Juan Salinas II
KERA news intern-
The manual recount found a 15-vote difference but doesn't change the outcome of the race for House District 108, which Barry Wernick lost to incumbent state Rep. Morgan Meyer.
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The mix of grant funding and financing from the state’s Flood Infrastructure Fund will go towards removing and demolishing old water pumps, renovating and adding new pump stations and improving structural controls in the sump system. The funding will also be used to construct new levees.
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators sue Dallas County, sheriff’s office for removal of hijabs after arrestThree Muslim women arrested a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier this year allege correctional officers forced them to remove their hijabs for their mugshots.
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The Fort Worth Zoo will be at the center of a high-profile animal behavior study during the April 8 total solar eclipse.
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Barry Wernick says he's requesting a manual recount not to change the results of his primary race for Texas House District 108, but to "expose flaws, if any" in the elections process. The Dallas County Elections Department refutes his claims, which Wernick made without providing evidence.
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Friday is the last day to vote early before Tuesday's primaries.
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Ground Game Texas is working to collect 35,000 signatures to put a decriminalization amendment in front of Dallas voters this fall.
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A question over Texas seceding from the U.S. was kept off the GOP primary ballot. But this is the closest the Texas Nationalist Movement has come to putting “Texit” up for a vote in the group’s nearly two decades of trying — and it could signal a shift in state politics.
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The company is cited for several serious violations tied to the explosion that injured one worker.
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Student employees say university officials told them they would find a way to maintain the LGBTQ+ program under a new anti-DEI state law, but removed it entirely at the last minute.
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The annual ranking from Children at Risk is based on academic performance, college readiness and student growth. While the index shows Dallas ISD as a bright spot, the advocacy group says more needs to be done for Texas public education as a whole.
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A proposed ordinance making its way to the city council would create a two-year pilot program allowing approved residents to grow specific native vegetation in their yards