Texans will vote on 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution, including one clarifying that a voter must be a U.S. citizen, which is already required by state and federal law.
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State to Replace Fort Worth ISD Board Amid Failing Campuses
The Texas Education Agency has taken control of the Fort Worth Independent School District, appointing a new board of managers and superintendent to oversee the district’s campuses due to five consecutive years of failing to meet academic accountability standards.
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Texas Universities Under Fire as Lawmaker Takes Stand Against LGBTQ+ Studies
Texas Rep. Brian Harrison has been using his social media platform to pressure universities to remove courses and programs related to LGBTQ+ topics, resulting in the removal of a course at Texas State University and the resignation of a professor and president at Texas A&M.
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Texas National Guard Remains in Illinois Despite Protests and Lawsuits
The Texas National Guard has been deployed to Illinois to support ICE agents in their efforts to enforce federal immigration laws, despite protests from local officials and advocates for immigrants’ rights.
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Trump Ally Wesley Hunt Enters Texas Senate Race, Shaking up Primary
Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, has entered the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, joining Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton in a race that has already proven expensive and brutal.
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Texas Redistricting Battle Heads to Court After Abbott’s Signature
Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new congressional map into law, which is expected to increase the GOP majority in the U.S. House, but is facing lawsuits from groups representing Black and Latino voters.
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Texas Senate takes up GOP congressional map, last stop before Abbott’s desk
Texas lawmakers are poised to pass a new congressional map that would hand up to five additional U.S. House seats to Republicans, despite fierce Democratic opposition and accusations of racial voter suppression.
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Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on Texas House floor after refusing police escort
Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, refused to sign a permission slip allowing her to leave the House floor with a police escort, and remained in the Capitol overnight in protest of the GOP’s mid-decade redistricting plan.
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Texas Senate panel again advances redrawn congressional map
A Texas Senate panel again cleared a congressional map that aims to create five new Republican districts ahead of the 2026 election, despite hearing overwhelming pushback during a Sunday hearing. […]
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Dallas and Fort Worth end their diversity efforts to keep federal funding
Dallas and Fort Worth city councils have ended their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in order to preserve hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, following similar decisions by other cities and states across the country.