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Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and angering Democrats who assailed the move as political. The announcement, made by...
Texas Republicans propose state immigration police force
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Texas are proposing legislation that would make it a state felony to cross the border from Mexico illegally and create a new border police force that could deputize private citizens, the latest in the state's continued push to test the limits of the...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Austin American-Statesman. March 10, 2023. Editorial: Abbott’s attack on diversity policies is a step backward Gov. Greg Abbott characterizes his attack on diversity, equity and inclusion policies as a way to protect Texans against raced-based hiring and the creep...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. February 22, 2023. Editorial: Texas child porn crackdown reminds us of horrors that victims face The multiagency Operation Janus resulted in 59 arrests in the Dallas area and beyond. A law enforcement poster displaying the faces of...
Tired of Texans running for president? 2024 may be reprieve
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — It’s early yet, but next year’s presidential race may feature something the political world hasn't seen in the last 50 years: no Texans. The Texas-size hole in the field will be on stark display Friday at a closed Republican donor event outside the state...
Texas' Abbott uses televised address to target border, crime
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered no hints about whether he might run for president in a rare primetime address Thursday night, but used it to make a case that hard-line immigration measures, tougher criminal penalties and a humming economy are a model for the rest of the U.S. ...
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. February 10, 2023. Editorial: Gov. Abbott’s big DEI mistake All Texans benefit from expanded opportunity. Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that state agencies and universities have gone too far with their diversity, equity and...
Democratic Arizona governor to keep migrant busing program
PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is defending her decision to continue her Republican predecessor's program to transport migrants out of border communities. Hobbs said in an interview with The Arizona Republic published Wednesday that her focus would be on...
Texas silent after Guard member shoots migrant on border
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas National Guard member shot and wounded a migrant during a struggle this month on the U.S.-Mexico border as the soldier tried to detain the person, according to records from the state military, which has not publicly disclosed the incident. It’s...
Texas' Abbott begins 3rd term promising safer schools
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised safer classrooms Tuesday without mentioning the Uvalde school shooting as he began a record-tying third term in office that puts the Republican in line to remain a rising national figure. His inaugural address outside the Texas...
