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Abortion, private school vouchers and legislative control are the key issues in Texas’ 2024 election

Texan voters will have significant influence in November, both within and outside the state. They will be electing a U.S. senator, 38 U.S. House members, 150 state House members, as well as various judges and local elected officials. Additionally, they will have influence over important questions.

The Texas Tribune

Can Democrats Keep the Texas House Anti-Voucher?

Four years after a failed attempt to flip the lower chamber, the minority party has set its sights on a more modest objective.

Texas Observer

How a school voucher supporter won in a Texas House district with almost no private schools

Gov. Greg Abbott said the primary showed Texans want vouchers. In House District 18, an ad blitz and immigration fears may have played a larger role.

The Texas Tribune

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Two Venezuelans Arrested on Firearms Trafficking Amid Texas' Crackdown on 'Tren de Aragua' Gang

Governor Abbott recently promised that "Texas will not let these thugs use our state as a base of operations to terrorize our citizens"

Latin Times

Does Dade Phelan have the votes to keep his job as Texas House speaker? It depends on how you count.

Phelan appears to lack support from the majority of House Republicans, but he could still win with some Democratic support.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Latinos See Immigration as a Top Issue, a Vision Not Far Off From the Rest of the State Population

Immigration emerges as a top issue for Texans as migrant apprehension decrease and violent rhetoric from Gov. Abbott continues

Latin Times

A Texas Pipeline Giant Is Backing a Regulatory Disaster

Energy Transfer owns the pipeline that caught fire recently near Houston, and it’s setting another fire at the National Labor Relations Board with the help of right-wing jurists.

Texas Observer

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Project 2025's gay adult film scandal

MAGA may toss a top anti-LGBTQ activist over past behavior — yet their ranks remain full of cranks and conmen

Salon

Indicted NY mayor tries Trump strategy

NYC Mayor Eric Adams was indicted for taking bribes from foreign officials — yet somehow migrants are to blame

Salon

Texas AG Ken Paxton Targets New Nonprofit Providing Aid to Migrants

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center received an investigative demand over any ties with the sponsorship program allowing people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to migrate legally to the U.S.

Latin Times

Texas' Abbott Posts Ominous Warning of Alligators in Rio Grande Amid Continued Crackdown on Border Crossings

It's not the first time the Texas governor has posted about the risks of alligators for immigrants on his X account

Latin Times

Despite warnings, Texas rushed to remove millions from Medicaid. Eligible residents lost care.

Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable.

The Texas Tribune

Greg Abbott Offers Reward for Information Leading to Arrest of Tren de Aragua Members

The governor is offering up to $5,000 for each one of the suspects. Last week he declared the Venezuelan-born gang a "foreign terrorist group"

Latin Times

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Almost 100,000 People Whose Citizenship Documents Were Not Confirmed Can Vote the Full Ballot

The decision comes after officials found a database error that designated voters as having access to the full ballot. They were already able to vote in federal races

Latin Times

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Latin Times

Despite Recent Cases, a Texas District Attorney says El Paso is not "Ground Zero" for Tren de Aragua Activity

By labeling the gang as a foreign terrorist organization, Texas can now increase resources to combat the group as well as creating a dedicated task force

Latin Times

New Mexico Gov. Says Greg Abbott Wants to 'Make Texas its Own Country' As Razor Wire Between States Surfaces

"Gov. Abbott's latest political stunt at the border will have no meaningful impact on our nation's broken immigration system" said governor Lujan Grisham

Latin Times

GOP-led States in the Midwest Spend Millions Supporting Texas Border Operation Despite Sitting Thousands of Miles Away

Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska have spent approximately $7.1 million sending national guards, state troopers and other types of law enforcement to Texas

The Independent UK

Which Mexico are you? New Mexico furious after Texas installs razor wire along its border

Texas’ latest move is a ‘political stunt’ that will have ‘will have no meaningful impact on our nation’s broken immigration system,’ New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said

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Latin Times

Abbott 'Tripling' Razor Wire Barriers Facing New Mexico To Prevent Spill Of Illegal Migrant Activity

Texas escalates border security measures despite drop in migrant apprehensions.

Latin Times

Texas Sees Increase in Border Apprehensions in August as National Figures Rise Slightly

The Rio Grande Valley and Del Rio sectors saw 4% and 6% increases, respectively. It's still much lower than the historical records seen in December

The Texas Tribune

What you need to know about the Venezuelan gang that Texas is targeting

Gov. Greg Abbott has declared the Venezuelan gang a foreign terrorist organization and asked the Department of Public Safety to create a strike team targeting them.

The Independent UK

Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man's execution

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers is urging Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt an execution

Latin Times

Autistic Texas man facing execution seeks clemency with support from detective who convicted him: 'We were wrong'

the former detective admitted grave errors in the investigation and prosecution of the case

Top News

GOP Lawmakers Accuse Liberal PAC Of Impersonation And Harassment

Republican lawmakers express concerns over a liberal PAC impersonating GOP staffers, raising security worries for elected officials.

The Texas Tribune

Democrats hope anti-voucher campaign will help win back South Texas House seat

The first-term Republican defending her seat said a private school voucher program will help her community, especially students from low-income families.

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