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Trump nominates U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Houston to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Hunt, an ally of the president, finished a distant third in the Senate Republican primary in Texas earlier this year.
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6mSuburban Houston voters will be the first in Texas to decide the fate of Flock cameras
Tuesday’s election will determine if League City can keep its 55 cameras operating along city roads.
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16mVoting rights groups in Texas have cut back on outreach efforts amid threat of criminal penalties
State lawmakers passed strict restrictions in SB1 that criminalize paid workers helping voters with mail ballots.
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13mAn Hinojosa win would be a political feat, but she wouldn’t inherit the power Abbott holds
Even if a Democrat were in the Governor’s Mansion, Republicans would likely control the Legislature. Divided government could mean limited political control.
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4mDeposition ties national GOP women’s group to texts about transgender youth
A representative with the messaging group that sent the texts testified that they were deployed on behalf of the Republican Women’s Caucus Fund.
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5mHarris County removes audience tags from get-out-the-vote ads targeted by Texas AG’s office lawsuit
Calling the promotions discriminatory, the state agency had demanded in its suit that the ads, which urged social media users to make a plan to vote, be halted or changed.