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High gas prices eating into Texans’ budgets, fueling inflation

The average price for a gallon of gas in Texas has risen from $2.55 in early February to $3.78 at the end of April.

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A Houston ISD exec tapped for Beaumont schools superintendent during its second state takeover

Former Houston school administrators now work as superintendents or key executives in three districts under Texas’ control. This is Beaumont’s second state intervention in recent years.

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Family seeks answers on Afghan man’s death in ICE custody

Nazeer Paktyawal, a 41-year-old who fought with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, died in a Dallas ICE facility soon after his arrest in March. His family still doesn’t know what caused his death.

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U.S. Supreme Court weakens key pillar of Voting Rights Act, opening the door for Texas to redraw political maps

While the court did not strike down the provision entirely, Justice Elena Kagan said Wednesday’s ruling made Section 2 of the VRA “all but a dead letter.”

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FIFA could make billions from the World Cup. Texas host cities will get little in return.

Almost all of the costs for organizing the tournament fall on the cities, whose ability to collect revenue is limited. In Texas, that could leave taxpayers on the hook.

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Texas inmate James Broadnax faces Thursday execution amid final appeal arguing he wasn’t the shooter

The death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, pointing to a codefendant’s confession in the shooting death of two people.

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Corpus Christi delays action on plan to cut water use by 25% if emergency is declared

A Level 1 emergency, which could arrive in September, would limit households to 5,250 gallons a month under proposed restrictions. About 30% of residential customers use more.

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Disaster declarations ripple through South Texas amid water crisis

Small towns around Corpus Christi worry where they’ll fall on the pecking order if the region’s water runs out.

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TribCast: Texas’ looming data center fight

As Texas lawmakers prepare to tackle the thorny data center issue next session, what can we learn from Virginia's experience?

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Texas DACA recipient will be allowed to return after Trump administration deported him

José Contreras Diaz, 30, was arrested earlier this year during an immigration-related appointment and missed his son’s birth. He was deported to Honduras, the country he left when he was 8.

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Camp Mystic director apologizes to families of campers, counselors who died in flood

Parents confronted the Eastlands in an emotional hearing Tuesday over the camp’s failure to protect the children it was entrusted to care for.

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Talarico leads both Cornyn, Paxton in new polls of Texas’ U.S. Senate race

The Austin Democrat, who won his party’s nomination in March, led Cornyn and Paxton in two successive polls, though he did not crack 50%.

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Texas Railroad Commission GOP runoff: Who is running and what to know

The May 26 runoff pits incumbent Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright, who’s pitching himself as a “proven advocate for Texas energy,” against Bo French, who has cast himself as a “MAGA conservative.”

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Texas wants to ban in-home ketamine and add more physician oversight during treatment

Ketamine industry leaders say Texas Medical Board’s proposal to require physician supervision or limit treatments to two people at a time will force clinics to close.

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Data center boom strains Texas homebuilders’ need for electricians

Texas builders struggle to finish new homes to meet growth as data centers with deeper pockets poach electricians.

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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map

The high court had previously allowed the map to be used temporarily, but Monday’s ruling makes that permanent.

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Meet the mayor of a tiny Texas town who wants to limit how cities can govern

A push to restrict local governments’ power is having downstream effects in tiny towns and big cities like Dallas.

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Poor preparation doomed Camp Mystic victims, investigator tells Texas lawmakers in harrowing account

The summer camp hadn’t prepared counselors and staff with adequate emergency training, an evacuation plan or flood preparedness supplies, the investigator concluded.

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Republican runoff: Who is running for Place 3 and what to know

The criminal court decides death penalty case appeals and rules on petitions for those who believe they’ve been wrongfully detained. Alison Fox and Thomas Smith are in the runoff for Place 3’s Republican nominee.

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ICE releases El Gamal family after re-arresting mother and 5 children, attorney says

A plane carrying the family to Michigan was reportedly on its way back to Colorado after a Texas federal judge ordered a halt to their deportation following his ruling that they be released.

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Texas agency finds Camp Mystic emergency plan insufficient

The camp has 45 days to revise its plan as it aims to reopen for campers this summer. Other youth camps also had deficiencies to correct in their plans, according to the agency that must review them.

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Texas police can arrest people suspected of entering country illegally, federal court rules

The conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Senate Bill 4, the 2023 law that lets state police arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally.

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North Texas Rep. Pat Fallon running to lead GOP on influential House Oversight Committee

Separately, Amarillo Rep. Ronny Jackson is considering a bid for the top Republican spot on the House Armed Services Committee in the next Congress.

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How Texans can purchase tax free emergency supplies

From April 25–27, certain emergency supplies are tax-free if their total cost (including shipping and handling) stays below set limits.

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Texas child abuse investigations over gender-affirming care no longer blocked

The Texas Supreme Court lifted temporary injunctions protecting three families and members of PFLAG, Inc., after CPS cases were dropped.

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