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George Soros group is funneling millions into this big red state in hopes of turning it blue

“If a win is on the table in 2026, we don’t want to leave it there by not being organized,” said one organizer.

The Independent UK

Texas Republicans pioneered in-state tuition for undocumented students. Now they’re celebrating its end.

In 2001, Texas Republicans saw expanding college access for certain undocumented students as a way to build an educated workforce. Now, some GOP lawmakers feel only U.S. citizens should receive those benefits.

The Texas Tribune

Texas AG And MAGA Ally Ken Paxton Holds Comfortable Lead Over Sen. John Cornyn in Primary Challenge: Poll

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is trailing behind Texas AG Ken Paxton by 22 points in one of the country's most-watched primary races, a new poll suggests.

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Texas allows state agency investment in BlackRock after firm steps away from climate initiatives

The firm’s removal from a state list of companies “boycotting” the fossil fuel industry was lauded by Comptroller Glenn Hegar as a “meaningful victory” for Texas’ energy economy.

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear GOP activist’s lawsuit challenging Texas Ethics Commission’s lobbying fine

Former Empower Texans leader Michael Quinn Sullivan has challenged a $10,000 fine from the Texas Ethics Commission for failure to register as a lobbyist for more than 10 years at nearly every level of the state court system.

The Texas Tribune

Effort to curb personal injury lawsuit payouts dies in the Texas Legislature

The goal of the bill, according to the author, was to curb “nuclear verdicts” — ones that award victims $10 million or more.

The Texas Tribune

Two undocumented migrants arrested after hit-and-run jet ski death of teenage military recruit

Ava Moore was an aspiring Air Force servicemember before she was killed by a jet ski over Memorial Day weekend

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Top deputies to Attorney General Ken Paxton pushed out over sexual harassment allegations, lawsuit says

The harassment allegedly took place while the two were on leave from the agency working on Paxton’s impeachment defense.

The Texas Tribune

Once again, Texas Legislature unlikely to pass ethics legislation this year

Lawmakers filed dozens of bills that would increase transparency around spending in elections and strengthen penalties for campaign and lobbying violations. None are poised to pass.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Age Verification Law for App Stores Is Here Despite Tim Cook, Big Tech's Efforts Against It

Texas has passed a bill that now makes it a law for all app stores to have age verification for users.

International Business Times

Texas lawmakers are poised to ban minors from social media

The Texas Legislature has already passed a bill requiring age verification to download apps and is seriously considering another to ban children from social media.

The Texas Tribune

Five district attorneys sue Ken Paxton to block new rule requiring them to hand over case records

The DAs say in two lawsuits that a new rule requiring counties to hand over almost all documents the attorney general’s office requests violates state and federal law.

The Texas Tribune

Houston midwife accused of illegal abortions appeals clinic closures

In an appeal filed this week, Maria Rojas’ attorneys accused Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office of a careless investigation.

The Texas Tribune

Google to pay $1.4 billion in unauthorized biometric data collection and geo-tracking lawsuits

Google will pay $1.4 billion to settle lawsuits over unauthorized tracking and data collection, including biometric data.

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The Texas Tribune

6 takeaways about Alex Fairly’s journey into Texas GOP politics

Texas’ newest Republican megadonor Alex Fairly got a look under the hood of Texas’ far-right political machine, and didn’t like what he saw. Here are six takeaways from his exclusive interview with The Texas Tribune.

The Independent UK

Officials in rural Texas are accused of paying campaign worker who told elderly people how to vote: docs

Six people have been charged in a controversial vote harvesting investigation in rural Texas from a scheme targeting older Americans

The Independent UK

Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users' data without permission

Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected data on users without permission

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit

The state attorney general sued Google in 2022, alleging it unlawfully tracked and collected users’ private data.

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The Texas Tribune

Texas attorney general wins $60 million judgment in pollution lawsuit

A Texas business illegally dumped industrial waste into Skull Creek in Colorado County six years ago, then residents complained to the attorney general’s office.

The Texas Tribune

State Rep. Dennis Paul announces bid for Texas Senate with backing from Dan Patrick

Paul is the first candidate out of the gate to succeed incumbent Mayes Middleton in an open seat running from Galveston to the outskirts of Houston.

The Texas Tribune

Texas megadonor Alex Fairly joined forces with the GOP’s ultraconservative wing. He didn’t like what he saw.

Fairly, an Amarillo businessman, backed many candidates aligned with conservative West Texas billionaire Tim Dunn’s political operation in 2024. Now he’s disavowing what he says are dishonest and aggressive campaign tactics while pondering his path forward.

The Texas Tribune

Texas election judges could carry guns if bill OK’d by House becomes law

Supporters said the bill would protect poll workers who continue to face violent threats.

The Independent UK

6 people are charged in a Texas elections investigation involving 'vote harvesting'

Six people in a rural Texas county have been indicted in a widening elections investigation led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton

Roll Call

Senate Democrats need to break some streaks to win the majority - Roll Call

Why would Democrats have any chance of winning the Senate in 2026? Because streaks are made to be broken, writes analyst Nathan L. Gonzales.

The Texas Tribune

Frio County public officials among six indicted after elections investigation, Paxton says

The county judge, two city council members and others are accused of vote harvesting.

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