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Texas House Approves 2020-21 Budget Plan, With Extra $9 Billion For School Finance, Property Tax Relief

Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune / Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune / Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on March 28, 2019 · The House also signed off on a $9 billion supplemental budget that would withdraw $4.3 billion from the state savings account.

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Beto O’Rourke Raises $6.1 Million In First 24 Hours — Beating Bernie Sanders And All Other 2020 Contenders

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on March 18, 2019 · The Texas Democrat says he raked in over $6.1 million for his presidential bid in the first 24 hours of his campaign — an eye-popping number that beats every other Democrat who has disclosed first-day figures so far.

Tags 2020 Democratic primary 2020 presidential race Beto O'Rourke

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Dennis Bonnen Says He Has The Votes To Become The Next Speaker Of The Texas House

Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune / Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on November 12, 2018 · Bonnen made the announcement at a press conference at the Capitol.

Tags Dennis Bonnen Texas House

Texas Elections 2018

Here’s How to Avoid Problems with Straight-Ticket Voting in Texas

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on October 29, 2018 · Some voters have complained that their votes at the top of the ballot were changed, but the Texas Secretary of State's Office said the voting machines are not at fault.

Tags 2018 midterm elections e-voting machine election polls texas

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State Rep. Travis Clardy Declares Candidacy for Texas House Speaker

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on August 20, 2018 · Clardy is the fourth Republican to throw his hat in the ring in the race to succeed retiring House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio.

Tags texas Texas House Speaker Travis Clardy

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GOP Sues to Kick Gallego off The Ballot in State Senate Special Election

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on August 13, 2018 · The party claims that former U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego doesn't live in Senate District 19, which includes parts of San Antonio and West Texas

Tags Peter Flores texas U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego

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Ted Cruz Leads Beto O’Rourke 49-43 in Quinnipiac Poll

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on August 1, 2018 · A poll from Quinnipiac University released Wednesday gives U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz a six point lead over his Democratic challenger, Beto O'Rourke

Tags 2018 Texas elections Beto O'Rourke El Paso elections ted cruz texas texas elections

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Here’s A List Of Organizations That Are Mobilizing To Help Immigrant Children Separated From Their Families

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 19, 2018 · Thousands of immigrant children have been separated from their parents at the Texas-Mexico border. We’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help.

Tags border children immigration Trump

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Advocates Say Arming Texas School Employees Won’t Cost That Much; But Many Districts Don’t Want To Do It

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 14, 2018 · Experts say it costs about $500 to train a school employee under Texas' school marshal program. But school leaders say their worries go beyond the cost.

Tags education guns Texas school Texas School Marshal Program

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Four Things To Watch At Texas Republican And Democratic Party Conventions

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune / Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 11, 2018 · Thousands will gather at the state GOP convention in San Antonio this week. Texas Democrats will meet in Fort Worth for their biennial meeting the following weekend. School shootings and the #MeToo movement are among the issues that could loom large at one or both events.

Tags Democrat politics republican san antonio

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Voting Rights Groups Say A Citizens Commission Could Fix Gerrymandering; It’s Unlikely To Happen

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 7, 2018 · As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders a Texas redistricting case, a coalition of voting and civil rights groups is pushing to establish an independent commission in which citizens, rather than lawmakers, would draw the state’s political maps.

Tags gerrymandering texas voting rights

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In Texas, Lawmakers Have To Live In Their Districts. But Good Luck Proving It If They Don’t

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 4, 2018 · The state law that defines residency requirements is hard to enforce

Tags districts lawmakers texas

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Hurricane Season Starts June 1; Here Are Some Ways Texans Can Prepare

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 25, 2018 · People along the Texas coast should consider buying insurance, packing an emergency supply kit and learning their evacuation routes now

Tags hurricane season texans texas

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San Antonio Tops National List In Population Gain; Houston Growth Is Sluggish

ALEXA URA / Texas Tribune / Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 24, 2018 · Texas suburbs claimed the top of the list of fastest-growing cities in the nation while San Antonio added the most people of any city in the country, according to new census estimates.

Tags houston population san antonio

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In These Four Texas Counties, No One Voted In The Democratic Primary Runoffs

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 23, 2018 · Hall, King, Lynn and McMullen counties held Democratic runoff elections but no one voted. Each county only had one Democratic matchup on their ballots: the gubernatorial race between Lupe Valdez and Andrew White.

Tags Democratic primary runoffs runoffs texas

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