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Attorney General Ken Paxton has now targeted seven school districts over alleged electioneering in what he calls an effort to stop elections from being “illegally swayed by public officials improperly using state resources.” Those school districts are responding.
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Abbott endorsed the primary opponents of Texas Republican House incumbents who voted against his proposal last year to allow taxpayer dollars to pay for private school tuition of students.
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Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton disagree on who should win two dozen GOP primary races for the Texas House. Abbott has spent big in these races, while Paxton had relied on his endorsement and campaign appearances.
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The attorney general has now sued four North Texas school districts in the past week, alleging their messages encouraging voting in the March 5 primary elections violate the state's Election Code.
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Wednesday evening's lawsuit comes six days after the attorney general sued Denton ISD over administrator emails encouraging staff to vote in the Republican primary in support of public schools.
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A Texas AFT survey results released Tuesday shows nearly all impacted teachers planned to vote in the March 5 primary election.
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The district says a lack of state funding, high inflation and falling enrollment have left it with a looming $28.5 million deficit.
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In a University of Houston poll, nearly half also signaled they didn’t support Republican incumbents who voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Abbott, a Republican, called the contribution from Pennsylvania's Jeff Yass the “largest single donation in Texas history.”
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The Legislature also failed to pass election-related bills.
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The Texas House’s vote to block education savings accounts disappointed voucher advocates and likely spelled doom for additional public school funding. Both bands say they’ll keep pushing for their priorities during next year’s primary elections and the 2025 legislative session.
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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.