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Nearly half of Texas high school students who earn college credits are Hispanic, study says

Despite the group’s strong participation, Hispanic students graduate college at a lower rate than peers in the program, according to a report.

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Houston ISD superintendent didn’t illegally funnel state money to out-of-state schools, TEA says

The Texas Education Agency found that checks mailed to Miles’ charter school network in Colorado were eventually deposited into the network’s Texas account.

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Colin Allred, Ted Cruz blast each other as “extreme,” throw jabs on border and abortion in Senate debate

The debate proved combative from start to finish, with Cruz and Allred trading barbs on nearly every issue that came up.

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Laredo enters its sixth day of a boil-water notice after E. coli is discovered in water system

The South Texas city is the latest to grapple with aging water infrastructure, which officials suggested could have been the cause for the E. coli outbreak.

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Texas rejects insurance rate increase for coastal homeowners, businesses

Texas Windstorm Insurance Association officials argued they needed a 10% rate increase to help insure a growing number of policyholders.

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A Texas rematch: Republican Mayra Flores aims to beat Democrat Vicente Gonzalez for U.S. House seat

Flores briefly represented the district after winning a 2022 special election. Gonzalez went on to beat her by nearly 9 points in the general.

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A Panhandle town says goodbye to its newspaper

Watch this documentary about the final run of the Canadian Record, a small-town, family-owned newspaper that closed last year.

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South Texas congressional races remain the most competitive — but this time Democrats are playing offense

The same candidates will be running in Texas’ 15th and 34th Congressional Districts, though the presidential and Senate races could mix things up.

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5th Circuit Court orders federal judge removed from Texas foster care lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, the state’s de facto foster care czar, has been overseeing the case since 2011.

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Judge reportedly strikes down Texas law that Ken Paxton frequently uses to investigate companies and nonprofits

A federal judge said Texas’ “request to examine” statute amounts to unconstitutional search and seizure, Bloomberg reported.

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Robert Roberson’s final efforts to stop Texas execution dwindle as support for clemency grows

Few options to avoid death remain for the Palestine man, who is set to be executed Thursday on the basis of a shaken baby syndrome diagnosis.

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Texas students can now see which state public universities would accept them before they apply

Students can enter their class rank, grade point average, and standardized test scores to get a list of universities to which they’d be admitted.

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Galveston man drops wrongful death claims against women who allegedly helped his ex-wife get an abortion

Marcus Silva and the women agreed to drop lawsuits against each other just days before they were set to go to trial.

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Can ire over abortion ban finally put a Democrat on the Texas Supreme Court?

Three Republican incumbents are being targeted for their role in recent abortion rulings by a new Democratic political action committee.

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Ken Paxton’s voter registration suit against Travis County returned to state court

A federal court’s decision is the latest development in a bitter pre-election brawl between Republican state officials and Democratic county leaders.

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Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller subpoenaed to testify in his former political consultant’s criminal trial

Todd Smith was indicted in 2022 on felony charges of theft and commercial bribery related to taking money in exchange for hemp licenses that are issued by Miller’s office.

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“Should we be worried?”: Another well blowout in West Texas has a town smelling of rotten eggs

Experts warn that more blowouts should be expected unless oil and gas companies change their methods.

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Here are the Texas House races that Democrats and Republicans think they can flip

Democrats — riding a wave of enthusiasm sparked by Kamala Harris’ nomination — think they can flip just enough House seats to stop Republicans from passing school vouchers.

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Texas lawmakers signal openness to expanding film incentive program

Directors, producers and actors say better incentives in other states pull projects away from Texas, which is losing out on millions of dollars.

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Fight over West Texas nuclear waste plan to hit U.S. Supreme Court

A company has long pursued the plan to move “high-level” nuclear waste from power plants across the nation to a storage facility in Andrews County.

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Texas overrides local lawsuits to negotiate smaller settlements with polluters, Harris County officials claim

A 2017 law lets the state block local governments, individuals and nonprofits from suing polluters and pursue the cases itself.

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Mental health support for toddlers has lagged in Texas. That’s now changing.

Lawmakers and child care centers are pushing for a statewide mental health system for toddlers.

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Republicans raise $1 million targeting South Texas House races as Democrats invest elsewhere

Democrats have long held an edge in South Texas, but Republicans see an opening there to expand their House majority.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Legislature will review Deloitte’s contracts after public loan project scandal

The examination of Deloitte’s existing contracts comes after it failed to catch red flags in a company’s application for a loan to build or upgrade power plants in the state.

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Elon Musk steps into Texas legislative races with $1 million donation to business group

Musk has recently emerged as a key backer of GOP nominee Donald Trump, whose top allies in Texas are at war with the group that received Musk’s largesse.

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