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Texas House Dean Senfronia Thompson Announces Bid for Speaker
State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving member of the Texas House, has launched a campaign for Speaker, challenging the chamber's Republican leadership.
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Travis County readies legal and law-enforcement plans for November election
County officials say they expect voting to proceed smoothly but are preparing for possible federal interference and other…
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Travis County races to address voter-registration backlog and election-system bugs
A late delivery of more than 32,000 voter-registration applications and problems with Texas’ election software have added work…
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Ballot scanner jams slow some early voters in Hutto and Travis County
Voters reported paper jams at polling locations in Williamson and Travis counties during the first days of Texas’ November…
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More than 34,000 Travis County voters cast ballots on early-voting’s first day
Lines formed at Austin polling places as Texas early voting opened Monday, with Travis County reporting more than 34,000 ballots…
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Austin forum presses council hopefuls on housing, care and data centers
More than 300 people gathered Sunday at University United Methodist Church to hear candidates in four Austin City Council…
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Gina Hinojosa’s Texas governor bid gains ground as polls tighten and donors give $25 million
Texas state Rep. Gina Hinojosa has emerged as a serious challenger to Gov. Greg Abbott, with two recent polls showing her…
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Austin ISD candidates weigh how to represent communities if Texas takes control
With state intervention possible after two middle schools received five straight failing ratings, candidates are running for…
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Austin’s surveillance inventory spans police, fire and emergency services
A public-records database identifies at least eight kinds of surveillance technology used or previously used by Austin agencies,…
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Austin voters to weigh charter-mandated audits as critics question Proposition I’s cost and purpose
Proposition I would add a voter-approved audit system alongside two city programs already examining government operations.…
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Austin plaintiff asks federal court to block planned Hasan execution video
An Austin resident is asking a federal court to bar the Defense Department from livestreaming or releasing video of the planned…
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Texas midterm contests remain within polling margin as economic worries top voters’ concerns
A University of Texas poll puts Democrats narrowly ahead in several statewide races, including James Talarico over Ken Paxton…
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Austin District 9 contest puts Qadri’s housing and development record in focus
Council member Zo Qadri is defending an urbanist record that includes eliminating parking requirements, while challengers Rich…
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Records show Paxton received $190,000 from hospital executive later indicted in alleged embezzlement scheme
Texas Ethics Commission records show Anosh Ahmed gave Ken Paxton $25,000 days after a federal indictment accused Ahmed and two…
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Vance’s Tyler rally spotlights closely watched Texas races
Vice President JD Vance was scheduled to headline a Republican National Committee rally in Tyler on Oct. 13, with several Texas…
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San Ygnacio residents press Congress for border wall exemption after construction pauses
More than 100 people gathered in the Zapata County town to celebrate a temporary lull in construction and ask for lasting…
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Austin District 9 candidate’s city firing becomes campaign issue as records detail performance concerns
Public records show Austin supervisors cited performance and communication issues when recommending Katie Kam’s termination…
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Austin District 3 race puts city audit, public safety and neighborhood services in focus
Incumbent José Velásquez faces four challengers in the Nov. 3 election, with candidates divided over a proposed city spending…
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Texas budget plan would end low-cost autism therapy program serving hundreds of children
Texas health officials are proposing to remove all funding for the Children’s Autism Program in the 2028–29 budget, despite long…
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Texas asks court to pause deadline for cooling all state prisons
Texas has appealed a federal order requiring air conditioning at all 104 state prisons by the end of 2029 and is seeking to…
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East Austin’s District 1 voters face six-way race as Harper-Madison exits
Six candidates are competing to represent Austin City Council District 1, where residents have raised concerns about…
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Flu recovery brings Talarico back before Texas Senate race’s final stretch
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico appeared Friday at Austin City Limits after a flu diagnosis kept him away from…
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Travis County says 32,000 DPS voter records are ready for November election
County election staff have entered 32,000 records recently sent by the Texas Department of Public Safety, according to Travis…
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Texas immigrant youths face court alone after federal legal-services funding ends
A federal funding decision ended a legal-services partnership that had helped more than 20,000 unaccompanied children, leaving…
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Austin Council Race Puts Housing, Big Projects and Public Trust in Focus
Five City Council seats are up for grabs as Austin voters weigh the city’s urbanist housing agenda against affordability…
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Austin draft would set six-year schedule for future bond elections
A proposed City Council resolution would make a six-year cycle the foundation for Austin’s future general-obligation bond…
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Texas PAC reports $131 million in support of Ken Paxton’s Senate bid
A Republican super PAC reported spending $131 million to back Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas’ closely watched U.S. Senate…
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Austin’s Prop I would mandate outside efficiency audits; critics warn of cuts
A proposed charter change on Austin’s November ballot would require recurring independent audits of city spending and…
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Texas utility commission challenges rulings on data center survey disclosures
The Public Utility Commission is asking a Travis County court to keep facility locations in its data center and…
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Trump to campaign for Paxton in San Antonio without Abbott
Gov. Greg Abbott says previously scheduled events will keep him from joining President Donald Trump at Wednesday’s San Antonio…
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Texas education panel weighs guardrails as four-day school weeks spread
State lawmakers heard that Texas students trail Mississippi in fourth- and eighth-grade reading, and examined whether districts’…
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Kyle sets Dec. 12 election to fill Zapata’s council seat after resignation
Kyle City Council accepted Claudia Zapata’s resignation Monday after she said harassment and threats drove her to leave the…
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Travis County races to process 8,000 voter records as Texas registration deadline closes
A state Department of Public Safety backlog has added to the usual rush before Texas’ Oct. 5 voter-registration deadline. Travis…
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Texas panel weighs menopause care gaps as doctors call for stronger training
Women’s health specialists told a Texas House subcommittee that patients’ menopause symptoms are often treated separately and…
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Texas attorney general seeks UnitedHealth records in probe of care denials
Ken Paxton’s office is investigating allegations that UnitedHealth practices may have blocked Texans from medically necessary…
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Travis County keeps voter registration sites open until midnight Monday
County offices and a drive-up registration event offered residents a final chance to register or update their information before…