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Trump to tap Texas “border czar” to lead U.S. Border Patrol, report says

Mike Banks, a former Border Patrol agent, has served in his current role as a special advisor to Gov. Greg Abbott since January 2023.

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Texas has a big water problem. This state lawmaker hopes he has the solution.

Texas’ population is booming and there is not enough water for everyone. State Sen. Charles Perry hopes to fix that.

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How Fort Worth supplanted Austin as Texas’ top boomtown

The growth is fueling higher rents and home prices in the North Texas city that was once seen as a more affordable option to Dallas and other major cities.

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Texas lawmakers eye sharing health care workers with other states to address provider shortages

Advocates say interstate compacts, which allow professionals to use their work licenses in multiple states, can solve Texas’ workforce shortage. Skeptics fear Texas would send more workers than it would receive.

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Winners and losers from the Texas House speaker’s race

The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and some Democrats who supported the winner.

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Criminal appeals court to rehear election wrongdoing case involving Washington County Republican

The Court of Criminal Appeals will rehear a case it threw out last year. Three of the judges became targets of Attorney General Ken Paxton over another ruling and lost reelection.

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TribCast: Power and influence under the pink dome

The Texas Tribune’s politics podcast digs into what the speaker’s race tells us about the next 140 days in Austin.

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Former Texas congressman vows to keep politics out of CIA as director

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Republican U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA.

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Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says

A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% staff turnover rate.

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U.S. Supreme Court weighing constitutionality of Texas’ age-verification requirement for porn sites

The Supreme Court’s decision on Texas’ law, which adult entertainment website attorneys said were the most overreaching in the country, could determine the fate of similar laws in more than a dozen other states.

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The air in 12 Texas counties exceeded federal soot standards. Only four may face consequences.

Critics say TCEQ is erroneously using a federal rule to exclude counties that are failing federal soot rules.

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Texas GOP chair claims church-state separation is a myth as lawmakers, pastors prep for “spiritual battle”

Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center public life around their faith.

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See how Texas House members voted in the speaker race

The race pitted state Reps. David Cook and Dustin Burrows against each other. Here’s how each representative voted.

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Texans only Democrats in Congress to vote for bill restricting trans athletes

Republicans accused Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of supporting gender transitions for children throughout the 2024 election cycle, which he said took a political toll.

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EPA report says “forever chemicals” in sewage-based fertilizer pose cancer risk

Fertilizers that contain treated sewage tainted with toxic PFAS chemicals can be spread on farmland and pose a health risk to people who consume milk, eggs and beef, the agency says.

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Rep. Dustin Burrows voted Texas House speaker in blow to insurgent GOP movement

Burrows defeated Rep. David Cook with a coalition of Republican and Democratic votes.

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Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas A&M president’s job over claim that university broke DEI ban

Abbott's comments came after A&M invited staffers and students to attend a conference that a conservative activist said broke the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Texas House to pick new speaker, concluding brutal proxy war

The new speaker will have a dramatic impact on the direction of this year’s lawmaking — and potentially the future of the Legislature.

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Republican infighting flares after Burrows elected speaker

The Texas House kicked off the 2025 session by electing an establishment Republican to lead the chamber, drawing criticism from within the GOP.

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The Texas Legislature is back. Here’s what we’re watching.

From debating school vouchers and improving the state’s water supply to reining in property taxes, the GOP-led body will look to pass its conservative priorities amid fighting within the party.

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When is a business to blame for over-serving? Texas Supreme Court weighs the line in drunk driving case

The court’s ruling could boost a state law that allows drunk driving victims to sue businesses that over-serve alcohol to intoxicated individuals.

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Gov. Greg Abbott appoints Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Shawn Thierry to juvenile justice board

Thierry became a Republican cause celebré for breaking with Democrats over her views on transgender rights.

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Texas lawmakers will have $194.6 billion to spend for the next budget, comptroller projects

The estimate includes $23.8 billion leftover from the current budget cycle.

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Texas Supreme Court to decide legal battle over El Paso migrant shelter’s future

Justices on Monday heard arguments from Annunciation House, which is fighting to stay open, and the Texas Attorney General’s office, which claims the shelter’s work with migrants violates state law.

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Texas Legislature 101: How bills become laws — and how you can participate in the process

Here’s a rundown of how legislation moves through the Capitol, the ways lawmakers operate and who the power players are.

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