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Progressive candidates score crucial wins in midterm elections

Support from Bernie Sanders and other pols and key turnout by Gen Z voters led to victories in Texas, Florida and other states

The Guardian - US

Elise Mertens makes mad dash from Texas to Glasgow for Billie Jean King Cup

Mertens teamed up with Kirsten Flipkens for victory in the doubles rubber against Slovakia.

The Independent UK

‘Red Wave’ Makes Modest Splash in South Texas

The GOP took just one of three Congressional seats from Brownsville to Laredo, and short-lived incumbent Mayra Flores has been sent packing.

Texas Observer

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Lina Hidalgo Prevails Against Republican Offensive in Harris County

In the face of high-profile GOP push to claw back power in Texas’ largest county, Democrats expanded their power.

Texas Observer

LSU’s Postseason Ticket Prices Surge

SEC championship game ticket reservation prices increased more than 750% for the Tigers after narrowly defeating Alabama.

Sports Illustrated

Texas Oyster Fishing at a ‘Crossroads’

Citing low numbers, the Parks and Wildlife Commission has closed most of the state’s bays to commercial harvest.

Texas Observer

Big Ten football predictions and other big game picks for Week 11

It's time again for our writers to pick all of the Big Ten games and the six best national ones.

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Top-5 most watchable college football games of Week 11

Conference rivalries, up-and-coming coaches trying to prove themselves, Heisman candidates looking to make an impression, all of that and more are on the menu for Week 11 and we're here to show you where to aim your remote.

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For the first time, Texas voters send Muslims and openly gay Black men to Legislature

Voters elected Christian Manuel Hayes to House District 22 in Beaumont, Venton Jones to HD-100 in Dallas, Salman Bhojani to HD-92 in Tarrant County and Suleman Lalani to HD-76 in Fort Bend County.

The Texas Tribune

Republican dominance continues for the two highest courts in Texas

Three seats were up for election in the Texas Supreme Court, which handles civil cases, and three in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Democrats haven’t been elected to either court since the late 1990s.

The Texas Tribune

With clear mandate in Texas, Abbott, GOP will continue rightward push

DALLAS — Emboldened by another sweep of statewide offices and firm control of the Legislature, Texas Republicans are poised to implement right-of-center policies designed to keep the Lone Star State a bastion of Trump-era conservatism.

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz laments missing daughter’s birthday as Democrats have better midterms night than expected

Senator from Texas complained he missed daughter’s birthday while on the road campaigning for GOP candidates

The Independent UK

Twins, sons and happy meals: Things the 118th Congress will have that the 117th does not - Roll Call

Texas will have three members who have twin siblings, while Congress will again have a father-son duo in the Senate and House.

Roll Call

Texas executes Tracy Beatty for strangling mother to death

Beatty’s lawyers argued unsuccessfully that the 2003 Smith County murder didn’t qualify for the death penalty. Neither the Supreme Court nor Texas Gov. Greg Abbott intervened on Wednesday.

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Mac Engel: Jimmy Johnson makes it clear, he would like to see the Cowboys in the Super Bowl

FORT WORTH, Texas — There are countless theories and half-truths that exist about the 1990s Dallas Cowboys, starting and ending with a friendship that can’t quite be defined, yet remains inexplicably fascinating.

Tribune News Service

As sprawl threatens their way of life, modern cowboys preserve Texas culture through rodeo

What possesses a man to ride a bull?

The Independent UK

Texas judge orders sealing autopsy reports of Uvalde school shooting victims

District attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee argues that ‘release of the details contained in the autopsy records would alert potential suspects of information’

USA Today Sports Media Group

College Football Playoff Rankings: Think, Know, Believe On Second Top 25

College Football Playoff rankings reaction to the second version of the top 25. What I think, what I know, and what I believe.

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The Texas Tribune

Republicans narrowly increase their majorities in Texas Legislature

Republican incumbents are successfully defending their seats while the party appears to be making inroads in South Texas.

The Texas Tribune

State Sen. Dawn Buckingham wins bid to manage the Alamo, disaster relief funds and more as Texas’ next land commissioner

The land commissioner manages public land, enforces mineral rights leases, controls the Texas Permanent School Fund, distributes natural disaster relief funding and is responsible for the Alamo.

The Texas Tribune

Republican victories show Texas is still far from turning blue

Republicans continued their 28-year dominance of statewide races but fell short of their hopes for a South Texas congressional sweep.

The Texas Tribune

Five Texas cities vote to decriminalize having small amounts of marijuana

Voters in Denton, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Harker Heights overwhelmingly supported the local ballot propositions to decriminalize low-level possession. These moves followed Austin voters’ similar decision in May.

The Texas Tribune

Republican Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian wins reelection

Christian chairs the three-member board that oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry.

The Texas Tribune

Sid Miller declares victory in Texas agriculture commissioner race

Securing a third term with strong support across rural Texas, the Republican pledged to expand medical use of cannabis and funding for rural health care.

The Independent UK

Tracy Beatty: Texas to execute man for killing mother nearly 20 years ago

A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago

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