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Spectrum News San Antonio
Texas school district officials want more school safety funding
...updates through his web series "Catching up with Craft." He leads the fourth-largest school district in ​Texas where school safety is a top priority. "In this last ​legislative session, there was an increase in...
Jose Arredondo
04/21/2026 Online
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My Paris Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Democratic donor platform ActBlue
...donations from people outside the United States and those who have already hit the mandated donor limit. ​Texas Attorney General ​Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Monday against ActBlue, a political donations platform...
Trey Wright
04/21/2026 Online
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chron​.‌com
Well site explosion triggers large fire, evacuations in East Texas
...(32 kilometers) away, described it as a natural gas well, based on information it received from the ​Texas Department of Public Safety, city spokesperson Kevin Meyer said Tuesday. Residents were advised to...
04/21/2026 Online
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Wichita Falls Times Record News
Cornyn slams Paxton over sex offender's 'sweetheart deal' in Texas US Senate race
April 20, 2026, 12:16 p.m. CT Incumbent U.S. Sen. ​John Cornyn's campaign is lashing out at his Texas runoff opponent over a "sweetheart deal" for a sex offender. Adam Hoffman, a lawyer in Waco, Texas,...
Adam Powell
04/21/2026 Online
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KATP-FM - AMARILLO, TX
Massive $47M Project Will Transform Amarillo Travel
...mobile app $47 Million Project For Amarillo To Laredo Back on April 6, TxDOT submitted plans to the ​Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation for a $47 million project that will connect Amarillo to Laredo...
Ryan Kramer
04/21/2026 Online
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Texas Insider
Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Sanctuary City Elimination Act
...Local Police Can Comply With ICE Detainers, Ban Sanctuary Cities From Accessing Federal Funding ​Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator ​John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Sanctuary City Elimination...
04/21/2026 Online
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San Antonio Current
San Antonio food trucks eager to roll with new statewide licensing rule — mostly
...cost of operating in other cities. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Buddy’s Big Trouble and Porc Slap A new ​Texas law aims to free food trucks from a maze of city-by-city permits. And while operators of San Antonio’s...
Katherine Stinson
04/21/2026 Online
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KRIS (NBC) 6 (Corpus Christi)
6 Things to Know: Lawmakers tour Camp Mystic as investigation continues, Take Back Day
...of the world’s biggest companies. Here is what you need to know this morning. 6 Things to Know: ​Lawmakers tour Camp Mystic as investigation continues, Take Back Day ​Lawmakers tour Camp Mystic as investigation...
Bryan Hofmann, Michelle Hofmann
04/21/2026 Online
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Midland Reporter-Telegram
Why Facebook's parent company is pouring $10B in a remote Texas data center
...construction of the latest phase of the development is already underway. According to a new filing with the ​Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Wurldwide LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Meta, has embarked...
Dina Arévalo
04/21/2026 Online
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KENS Channel 5 - San Antonio
Speaker Dustin Burrows asks Texas House to investigate Roblox in response to game simulating Uvalde shooting
Burrows added the charge to his list of interim priorities, instructing ​lawmakers to study ways to strengthen child protections on gaming platforms like Roblox. Author: Kayla Guo The ​Texas Tribune Published:...
Kayla Guo The Texas Tribune
04/21/2026 Online
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KFDM (CBS) 6 (Beaumont)
'You don't go on hospice to leave alive': Waste Watch exposes signs of Texas hospice fraud
...sweeping hospice fraud crackdown in California is raising new concerns about similar schemes here in ​Texas. Federal prosecutors say a massive fraud ring in California cost taxpayers an estimated $267 million....
Aaron Drawhorn
04/21/2026 Online
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The Quorum Report
Dallas County GOP executive committee reverses decision by former Chairman Allen West to use countywide voting in the runoff
The vote was 93 to 35 to cancel West's decision. The party put Chairman ​Morgan Meyer's former GOP primary challenger Barry Wernick in charge of keeping this on track. Props to Tony Ortiz at Current Revolt...
04/21/2026 Online
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Houston Press
Cy-Fair ISD Could Ask Voters for a Tax Hike
...it was clear in an April 13 board meeting that the leaders of the third-largest school district in ​Texas aren't impressed with the funding that's come from the state in the past two ​legislative sessions....
04/21/2026 Online
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Houston Daily
Governor Abbott reappoints John Asel as presiding officer of Alamo Regional Mobility Authority
Governor ​Greg Abbott | Texas Governor ​Greg Abbott By R. L. Christiansen Apr 21, 2026 Governor ​Greg Abbott announced on Apr. 17 the reappointment of John Asel as presiding officer of the Alamo Regional...
R. L. Christiansen
04/21/2026 Online
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Houston Daily
Governor Abbott reappoints Bill Douglass as presiding officer of Grayson County RMA
Governor ​Greg Abbott | Texas Governor ​Greg Abbott By H. N. Leonard Apr 21, 2026 Governor ​Greg Abbott reappointed William "Bill" Douglass as presiding officer of the Grayson County Regional Mobility Authority...
H. N. Leonard
04/21/2026 Online
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Houston Daily
Governor Abbott renews border security disaster proclamation for multiple Texas counties in April 2026
Governor ​Greg Abbott | Facebook By M. I. Mcbride Apr 21, 2026 Texas Governor ​Greg Abbott renewed the state's disaster proclamation concerning border security on April 17, affecting dozens of counties...
M. I. Mcbride
04/21/2026 Online
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Houston Daily
Governor Abbott announces $1.7 million in career training grants for Southeast Texas schools
Governor ​Greg Abbott | Facebook By M. I. Mcbride Apr 21, 2026 Governor ​Greg Abbott announced on Apr. 17 that six Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants totaling $1,777,641 have been awarded to six...
M. I. Mcbride
04/21/2026 Online
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