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New Texas law triggers legal battle over affordable housing agreement
A legal battle is heating up over a new Texas state law that advocates say is closing the curtain on tax exemptions that developers have…
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Dessert recall as FDA issues consumer risk warning
A brand of pecan bars is being recalled due to unidentified allergens. Cheesecake Royale, Inc. has recalled a batch of its Bake-a-holic…
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Goldman’s US$500 million Texas expansion takes shape in Dallas
Goldman Sachs’ US$500 million bet on Texas is poised to put a stamp on the Dallas skyline. The storied investment bank’s new office…
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Texas Gov. Abbott celebrates passage of 'One Big Beautiful' redistricting map
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to sign the new congressional map after it was approved just hours earlier by the state Senate. Source link
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Video: California and Texas Face Off in Redistricting Fight
new video loaded: California and Texas Face Off in Redistricting Fight By Laurel Rosenhall, David Goodman, Rebecca Suner, Leila Medina and…
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Far-Right GOP Representative joins Texas A.G. Race
Far-right Freedom Caucus member Chip Roy—whom President Donald Trump once described as “weak and ineffective”—is now running for Texas…
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Who Is Dustin Burrows? Even by Texas Standards, He’s a Lawless Bully
It’s the all-too-familiar premise that authority exists to dominate the opposition, and the law means whatever the leader says. In any…
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“Game On”: Dem Governors Hit Back at Texas Forcing Through Rigged Maps
Texas appears to have sparked a redistricting domino effect. Republicans in the Lone Star State forced through their gerrymandered maps…
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Texas Dem Who Rejected Authoritarian Tactics Threatened With Felony
On Tuesday, Texas Representative Nicole Collier chose to sleep on the floor of the State House rather than be subject to draconian 24-7…
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To counter Texas, California lawmakers take up plan to redraw congressional districts
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Monday kicked off the process to redraw the state’s congressional districts, an extraordinary action…
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Barack Obama sends message to Texas Democrats over redistricting battle
By James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as…
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Beto O’Rourke on His Big Texas Fight: “This Is for All the Marbles”
There’s the power that Gavin Newsom has—as you know, on that one, he’s moving forward. They have a very small window within which to act,…
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Jury finds Texas couple guilty of concealing and harboring bakery workers in the U.S. illegally
Two South Texas bakery owners are guilty of concealing and harboring employees in the U.S. illegally, a jury found Wednesday afternoon…
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Texas GOP Ropes Public Safety Office Into Hunting Democrats
“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor, and worse,” Trump told a…
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Texas Cracks Down on Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying for More Taxpayer Money
Other states, too, might have had enough. Source link
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Newsom welcomes Texas Democrats who fled to foil Trump's redistricting plan
SACRAMENTO — California became center stage for the national political fight over House seats Friday when Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomed…
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Texas judge blocks Beto O'Rourke from helping runaway Democrats
A Texas judge issued a restraining order Friday blocking former Rep. Beto O'Rourke from using his political group to help state Democratic…
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Texas Is the Dry Run for the GOP’s Dismantling of Electoral Democracy
They know what they’re doing. In his opening remarks, King outlined his reasons for sponsoring the bill: “My first objective is to create…
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Powerful labor coalition backs redrawing California's congressional map in fight with Texas and Trump
One of California’s most influential labor organizations endorsed redrawing the state’s congressional maps to counter President Trump’s…
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Cornyn Says FBI Will Do Republicans’ Bidding and Hunt Texas Democrats
The FBI has agreed to help hunt down Texas Democratic lawmakers, according to Republican Senator John Cornyn, who made the request. “I am…
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A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey
Evie Cavallo is a young woman who lives in a shoe. To be specific, she rents a twenty-foot-tall cowboy-boot-shaped building, with an…
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WATCH: Susan Ferrechio answers questions on the redistricting fight in Texas
Democratic lawmakers have fled Texas to try to block the state's effort to redistrict congressional lines. Source link
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Texas Democrats Trying to Stop Gerrymandering Face Bomb Threat
On Sunday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on law enforcement to “hunt down” Democrats who left the state in protest against…
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Commentary: Newsom vows Texas will be 'neutered' by California. Will voters let him do it?
Gov. Gavin Newsom made a ballsy threat this week to Texas legislators who are trying to gerrymander voting maps in favor of Republicans.…