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With $27.6 million haul, Beto O’Rourke sets a new fundraising record in Texas politics

Incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott entered this year with a much larger war chest and still has the financial upper hand in the race. He raised $24.9 million over the same time period.

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For Lubbock residents, conserving energy to prevent mass outages is a new thing to navigate

Until last year, Lubbock residents didn’t get electricity from the main power grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Now, many residents are getting used to requests to limit electricity consumption.

The Texas Tribune

Governor: Uvalde video 'shocking' account of police response

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says it's “shocking” that newly leaked video of the Uvalde school massacre doesn't match what he had first described to the public as a swift and brave confrontation

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Beto O’Rourke rallies Dems in Dallas, knowing he’ll need GOP support for governor

DALLAS — Beto O’Rourke will recommit to delegates at the Texas Democratic Party convention Friday in Dallas, but flirt with independents and Republicans on the outside.

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Smog levels in Texas surge during heat wave, bringing worst summer air quality in a decade

Emissions are reacting with the summer heat to create high levels of smog, hazardous air pollution that damages the lungs. But state officials are pushing back on ozone pollution controls proposed by the EPA, arguing such rules would compromise the electric grid.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott leads Beto O’Rourke by 5 points, poll finds

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democrat Beto O’Rourke by 5 percentage points in the Texas governor’s race, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

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A leaked video shows in painful detail how incompetent the Uvalde response was

The footage shows cops checking their phones, cleaning their hands while children were being killed.

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Migrants say US policy at border is leading to abuse by Mexican authorities

MONTERREY, Mexico — A campaign by Mexican governors, under pressure by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to stem the flow of migrants from Central America and beyond to Texas has led to a surge of complaints of abuse by state authorities, including violent attacks, extortion and even forcing migrants to disembark…

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Texas death row inmate asks to delay execution to donate kidney

A man on death row in Texas has asked the state to delay his execution so that he can donate a kidney.

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Texans urged to save energy as extreme heatwave strains power grid

Electricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits, shattering records

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Texas grid nears breaking point as heat drives up demand

The Texas power grid is facing its biggest test of the year as scorching temperatures threaten to drive demand for electricity beyond the system’s breaking point.

Tribune News Service

After Uvalde, will Texas lawmakers push for a school discipline crackdown?

DALLAS — State leaders are parsing the Uvalde shooter’s past, looking for signs that could inform plans aimed at preventing future mass shootings in Texas schools.

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Beto O’Rourke to launch 49-day campaign tour of Texas

The Democratic gubernatorial challenger plans to hold 70 public events in more than 65 counties.

The Texas Tribune

Judge orders Texas not to investigate two more families with transgender children

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas judge on Friday issued an injunction prohibiting the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from pursuing child abuse investigations into two more families with transgender children.

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Administration seeks Supreme Court OK on deportation policy

The Biden administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to put in place guidance that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk

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What we know about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant executive order

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is testing state powers to enforce federal immigration laws, citing a surge of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border.

Reuters

'Don't vote for that party': Mexican president slams Texas migrant policy

Mexico's president on Friday attacked the governor of Texas' latest steps to crack down on unauthorized migration, saying he would urge voters of Mexican origin in the United States not to vote for "anti-immigrant" candidates.

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LZ Granderson: Texas keeps trying to make slavery sound less slaveryish

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Most Texans disapprove of trigger law banning abortion, say state is on wrong track

A majority of Texans disapprove of the state’s trigger law, which will ban almost all abortions, new polling shows.

The Texas Tribune

Understaffed, and under federal investigation, Texas juvenile detention system halts intake

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department doesn’t have enough staff to keep minors safe or deal with increasing suicidal behavior, its interim head says. Gov. Greg Abbott recently shifted millions of dollars from the long-troubled agency to his controversial border security mission.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott empowers state authorities to return migrants to border crossings

Immigration law enforcement is a federal responsibility. Abbott appears to be testing the limits of state authority by empowering state law enforcement to bring migrants to the ports of entry — stopping short of using state resources to expel migrants from the country.

Salon

Abbott's lead over Beto shrinks: poll

Abbott's lead now smaller than when Republican George W. Bush ousted Democrat Ann Richards in 1994

The Texas Tribune

Volkswagen argues that Greg Abbott’s choice of judges in lawsuit could tilt emissions case in Texas’ favor

Because the state is a party in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s cases against the companies, Volkswagen lawyers have argued that allowing the Texas governor to appoint justices to a case for which the state stands to win a substantial amount of money would give “the impression that the State has…

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Voter fraud claims not new to Republicans

The Republication preoccupation with voter fraud didn’t start with Donald Trump.

WEKU

Uvalde shooting victims are not getting funds fast enough, local officials say

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

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