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Harrison vs. higher ed: How one lawmaker is weaponizing social media to eradicate LGBTQ+ curriculum
Harrison has been on a crusade against Texas universities, scouring course catalogs and university websites for examples of “gender ideology” or LGBTQ+ curriculum, and riling up his X followers about…
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8mTexas now requires cities to do an audit before raising property taxes. Some small towns can't afford it.
More than 130 cities, most with fewer than 10,000 residents, were blocked from increasing their property tax revenue because they had broken the law.
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7mTexas Dream Act goes to court over fight to restore in-state tuition for undocumented students
Advocates want a federal appeals court to allow them to fight for the Texas Dream Act. The law giving eligible undocumented students in-state tuition at colleges was blocked last year.
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5mDemocrat Gina Hinojosa launches first ad of Texas governor's race, to be streamed during NBA Finals
The spot will stream throughout the Spurs-Knicks series on ESPN+, depicting Gov. Greg Abbott as a basketball-playing string puppet committing “turnover after turnover of our money to his donors.”
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11mNational Democrats aim to flip 12 Texas House seats under newly expanded target list
Republicans would have just a 76-74 majority in the Texas House if the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee succeeds in flipping its targeted GOP districts.
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10mCorpus Christi delays decision on nearly billion-dollar water plant despite impending crisis
The City Council rejected the treatment plant last year over cost and environmental concerns, but plans resurfaced as the city’s water woes continued.