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Bringing awareness to breast cancer, plus a discussion on Friday’s Texas Gubernatorial debate
Posted on · October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; we’ll discuss the importance of regular screenings and how to seek treatment.
Posted on · October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; we’ll discuss the importance of regular screenings and how to seek treatment.
Posted on · Hegar had threatened to invoke a recently passed law that would force large counties to get voter approval before passing a budget that cuts funding to law enforcement.
Posted on · Abbott accused the Biden administration of violating the Second Militia clause of the Constitution and undermining his commander-in-chief power.
Posted on · The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening six COVID-19 testing sites in Texas counties with high positivity rates and growing hospitalizations. Governor Greg Abbot requested support from the Biden administration last week.
Posted on · Abbott reiterated Tuesday that Texas schoolchildren will not face mask requirements as they return to school later this summer.
Posted on · In an interview with the Standard, the governor says he’ll call “special session after special session” until the Republican-backed legislation passes.
Posted on · The 11-item agenda he released on Wednesday includes a slew of Republican priorities. Among them are measures to expand cash bail, constrain how educators talk about racism in the classroom, and bar transgender students from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity.
Posted on · We asked our readers for their questions about the special legislative session that starts Thursday in Texas. These are the answers.
Posted on · As the Legislature's special session dawns, political developments have raised the stakes for how far Republicans might go in enacting new voting restrictions, and how they might impact voters of color.
Posted on · Abbott also put border security and restoring funding to the Legislative branch after he vetoed it on the special session agenda.
Posted on · Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas to overhaul the state’s electric grid via a letter sent Tuesday.
Posted on · In a new court filing, the attorney general's office said the governor properly used his veto power when he nixed funding for the Legislature in response to House Democrats walkout over a Republican priority bill on elections.
Posted on · The Texas GOP chairman made his campaign official Sunday.
Posted on · The decision is expected to disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous and Latinx people, as well as seniors living on fixed incomes.
Posted on · Lawmakers filed a petition Friday, asking the Texas Supreme Court to reject Abbott’s veto.