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Texas GOP seeks to enforce party purity

The state party plans to limit primaries to registered Republicans and bar candidates who have been censured

Salon

A church in El Paso that housed migrants for five decades is being contested in court by state officials

Annunciation House helped migrants find shelter when they first came to the U.S. for several decades. Now, state officials are contesting them as "stash houses"

Latin Times

To fight poverty, some Texas cities gave aid with no strings attached. Conservatives are pushing back.

Guaranteed income programs let participants use funds however they see fit. Critics argue they're not a good use of taxpayer dollars.

The Texas Tribune

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With new rules, the Texas GOP seeks to keep its elected officials in line

The state party plans to limit primaries to registered Republicans and keep elected officials it censured off the ballot. It’s unclear if it can without legislative approval.

The Texas Tribune

Dallas could vote on decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana in November ballot

The possibility depends on City Council members approving the plan. State AG Ken Paxton has sued to block similar initiatives

Latin Times

Texas Doesn't Want Automakers Sharing Your Driving Data With Insurance Companies

The state is investigating automakers that collect and sell driver data.

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Dallas voters could get the chance to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana

Other cities have passed similar measures, but Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued to block them from going into effect.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas AG Ken Paxton launches new team to prosecute online privacy and security cases

The new initiative will target companies that illegally collect and sell users’ data, Paxton’s office said.

The Texas Tribune

Maryland Elementary School Tries To Force Students To Say The Pledge

Students have a constitutional right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, no matter what school officials think.

Reason

How Texas Speaker Dade Phelan turned the tide to keep his seat

After coming in second in the primary, Phelan was at a disadvantage heading into the runoff. With record breaking cash infusions, Phelan blanketed airwaves and hired an army of campaign staffers.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws

The court ruled against 20 women who said they were denied medically necessary abortions, saying the medical exceptions in the law were broad enough.

The Texas Tribune

Here’s how school vouchers, Paxton impeachment affected the Texas GOP primaries

Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton crusaded against House Republicans who voted against school vouchers and in favor of impeachment, respectively.

The Texas Tribune

“A sham”: Texas Republicans defend Trump after guilty verdict

Republicans across the party’s political spectrum denounced Trump’s guilty verdict on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records.

The Texas Tribune

Texas runoff yields no clear winner among GOP’s warring factions, setting stage for power struggle

Neither of the Texas GOP’s dueling factions landed a clean knockout blow during a grueling primary season that only seemed to set up further chaos and strife.

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Paxton uses consumer law against foes

Paxton used laws against fraudulent or deceptive practices to pursue entities he disagrees with politically

The Texas Tribune

Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency

In limited instances, the choices some Texas voters make can later be identified using public, legally available data.

Texas Observer

Speaker Phelan Survives Texas House Demolition

But Governor Abbott completes his evisceration of anti-voucher incumbents.

The Texas Tribune

Craig Goldman wins GOP runoff in outgoing U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s district

The high-stakes race pitted an established Republican lawmaker against a right-wing candidate who had Attorney General Ken Paxton’s backing.

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Texas Republican primary shows clash between the older guard and the new firebrands

Some of the races illustrate the inner clashes of a party as of late, with conservative activists vying for control

Salon

Texas GOP calls for spiritual warfare

“This is not religious liberty — it’s Christian dominance," conservative Christian critic warns

The Texas Tribune

At Texas GOP convention, Republicans call for spiritual warfare

At the three-day convention, delegates moved the needle further to the right, preaching Christian nationalism and approving rules that would give them unprecedented control of elections.

The Texas Tribune

It’s primary runoff election day in Texas. Here’s what we’re watching.

Texans are heading to the polls Tuesday to make their final selections for which Democrats and Republicans will run for various seats in the November election.

Roll Call

What’s at stake in Texas runoff elections on Tuesday - Roll Call

A Republican who backed a gun control measure faces a Second Amendment 'absolutist' while the GOP picks a challenger to an indicted Democrat.

The Independent UK

Fate of lawsuit filed by Black Texas student punished over hairstyle in hands of federal judge

A federal judge has not issued an immediate ruling after hearing legal arguments over whether to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student in Texas over his hairstyle

The Texas Tribune

Texas GOP convention kicks off with party leaders attacking Speaker Dade Phelan

Phelan’s foe Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urged Republicans to stop giving Democrats a say in the speaker election.

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