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Corpus Christi Caller Times
Why a new energy trade group is pushing Texas to strengthen its electricity production
...source over the other, but to rely on the free market to guide policy decisions. Last year, the Legislature established a $7.2 billion low-interest loan and grant program to help finance power plants that...
05/16/2024 Online
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Katy Times
Smith, Hicks sworn in for new terms, water conservation plan updated at city council meeting
...Harris commended Katy Police D and Lieutenant John McClure who worked with the offices of State Senator Joan Huffman and State Representative Mike Schofield to secure a STEP grant in the amount of $67,000.00,...
Susan Rovegno
05/16/2024 Online
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Texas Border Business
Fordyce Appointed to To Texas Board Of Criminal Justice
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tom Fordyce to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. Image Source: txdirectory.com for illustration purposes Texas Border Business...
05/16/2024 Online
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blackamericaweb​.com
Judges Split On Texas County’s Racist Redistricted Voting Map Violates Civil Protections For Black/Latino Voters
...given they were similarly injured. Riley rejected the definition of class in the federal voting legislation to refer to a single racial group. Judge Edith Brown Clement said this interpretation would extend...
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05/16/2024 Online
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KHOU CBS 11 Houston
Heat intensifies around Houston Democrat Shawn Thierry ahead of bitter runoff
...y’all’s back," Crockett said, after recounting a story in which Thierry allegedly asked House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, if Democrats would be allowed to retain their committee positions if they went...
05/16/2024 Online
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Houston Public Media
Mayor Whitmire’s HPD panel finds failures in records system led to suspended cases
...manpower at the police department over the last eight years. The independent panel was created by Mayor John Whitmire shortly after former Houston Police Chief Troy Finner launched an internal investigation into...
Lucio Vasquez
05/16/2024 Online
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Corpus Christi Caller Times
Two are on the ballot in Republican primary runoff for the DA's race. Here's who they are.
...had resigned to compete in the Democratic Party’s primary for its nomination to run against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for his Congressional seat. He did not win nomination in the March 5 primary. DA Mark Gonzalez's...
05/16/2024 Online
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Dallas Morning News
NRA could get $1 million in state, local money for holding annual meeting in Dallas
...be one of the larger conventions held in the city. Related:NRA spends more money lobbying Texas legislators than in any other state Since 2013, Dallas has been one of six cities in the NRA’s rotation to...
05/16/2024 Online
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Texarkana Gazette
Texas university leaders say hundreds of positions, programs cut to comply with DEI ban | Texarkana Gazette
...to the Texas Capitol to testify on how campuses are complying with the law signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott last year. Texas is among about one-third of states across the nation that have taken steps...
05/16/2024 Online
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Light and Champion
Flood victims urged caution upon returning home
...Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Phelan issues priorities for next session — if he is speaker Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, has issued his legislative priorities for the next legislative session in January,...
Gary Borders
05/16/2024 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Two years later, Judge orders new election for Harris County judicial seat
...recently won the Democratic primary for Place 2 on the Texas Supreme Court and he faces Republican Jimmy Blacklock, who currently holds the seat. In the findings of fact and conclusions of law, Peeples said...
William Melhado
05/16/2024 Online
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Gilmer Mirror
Gillespie County’s election worker costs more than double after switch to hand count
...voters have a more efficient voting experience, or on public outreach." Luis Figueroa, chief of legislative affairs at Every Texan, a nonprofit group that advocates for fair taxation and voting rights, said...
05/16/2024 Online
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San Marcos Daily Record
Texas leaders zero in on exploding hemp market
...legalby the federal Farm Bill in 2018 and in Texas, the following year by House Bill 1325, which Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law. Critics say that because consumable hemp stores have been allowed to sell...
05/16/2024 Online
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Dallas Morning News
Democrat bribery cases in Congress call for self-examination
...Bob Menendez of New Jersey, whose bribery trial started this week. The second one involves U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, who was indicted earlier this month on federal charges of bribery and money laundering....
05/16/2024 Online
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Austin Chronicle
The Austin Chronic: Should I Throw Away My Marijuana in Fear of Fentanyl?
...beacon of hope in a country that is losing touch with morality and the rule of law." Meanwhile, Gov. Greg Abbott continued to harp on the message that cities and counties don’t have the right to override state...
Kevin Curtin
05/16/2024 Online
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KAMR-TV NBC 4 (Amarillo)
‘Politics over profit’ Prosecutors paint Menendez as putting ‘greed first’
...He’s one of three lawmakers who have faced criminal charges in recent months, in addition to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and now-expelled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.). And, down the block from where Menendez’s...
Zach Schonfeld
05/16/2024 Online
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Orange Leader
GUEST COLUMN — Texas Defense Chairman Terry Wilson talks Dade Phelan’s Conservative record
...Thursday, May 16, 2024 Texas state rep. Terry M. Wilson In his two sessions as Speaker of the House, Dade Phelan has delivered on major conservative priorities including lowering property taxes, passing constitutional...
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