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| This is your political report for February 15, 2019. |
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| This review contains 13 News Clips. |
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| ...focusing on education, politics, social issues and the courts. She previously covered the Tennessee legislature and local education for the Nashville Scene where she was news editor. She also wrote for the Nashville... |
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...Democrats narrow that gap in statewide elections, culminating with Beto O’Rourke’s loss to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in November by less than three percentage points.
Only four years earlier, in the state’s last... |
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...California has set aside $90 million, but Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to form a committee. The Texas Legislature has yet to appropriate any funds.
"We’re not talking just about poor people losing services. We’re... |
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2019 4:00 am
Funding legislation would spare refuges, local lawmakers opposed to any new wall By Mark Reagan Staff Writer Brownsville Herald
Bipartisan legislation to fund... |
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| ...hasn’t stopped conservatives from injecting border-wall politics into the El Chapo case. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas promises to reintroduce a bill named after El Chapo that would require money seized from... |
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| ...on the rolls on a Friday afternoon, and it was quickly amplified by top Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump, who made unsubstantiated or false claims of illegal activity and... |
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| University Texas Daily Texan |
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...Published on February 15, 2019 at 12:43 am
By Katie Balevic
Seven bills have been filed in the Texas Legislature to implement electronic voter registration, which would allow citizens to register to vote online... |
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| ...Regulatory Act, to offer electronic bingo at its Naskila Gaming facility on their reservation. The legislation provides the same protections for the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso. The measure has been referred... |
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Average Texans and lawmakers alike are going back to the basics on school finance, as the state Legislature prepares to tackle a longstanding challenge.
Tatum Roberts (left) and Olivia Mah work on their... |
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...The letter comes as Whitley’s nomination is in jeopardy. He was appointed by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott but is still awaiting Senate confirmation.
The letter was first reported by the Texas Tribune. |
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...to the Senate floor to announce Trump's decisions to sign the bill and declare an emergency.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters there were two hours of phone calls between McConnell and the White... |
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| ...cusp of providing hope to Matt and other terminally ill patients by passing federal Right to Try legislation. Approved by the Senate in a rare display of bipartisanship, the legislation would work with the... |
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...growing the dental community in the Borderland, and now with some extra funding from the Texas legislature.
"It's been a chronically underserved area, there has been a 70 percent shortage of dentists... |
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| Texas Political Pulse of February 15, 2019. PressRelations Reports created this media review specially for you. Our team is available to answer your questions. Please, just email us: [email protected] |
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