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In a statement issued Thursday, Texas Democratic Party Chair Gilberto Hinojosa said Abbott’s remarks show that Republicans have “no morality or humanity.”
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The state has until Jan. 3 to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.
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Texas has begun flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago. Gov. Greg Abbot's office says the first flight carried more than 120 people and took place Tuesday.
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While protecting academic freedom and public employees’ right to free speech is important, the judge wrote in his opinion, the state ban did not violate those rights.
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In a setback to the Republican governor, the conservative New-Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals did not agree that migration was an 'invasion.'
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hasn't signed the bill yet, which enables local and state law enforcement officers to arrest anyone who’s entered the United States illegally.
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The runoff features two Republicans from dueling factions of the party, Jill Dutton and Brent Money, vying to finish the term of former state Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City.
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House Bill 1 includes funding for school safety and salary raises for teachers. But the measure’s most controversial provision, one creating a school voucher-like program, was stripped from the bill on Friday afternoon.
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The bill has brought together an unlikely coalition of Republicans and Democrats and may keep lawmakers in Austin even longer.
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A U.S. District Judge in Austin heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by a Columbia free speech group, which argues banning TikTok use at public universities hinders faculty research and teaching.
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Abbott’s agenda for the new special session includes — once again — school vouchers, school safety, and border-related bills.
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The legislation, which Republican lawmakers have been trying to pass since 2021, offers no exceptions for doctors’ offices, clinics or other health facilities.