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Xcel Energy acknowledges role in Texas’ Smokehouse Creek wildfire

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to be the largest in state history.

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House Speaker Dade Phelan took a risk on Paxton’s impeachment. It may end his career.

The May 28 runoff promises to be an expensive, high-profile contest that will help reshape the political dynamics of the Texas House.

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Lifesaving Narcan tough to find in Texas pharmacies

Opioid overdoses are not slowing down in Texas. But locating Narcan, which can reverse the effects of an overdose quickly, has been tough for Texans since it was made available without a prescription last year.

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A petition to recall Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson fails

The former Democratic state lawmaker announced he was switching party affiliations last year — prompting the recall by community activist Davante Peters.

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Veteran State Board of Education member loses her seat, two other Republican incumbents face runoffs

The results of Tuesday’s primary elections could foreshadow a further push to the right for the body that sets the state's educational standards.

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Texas places state’s largest charter school network under conservatorship

The state had been investigating IDEA Public Schools since 2021 and raised questions on its spending on things like a luxury driver and private jet.

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School voucher supporters bask in primary wins, say goals are within reach

Gov. Greg Abbott called the results “an unmistakable message.” His allies said the state is “closer than ever” to a voucher program.

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Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine narrowly survives heated primary centered on judicial ethics

Devine will face 281st District Judge Christine Vinh Weems in November’s general election.

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Democratic State Rep. Julie Johnson wins congressional primary race for North Texas seat

Johnson narrowly avoided a runoff to replace U.S. Rep. Colin Allred. Brian Williams, who was in second place, has conceded.

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Rep. Shawn Thierry, who split with Democrats on LGBTQ+ votes, forced into primary runoff

Thierry angered fellow Democrats because of a speech she gave on the House floor in support of banning gender-transitioning care for minors.

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Dallas County sheriff to face predecessor Lupe Valdez, who ran for governor in 2018, in runoff election

Valdez ran the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department until 2017, when she stepped down to run against Gov. Greg Abbott.

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Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton declare victory in attack on House GOP defectors

The two state leaders and other prominent Republicans, like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former president Donald Trump, endorsed challengers in dozens of races citing the incumbents’ disloyalty to the party.

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Insurgent Republicans make major gains in Texas primaries

The shockwaves rippled up and down the ballot as incumbent state House members, judges and other state leaders were forced into runoffs or defeated outright.

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Houston Rep. Lacey Hull defeats Paxton-backed Jared Woodfill in GOP primary

Woodfill’s endorsement by Paxton was decried by some Republicans because of his close ties to Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who has been accused multiple times of sexual abuse.

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Ken Paxton successfully ousts three Republican criminal appeal court judges

Three incumbent judges with nearly a century of criminal law experience fell victim to Paxton’s political revenge tour after they ruled against the attorney general in a 2021 voter fraud case.

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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee wins Democratic primary

Sheila Jackson Lee defeated Amanda Edwards in the most competitive primary of her congressional career.

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In a sharp reversal, North Texas voters pick Brent Money over Jill Dutton in House GOP primary

Dutton just won a special election against Money to fill expelled Rep. Bryan Slaton’s unexpired term through the end of the year.

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Moderate Republican Tony Gonzales fails to clinch GOP nomination, forced into runoff

State Rep. Craig Goldman and business owner John O’Shea are competing to replace U.S. Rep. Kay Granger. Brandon Gill won the GOP nomination to replace Michael Burgess.

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State Sen. Nathan Johnson victorious after surprise challenge from Rep. Victoria Neave Criado

Johnson is virtually assured to have won the seat, because there is no Republican challenger in November.

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U.S. Rep. Colin Allred wins Democratic primary to face Sen. Ted Cruz in November

Allred bested state Sen. Roland Gutierrez in a crowded pool of Democrats.

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Two law enforcement officials criticized in DOJ report for Uvalde response advance in reelection efforts

Sheriff Ruben Nolasco and Uvalde County Constable Emmanuel Zamora were named in the Justice Department’s blistering criticism of responding officers in its January report.

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Sean Teare unseats Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg in primary

Teare, a former prosecutor in Ogg’s office, defeated the two-term incumbent at Tuesday’s primary and will face the Republican nominee in November’s general election.

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Facing staggering losses from wildfires, Panhandle ranchers and farmers seek aid to rebuild

Ranchers have likely lost thousands of cattle in the wildfires, according to some preliminary estimates.

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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan heading to runoff against hardline conservative challenger

Phelan was neck and neck with GOP challenger David Covey with votes still being counted.

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Trump, Biden win Texas primaries

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are almost certain to win their parties’ nominations and face off in November.

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