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South Texas coal-fired power plant to switch to clean energy after receiving more than $1 billion in federal money

South Texas coal-fired power plant to switch to cl...

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Texas lawmaker files bill to reduce “forever chemicals” in sewage-based fertilizer

Texas lawmaker files bill to reduce “forever chemi...

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Why were border wall materials put up for auction? Here's what you should know.

Why were border wall materials put up for auction?...

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Monopoly Tycoons in a Game of Jenga: The Censorship of Bodies, Protest, and Speech at UT-Austin

Monopoly Tycoons in a Game of Jenga: The Censorshi...

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Texas House panel may never hear Robert Roberson’s testimony after new legal move

Texas House panel may never hear Robert Roberson’s...

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Cartels turn to social media to lure Americans into human smuggling as Texas enforces stricter laws

Cartels turn to social media to lure Americans int...

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Attorney General Ken Paxton files motion to block death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying

Attorney General Ken Paxton files motion to block ...

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Texas is now home to 31 million people even as population growth slows

Texas is now home to 31 million people even as pop...

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Donald Trump hopes a Republican challenges U.S. Rep. Chip Roy over debt ceiling opposition

Donald Trump hopes a Republican challenges U.S. Re...

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Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject

Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Emb...

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Texas’ latest effort to deter migrants is a billboard campaign in Mexico, Central America

Texas’ latest effort to deter migrants is a billbo...

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Texas regulators shelve an electricity market reform proposal they say does too little to shore up grid

Texas regulators shelve an electricity market refo...

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Texas’ citrus industry — once an agricultural powerhouse — is on the brink of disaster

Texas’ citrus industry — once an agricultural powe...

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Join us Jan. 29 for a conversation with Austin May...

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U.S. House members want answers on Texas’ decision to not review maternal deaths after near-total abortion ban

U.S. House members want answers on Texas’ decision...

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As landowners resist, Texas’ border wall is fragmented and built in remote areas

As landowners resist, Texas’ border wall is fragme...

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Texas Republicans want voters to provide proof of citizenship. Arizona’s law holds lessons.

Texas Republicans want voters to provide proof of ...

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Gov. Greg Abbott announces more than $500 million in public safety grants

Gov. Greg Abbott announces more than $500 million ...

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South Texas groups sue TCEQ for temporarily allowing SpaceX to discharge industrial water without a permit

South Texas groups sue TCEQ for temporarily allowi...

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Rep. Michael McCaul calls Tulsi Gabbard a “baffling” pick to lead intelligence community

Rep. Michael McCaul calls Tulsi Gabbard a “bafflin...

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Uvalde’s Darkest Hour

Uvalde’s Darkest Hour

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Texas has big goals for college completion. In places like the Coastal Bend, how to get there is still murky.

Texas has big goals for college completion. In pla...

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Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocumented Texans into fear, uncertainty

Trump’s promise of mass deportation throws undocum...

3 days ago 39

An emerging Texas megadonor just pledged $20 million to “expand a true Republican majority”

An emerging Texas megadonor just pledged $20 milli...

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Texas school districts asked to return $16 million in federal funding for special education services

Texas school districts asked to return $16 million...

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Texas GOP threatens House members who support Dustin Burrows in speaker race with attack mailers

Texas GOP threatens House members who support Dust...

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Editorial Moves at the Observer

Editorial Moves at the Observer

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A school voucher program in Texas is more likely than ever. Can lawmakers craft a bill they agree on?

A school voucher program in Texas is more likely t...

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Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate Robert Roberson a second time

Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate Rober...

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After learning hard lessons in Austin, Greg Casar to take Congressional Progressive Caucus in new direction

After learning hard lessons in Austin, Greg Casar ...

4 days ago 33

Texas regulators report more than 250 new cases of groundwater contamination

Texas regulators report more than 250 new cases of...

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Trans in the Heart of Texas

Trans in the Heart of Texas

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Growing oil industry support for methane reduction rule could help it survive Trump’s return

Growing oil industry support for methane reduction...

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Dustin Burrows walks a tightrope seeking Republican and Democratic support for Texas House speaker bid

Dustin Burrows walks a tightrope seeking Republica...

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Expanding college financial aid will help Texas meet workforce needs, new higher ed chief says

Expanding college financial aid will help Texas me...

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Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abortion provider

Texas files first lawsuit against out-of-state abo...

1 week ago 49

A new Texas GOP rule could alter the House speaker’s race — and ban some Republicans from appearing in primaries

A new Texas GOP rule could alter the House speaker...

1 week ago 54

Dustin Burrows on bipartisanship, school vouchers and why he still thinks he’ll be Texas House speaker

Dustin Burrows on bipartisanship, school vouchers ...

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Bearing Witness

Bearing Witness

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“The best time to prepare”: Migrant rights group warns undocumented Texans to plan for deportations

“The best time to prepare”: Migrant rights group w...

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SpaceX wants to turn its Texas launch site into a city

SpaceX wants to turn its Texas launch site into a ...

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Join us Jan. 13 in Austin for a conversation with Comptroller Glenn Hegar

Join us Jan. 13 in Austin for a conversation with ...

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Amid a national attack against transgender people, Odessa elected its first gay City Council member

Amid a national attack against transgender people,...

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Will Texas Finally Wind Down Border Security Spending?

Will Texas Finally Wind Down Border Security Spend...

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Texas professors self-censor for fear of retaliation, survey found

Texas professors self-censor for fear of retaliati...

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A South Texas lawmaker's 15-year fight for a Rio Grande Valley law school

A South Texas lawmaker's 15-year fight for a Rio G...

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Gov. Greg Abbott backs David Cook over Dustin Burrows in Republican fight for House speaker

Gov. Greg Abbott backs David Cook over Dustin Burr...

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Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas

Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine ...

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Attorney General Ken Paxton sues companies over “forever chemicals”

Attorney General Ken Paxton sues companies over “f...

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TEA Exoneration of Mike Miles’ Charter Schools Leaves Questions Unanswered, Raises New Ones

TEA Exoneration of Mike Miles’ Charter Schools Lea...

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