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Cruz, Cornyn push new retaliatory legislation that blocks U.S. water from going to Mexico
The bill is the latest effort from the Texas delegation that demands the U.S. get tougher with Mexico for failing to honor a 1944 treaty that in part governs Rio Grande water.
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5mKen Paxton raises personal-best $18 million in third quarter for Texas’ U.S. Senate race
The attorney general more than doubled his second-quarter haul, but still is well short of past totals posted by Democrat James Talarico, who has yet to announce his July-to-September fundraising.
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6mHarris County’s cashless bail policy for misdemeanors upheld
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3mTribune’s sample ballot tool now includes local elections for 16 million Texas voters
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9mTexas city charges $2 million for Flock records as agencies make it harder to see how cameras are used
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