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Google to build three new data centers in Texas in $40 billion investment

The announcement by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is the latest multi-billion dollar investment in Texas by tech companies racing to build infrastructure that can support advanced artificial intelligence.

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Meet the candidates vying to be Texas attorney general in the post-Paxton era

At the Texas Tribune Festival, Republican and Democratic candidates made their case for why they should be the state’s top lawyer.

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In rare move, Texas AG sues state board to end work-study programs

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit claims three state work-study programs are unconstitutional because they exclude religious organizations.

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U.S. Senate hopeful Colin Allred criticizes rival James Talarico for accepting billionaire Adelson’s donations

Allred’s comments at The Texas Tribune Festival marked the first time either leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate publicly criticized the other.

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Joaquin Castro on why a Democratic Senate logjam stopped him from running for AG

The San Antonio Democrat said at The Texas Tribune Festival that he hoped to form a statewide slate with Colin Allred, Beto O’Rourke and James Talarico, but the group couldn’t find consensus.

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Democrats “defined everything by identity,” Pete Buttigieg says in critique of his party

The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.

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Voters in Texas’ 18th District waited months for an election. They’ll soon have two more.

The race to fill Texas’ long-vacant 18th Congressional District seat is headed to a runoff, just before the start of a new election cycle.

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Texas State Board of Education advisers signal push to the right in social studies overhaul

Some advisers have criticized diversity efforts, questioned the historical contributions of people of color, and promoted debunked beliefs.

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore doubles down on his state’s redistricting response to Texas

Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, the Democrat also emphasized he wasn’t running for president in 2028.

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Texas Democratic candidates pitch themselves as the best to beat Gov. Greg Abbott

Gina Hinojosa said Abbott is to blame for corruption in Texas and Andrew White spoke on abortion and immigration.

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Texas still needs a plan for its growing water supply issues, experts say

Panelists at The Texas Tribune Festival shared their opinions on what the state should do after voters approved a historic investment in water infrastructure.

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Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan says he’s “not a MAGA Republican” and couldn’t carry Trump’s agenda

At a Texas Tribune Festival event on Thursday, the Beaumont Republican said his opposition to Trump and his agenda informed his decision to give up the speaker’s gavel last year.

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Texas A&M system approves policy to restrict faculty from advocating “race and gender ideology”

Faculty are also prohibited from teaching material inconsistent with approved syllabi. The changes come in response to a recent controversy over gender identity classroom discussions.

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Texas House Democrats say they are keeping their options open for speaker in 2027

Speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival, Democratic Rep. Donna Howard acknowledged that Republicans have unified around Speaker Dustin Burrows to the point that he “may not need us” to retain the gavel.

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Texans started receiving full SNAP benefits Friday

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday ordered states to send full SNAP benefits “promptly.”

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Watch: Bishop Michael Curry speaks at the 2025 Texas Tribune Festival

The former presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church sits down with Ruth Graham of The New York Times at 12:45 p.m. Thursday.

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Texas oil and gas regulators win new power to approve projects that shoot carbon underground

The EPA handed over power to the Railroad Commission after a two-year review. Critics say the commission has been too lax with the industry.

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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton: GOP will become “Reaganite party” again post-Trump

The indicted former national security adviser, who served under the president, spoke during The Texas Tribune Festival.

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Fresh off defeating state THC ban, Texas hemp industry faces wipeout under federal deal to end shutdown

The issue roiled Texas politics earlier this year when Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a ban on THC products spearheaded by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

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Mike Collier to challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick again — as an independent

Patrick has twice defeated Collier, who was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018 and 2022.

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How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies

Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth.

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U.S. House OKs funding deal to reopen government with support from Texas Republicans

The spending package includes a provision that will criminalize the sale of almost all consumable hemp products nationwide, restoring a similar ban to the one vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott.

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Former state Rep. Chris Paddie fined $105,500 for violating revolving door lobbying law

The Marshall Republican began lobbying less than two years after donating campaign funds to other state lawmakers, according to a Texas Ethics Commission order.

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Texas lawmakers say colleges have to balance free speech with duty to keep discourse civil

Legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating conservative activities Charlie Kirk’s death.

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Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French announces run for Texas Railroad Commission

French will face commission Chair Jim Wright in the Republican primary. The three-person panel is in charge of the agency that oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry.

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