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Statewide battles, Latino voters and down-ballot contests: the biggest Texas political stories to watch in 2026
The Texas Tribune’s politics team has compiled five of the top stories we're watching this year, when voters will have their first chance to make their opinions known on the events of 2025.
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18mTexas DPS’ voter registration problems were flagged months before notice went out to local election officials
County elections administrators have received at least 500,000 applications that need to be processed before Monday’s registration deadline.
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15mHow Mike Morath’s agency helped get an AI tool in Texas public school classrooms
The State Board of Education raised concerns about Alpha School's AI tool. Then the Texas Education Agency helped pilot it in public school districts.
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9mManagers draft FWISD goals, superintendent limits. Here’s what they propose
The draft goals and limits will shape how Fort Worth ISD’s state-appointed board holds Superintendent Peter Licata accountable.
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3mEx-Dallas police officer who killed Black man in apartment she mistook as her own gets parole
Amber Guyger’s fatal shooting of Bothman Jean in 2018 drew attention due to its strange circumstances and because it was one in a string of shootings of Black men by white officers.
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7mSenate GOP smashing political spending records in Texas with ad-buying binge for Ken Paxton
With the Senate GOP majority hinging on a red Texas, Republicans spent an eye-popping $122 million in September to support nominee Ken Paxton. But the polls have hardly budged.