Austin ISD ...
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Violent J6er who broke into Capitol announces run for Congress in East Texas
An East Texas man who broke into the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and stood on a window ledge holding a crowbar and ...
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Budget resolutions proposed during the 2025 U.S. Congress reconciliation process
Second U.S. Senate budget resolution (H.Con.Res.14 amended) The U.S. Senate adopted an amended version of the House's budget resolution on April 5, 2025. The resolution included taxes, the border, ...
Proposition 20623h
State government trifectas and triplexes
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