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Texas Political Pulse for April 28, 2025. You received 18 news.
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Spectrum News San Antonio
Sen. Ted Cruz attempts to expand internet access with spectrum sharing proposal
...whether it’s the best path for everyone on those future connections. What You Need To Know U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, are leading the push in Congress to reopen Federal...
Brian Scott
04/28/2025 Online
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San Antonio Current
In booming Central Texas, wastewater is polluting rivers and streams
click to enlarge Inside Climate News / Dylan Baddour Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. TARPLEY — Margo Denke...
The Texas Tribune, Dylan Baddour
04/28/2025 Online
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Texas Insider
Plugging Loopholes on Chinese Communist Land Purchases
By State Rep. David Spiller District 68 If I went to China today and tried to buy land beside a Chinese military base, the next thing I know I’d be in a tiny cell hoping and waiting for an international...
04/28/2025 Online
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Texas Insider
Texas Arrests Mexican Mafia Gang Member, Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrant
...across Texas and the nation due to open border policies. Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas - Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work...
04/28/2025 Online
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Can Texas lawmakers agree on how to spend billions to save the state’s water supply?
Texas lawmakers are debating how prescriptive to be in legislation that would spend about $1 billion a year over the next decade to secure the state’s water supply. Credit: Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune...
Guest Contributor
04/28/2025 Online
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KSST Radio (Sulphur Springs)
Report Shows Monthly Cost of Medical Care for Illegal Aliens in Texas
April 28, 2025 - Newly released data shows that illegal aliens cost Texas taxpayers $121.8 million in hospital fees in just one month. The figure comes from a directive issued by Governor Greg Abbott last...
04/28/2025 Online
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Mega Doctor News
Texas' Two Largest Health Care Organizations Back Life of the Mother Act
Mega Doctor News Statements by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and Texas Hospital Association (THA) lauding the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs for passing Senate Bill 31. The committee passed...
04/28/2025 Online
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Texas Border Business
Congressman Joaquín Castro Discusses Federal Priorities at McAllen Town Hall
...residents during the Congress in Conversation Town Hall at Las Palmas Community Center in McAllen, Texas, on April 26, 2025. Photo by Roberto Hugo González Texas Border Business By Roberto Hugo González...
04/28/2025 Online
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KWBU Public Radio
Can this Texas House bill help curb high ticket prices? Depends whom you ask
...What used to be easy, like giving a ticket to a friend, is now confusing or outright blocked." Sen. Nathan Johnson, D-Dallas, put forward an identical bill in the state senate, and was unavailable for an interview...
Marcheta Fornoff
04/28/2025 Online
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San Antonio Current
Texas lawmakers want to exempt police from deadly conduct charges
click to enlarge Texas Tribune / Shelby Tauber Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When Austin police responded...
Sneha Dey
04/28/2025 Online
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Houston Public Media
John Cornyn or Ken Paxton? Trump says he’s not ready to endorse next Texan for U.S. Senate.
...to the U.S. Senate. The commander in chief told reporters Friday that he likes both incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and outgoing Attorney General Ken Paxton — the two Republicans vying for the seat — but hasn’t...
Blaise Gainey
04/28/2025 Online
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Kurv 710
Beto O’Rourke Says He May Run Yet Again
...for the US Senate in 2026. O’Rourke said yes, if the people of Texas want him to. Last month, Senator John Cornyn announced his bid for a fifth term. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’ll challenge Cornyn...
04/28/2025 Online
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Dallas Express
Texas Senate Bill 5 Sparks Debate Over $3 Billion Dementia Research Fund
Texas Senate Bill 5 (SB 5), which establishes the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, passed the House on April 24 with a 121-23 vote, following Senate approval on March 5. However, the...
04/28/2025 Online
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Austin American-Statesman
Sewage testing for birth control and abortion pills? Texas eyes a long game | Grumet
...virus by routinely testing the wastewater — a sensible public health endeavor. But some of the same Texas lawmakers who seem awfully obsessed with who’s in the bathroom stall next to you are pushing another...
Bridget Grumet
04/28/2025 Online
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San Antonio Report
Texas’ big-city mayors have gotten less progressive. Will San Antonio follow suit?
Mayors in Texas’ five largest urban centers — home to many of the state’s most loyal Democratic voters — have been steadily shifting to the right as longtime incumbents term out and new leaders are elected...
Andrea Drusch
04/28/2025 Online
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Austin American-Statesman
An inside look as Texas House Democrats strategize at the State Capitol, see the photos
Jay Janner Rep. Sergio Munoz, D- Mission, left to right, Rep. John Bucy, D-Austin, Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, and Rep. Salman Bhojani, D-Euless, strategize on the House...
Jay Janner
04/28/2025 Online
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NewsRadio 740 - KTRH
Is Dustin Burrows A Worse Speaker Than Dade Phelan?
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has once again outraged conservatives by blocking a number of conservative amendments to House Bill 2249, which creates a new taxpayer-funded scholarship for students...
Ethan Buchanan
04/28/2025 Online
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WOAI
Is Dustin Burrows A Worse Speaker Than Dade Phelan?
Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows has once again outraged conservatives by blocking a number of conservative amendments to House Bill 2249, which creates a new taxpayer-funded scholarship for students...
Ethan Buchanan
04/28/2025 Online
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