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Texas Political Pulse
Texas Political Pulse for September 15, 2026. You received 18 news.
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| Governor Greg Abbott is directing the Texas Water Development Board to penalize data centers that don’t report their water usage. Amid the growing demand for water from data centers and other large industrial... |
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| Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The lawsuit also names a Texas county where SpaceX plans to build a multi-billion-dollar semiconductor plant as a defendant.... |
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| Former U.S. Senate and Texas Governor candidate Beto O’Rourke is in The Valley this week. O’Rourke visited the South Texas College Pecan Campus Monday as part of his Every Campus Counts tour, which aims... |
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| Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign is receiving about 54-million dollars from Texas PAC, a Republican-aligned group affiliated with the Senate Leadership Fund. The Austin-based committee... |
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| House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Texas candidate Brandon Herrera’s history of hateful comments in a televised interview over the weekend. Source: KENT NISHIMURA / Getty House of Representatives Majority... |
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| Christopher Smith, Blackamericaweb Staff |
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| ...(Nexstar) — A close Senate race, like the one between Democratic State Rep. James Talarico and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, can often be dominated by attacks and negative advertising. Millions of dollars... |
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| ...Church serving as a polling location while its senior pastor, Frederick Douglass Haynes III, runs for Congress. Haynes is the Democratic candidate for Texas' 30th Congressional District. Federal Election Commission... |
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| Rep. Jasmine Crockett's decision to commemorate Chris Brown in the Congressional Record sparked outrage among critics who condemned the move. Telling the crowd she "couldn't miss this night," Crockett... |
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| Tron Snow, Blackamericaweb Staff |
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| Austin County Sheriff’s Deputy Alyssa Lopez is presented with the Star of Texas Award by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sept. 11. Lopez was in- jured in the line of duty on April 24, 2026. Courtesy photo... |
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| Houston Chronicle |
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| Apparently, all online sports betting needed was a new name. Texas has still not legalized sports betting, but prediction market platforms like Kalshi and FanDuel nonetheless are bringing sports betting... |
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| Austin American-Statesman |
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| ...shown speaking Sept. 10 at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, got it wrong, a reader says. Texas is not a model for the whole nation. Julio Cortez/Associated Press Don’t follow Texas’ lead Re:... |
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| The Lone Star State hasn't elected a Democrat as lieutenant governor since Bob Bullock in 1994, but Vikki Goodwin says she believes Texans are tired of book bans and nanny state-style THC regulations. ... |
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| ...that could eventually transport people, cargo and medical supplies. You read that correctly, The Texas Department of Transportation said it would launch the first phase of the new pilot program in the... |
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| ...Third Ward, appealing to Black voters ahead of the midterm elections in November. Polls show that the Texas Senate race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in the state. In July, when Talarico... |
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| ...Than 280 Arrested in Allen in Largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement Operation in 10 Years From Texas Sky Ranger, ICE agents could be seen searching and handcuffing a number of people outside CVE Group... |
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| Bryan-College Station Eagle |
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| Texas Rep. Ken King said Monday he will keep pushing for the state to create a statewide system to connect all first responders and state and federal agencies during an emergency until the Legislature gets... |
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| Bryan-College Station Eagle |
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| ...Fund, the super PAC affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, is coming off the sidelines in Texas’ U.S. Senate race, placing its first ad buy of the general election in support of Ken Paxton. Texas... |
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| University Texas Daily Texan |
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| Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appeared on ESPN’s ‘College Gameday’ broadcast prior to Texas’ football game against Ohio State on Saturday to discuss a proposed bill that would add regulations to student athletics.... |
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| Texas Political Pulse for September 15, 2026. PressRelations Reports created this media review specially for you. Our team is available to answer your questions. Please, just email us: [email protected] |
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