Juan Salinas II
KERA news intern-
While the state election code gives parties the right to add a no-preference option on their primary ballots, this will be the first time the Texas Democrats allow it.
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This election could give a “traditional family values” coalition more sway over the municipal body.
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The video shows officers confronting Austin Taylor, 20, before shooting him three times. Taylor appears to be armed in the video.
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The newly elected chair and vice-chair of the Texas Republican Party each signed a "Texas First" pledge put forward by a group advocating for secession. Its president says that's "invaluable."
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Texas is one of 16 states that have open primaries. Republican convention delegates will vote Friday whether to approve a rule to close the party's primaries.
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Under a new law, Texas universities and colleges had to end their DEI programs, including scaling back and, in some cases, shuttering resource centers that served LGBTQ+ students.
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The Carroll school board voted unanimously Wednesday night to “proceed with litigation against all necessary parties related to proposed changes to Title 9 and their effect on Carroll ISD,”Carroll ISD joins Republican-led state's backlash over Biden’s Title IX change
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School administrators say protesters repeatedly violated a camping ban approved late last month that student organizers say was designed to target their protest.
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The city is asking voters to approve $485.5 million in bonds for street maintenance, park improvements, a new court building and an expansion to its public works campus to keep up with its growing population.
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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.