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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It was near midnight just a couple days before Thanksgiving 2020 when 17-year-old Kayden Asher arrived at yet another temporary home during his yearslong tumble through Texas’ chaotic foster care system. His caseworker …
Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. As they head into a Republican primary runoff for an open congressional seat, state Rep. Craig Goldman and business owner John O’Shea each tried to convince …
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Click here to read this story in English. CONDADO DE LIBERTY — Cuando el vecindario de Colony Ridge fuera de Houston se convirtió en una fijación de los medios de comunicación de derecha el año pasado, los líderes republicanos de Texas pidieron que se actuara rápidamente. Grupos y medios conservadores describieron el desarrollo de 33,000 …
Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. “Show the speaker voting aye.” Rep. Dade Phelan cast a rare vote last May, his voice cutting through the din of the packed House as members …
Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. It’s election day in Texas, and voters are heading to the polls to choose their Republican and Democratic nominees to face off in a number of …
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribuneâs daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. LIBERTY COUNTY â When the fast-growing Colony Ridge development outside Houston became a fixation of right-wing media last year, Texasâ Republican leaders called for swift action. The 33,000-acre development had been painted by …
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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. ABILENE — First elected to the Texas House in 2016, Rep. Stan Lambert had only ever drawn a single primary challenger before this year. He won by 52 points to little fanfare. But …
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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. BEAUMONT — If past is prologue, Dade Phelan’s return to the Texas House would be all but guaranteed. Over five terms, he has never once drawn a reelection opponent, ascending to become the …
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