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Texas Political Pulse for April 13, 2026. You received 14 news.
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Gainesville Daily Register
Hagenbuch featured at Chamber's State of the State luncheon
The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce will host ​Texas Sen. Brent Hagenbuch as the keynote speaker for the upcoming Knowledge NOW Luncheon on Wednesday, May 20, at the Gainesville Civic Center. The topic,...
04/13/2026 Online
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Houston Public Media
Trump, Iran Tensions, Birthright Citizenship Fight, and Texas Senate Drama
...everything from rising tensions with Iran to a major Supreme Court battle and growing political fights in ​Texas. The president announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, stepping back from escalating rhetoric that...
Laura Walker
04/13/2026 Online
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KSST Radio (Sulphur Springs)
Commissioner Miller Warns of Northern-Most New World Screwworm Detection: "This Is Not a Drill"
April 13, 2026 - AUSTIN - Texas Agriculture Commissioner ​Sid Miller today issued the following statement following confirmation of the northern-most New World screwworm detection in the Mexican state of...
04/13/2026 Online
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sanangelolive​.‌com
Judge Rules to Temporarily Block Texas' Smokeable Hemp Ban
...such as flower buds and rolled joints, until at least April 23. Judge Maya Guerra Gamble granted the ​Texas Hemp Business Council, Hemp Industry & Farmers of America, and several ​Texas-based dispensaries and...
Paul Harris
04/13/2026 Online
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Kurv 710
Runaway Democrats Push Back Against Order To Pay Fines For Quorum Break
Democratic leadership in the ​Texas House isn’t impressed with a House committee’s move to force quorum-busting Democrats to pay heavy fines. Dozens of Democrats fled the state last August to block a vote...
04/13/2026 Online
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My Paris Texas
Texas House Democrats who walked out over congressional map fined over $8,000 each
...Democrats $500 for each day they were absent, plus costs borne by law enforcement to bring them back. ​Texas House Democrats who staged a walkout in August over a new congressional map gerrymandered in favor...
Trey Wright
04/13/2026 Online
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KPRC NBC 2 Houston
Texas’ GOP attorney general candidates want to challenge decades-old Supreme Court rulings
(Eli Hartman/The ​Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The ​Texas Tribune) In 1975, ​Texas passed a law allowing school districts to exclude undocumented students from free public school. When a district in Tyler enacted...
Texas Tribune, Eleanor Klibanoff
04/13/2026 Online
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Houston Press
Will Vouchers Help Poor Kids Get a Private-School Education?
...that a new taxpayer-funded voucher program could dismantle public education. Last year, Republican ​lawmakers led by Gov. ​Greg Abbott championed "Education Freedom Accounts," a $1 billion school choice program...
04/13/2026 Online
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Houston Daily
Governor Abbott appoints eight to Early Childhood Intervention Advisory Committee
Governor ​Greg Abbott | Facebook By H. N. Leonard Apr 12, 2026 Governor ​Greg Abbott announced on Apr. 10 the appointment and reappointment of eight individuals to the Early Childhood Intervention Advisory...
H. N. Leonard
04/13/2026 Online
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
Three Rivers blames Corpus Christi for causing it to declare drought disaster
...cases, declarations can open the door for state funding streams to address the problem at hand. Gov. ​Greg Abbott threatened to take over Corpus Christi in early March because of the city's management of its...
Noah Alcala Bach
04/12/2026 Online
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Texas Public Radio
Texas House committee slaps Democrats with nearly $422K in penalties for 2025 quorum break
...of the 89th Legislature. The committee assessed an additional $118,889.81 penalty to reimburse the ​Texas Department of Public Safety for expenses incurred in trying to compel those members to return to the...
Andrew Schneider
04/12/2026 Online
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Rio Grande Guardian
Cornyn: There are so many good things happening in Brownsville
Following a roundtable discussion on workforce training, U.S. Sen. ​John Cornyn held press conference at the Texas A&M Engineering and Advance Manufacturing Hub. (Photo credit: City of Brownsville) We...
John Cornyn
04/12/2026 Online
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Fort Worth Report
Tarrant activists, officials ask Texas education board to ‘keep Islam out of social studies’
Skip to content True ​Texas Project members board a bus outside Grapevine’s First Baptist Church on April 7, 2026. The group traveled to Austin to testify at the State Board of Education public hearing...
Marissa Greene, Cecilia Lenzen
04/12/2026 Online
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
Tony Gonzales' new scrutiny, Poteet Strawberry Festival's legal fight topped week's news
Sexually charged texts between U.S. Rep. ​Tony Gonzales (R-San Antonio) and a then-campaign aide have placed the embattled congressman under renewed scrutiny this week. Gonzales exited his reelection bid...
04/12/2026 Online
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