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Texas Senate passes its own school safety funding bill, but little time remains to get it across the finish line

Senate Bill 5 would send an extra $800 million to public schools for security upgrades over the next two years. But the measure is at risk of becoming the latest casualty of the rift between the Texas House and Senate.

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Texas Legislature sends $1.54 billion bill for border barriers to Gov. Abbott

Senate Bill 3 would also appropriate $40 million for state troopers to patrol Colony Ridge, a housing development outside of Houston, and allow the state to send money to local jurisdictions to offset the cost of enforcing another immigration-related bill.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, born in El Paso, remains point of civic pride

O’Connor, the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice, died Friday. She is more commonly known as an Arizonan, but she graduated high school in Texas and multiple schools here now bear her name.

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Tax cuts, teacher pension increases at stake after misinformation-led challenge to 2023 election

Tax cuts were a major legislative priority for Republican leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott. The governor cannot certify the election results until the challenges are resolved.

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Texas is on the verge of making illegal border crossings a state crime. Here’s what you need to know.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he will sign Senate Bill 4, which would make it a state crime to cross the border between ports of entry, allow police to arrest people who do and require judges to order them to return to Mexico.

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Greg Abbott begins offensive against school voucher opponents, endorsing first House primary challenger

Abbott on Tuesday backed Hillary Hickland, an activist mother who is running against Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple.

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Texas governor skydives for first time alongside 106-year-old World War II veteran

Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane

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Gov. Greg Abbott jumps out of plane with 106-year-old World War II vet

Abbott visited the San Marcos area to go skydiving with Al Blaschke, a 106-year-old World War II veteran who has already broken records for his own aerial feats.

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Trump's Rhetoric on Migrants, Latinos and Thanksgiving, 'Scream 7' Latino Losses: Top Stories of the Week

A roundup of the top stories shaping the lives of Latinos and Hispanics in the U.S. and in the Americas

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Texas State University to Host Historic First Presidential Debate in 2024

The debate, scheduled for Sept. 16, 2024, will be the first of four for the general election

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School voucher fallout leaves Texas Legislature with no clear sense on next steps

Vouchers were left without a clear path forward after a decisive vote Friday. Gov. Greg Abbott, who had threatened lawmakers with more special sessions to pass the proposal, seems to have turned his attention to punishing voucher opponents in next year’s primary elections.

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Gov. Greg Abbott sets January date for Texas House special election runoff

The runoff features two Republicans from dueling factions of the party, Jill Dutton and Brent Money, vying to finish the term of former state Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City.

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Gov. Greg Abbott endorses reelection bids of 58 House members who voted for school vouchers

No members who voted against Abbott’s top legislative priority received the governor’s backing.

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Gov. Greg Abbott endorses Donald Trump during border trip

Abbott made the presidential endorsement after he and Trump served meals to service members deployed for Operation Lone Star, Abbott’s sprawling border security mission.

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Democratic-led cities pay for migrants' tickets to other places as resources dwindle

Some Democratic cities are spending taxpayer dollars on bus, plane and train tickets for migrants to move on to other places

Texas Observer

House Votes 84-63 to Strip Vouchers from Omnibus School Funding Bill

Rural Republicans team up with Dems to remove vouchers from HB 1 in intra party showdown in the House. From Reporting Fellow Josephine Lee.

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Abbott slated to sign law allowing arrest of anyone crossing Texas border without papers

Governor expected to sign SB4, one of the US’s harshest anti-immigration laws, and SB3, allocating $1.5bn to border security

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“Our public school system is our town”: Why this rural Republican is voting against school vouchers

Despite intense political pressure, Republican Rep. Gary VanDeaver said he won’t support a bill that includes school vouchers. Rural Republicans like VanDeaver have long opposed school vouchers because of the unique role public schools they play in their communities.

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Texas House votes to remove school vouchers from massive education bill

The outcome was an embarrassment to Gov. Greg Abbott, who spent seven months lobbying two dozen Republicans who signaled opposition to vouchers in April.

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Federal judge seems wary of Texas ban on TikTok at public universities

Last year, Texas joined more than 30 other states in banning TikTok on government-issued cell phones and computers. A nationwide coalition of professors are suing the state over the ban, arguing it has limited their ability to teach and research the social media app.

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Mexico “rejects” Texas’ proposal to allow state police to deport undocumented immigrants

Mexico said Texas’ Senate Bill 4 will violate the human rights of Mexican immigrants living in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott said he plans to sign the proposal into law.

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Texas legislators pass hardline immigration bill denounced as racist

New legislation, heading to Greg Abbott’s desk, to make crossing into state from another country without documentation a crime

Texas Observer

Texas Legislature Votes to Seize Immigration Authority from Feds

A major U.S. Supreme Court case could be on the horizon.

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“People aren’t thinking about us”: How new ban on COVID-19 vaccine mandates impacts medically-vulnerable Texans

The ban applies to all private businesses, including health care facilities like hospitals, which can jeopardize the health of those with compromised immune systems or other underlying conditions.

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Texans fill downtown Austin streets to demand ceasefire in Gaza

Thousands of Texans rallied in front of the state Capitol Sunday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, where the death toll has surpassed 10,000 people.

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