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Congressman Al Green’s Statement on Federal Court’s Ruling Eviscerating Houston’s Minority Business Program
Congressman ​Al Green released the following statement regarding the recent federal court ruling eviscerating the City of Houston’s Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise Program: Congressman ...
Aframnews
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Dallas Observer
North Texas community colleges set to lose millions amid state funding changes
The state incentivized community colleges to improve student success outcomes. Now, ​Texas can’t afford to pay up. Community colleges in North ​Texas have multiple programs for new students to recieve assistance...
Emma Ruby
07/30/2026 Online
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Houston Public Media
Texas could send a record four GOP women to Congress — if they make it through November
...124 male candidates in the GOP primaries. Also emerging from those contests were incumbent Reps. ​Monica De La Cruz, R-Edinburg, and ​Beth Van Duyne, R-Irving. But that cohort still has to make it through...
Samanta Habashy
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Houston Public Media
Gov. Greg Abbott cleared the way for the hemp industry in 2019. Now businesses are being pushed out
Go Easy in Oak Cliff has put many of its products on sale before the closure of the ​Texas shop. (KERA | Rebekah Morr) When Molly Mathias first opened her cannabis shop in Dallas’ Bishop Arts, she hoped...
Emily Demotte
07/30/2026 Online
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Texas Standard Statewide
Laredo’s drag performers, bar owners and allies navigate restrictive new law in Texas
...children. Critics say the law is too vague. By Patricia LimJuly 30, 2026 8:43 amGovernment & Politics, ​Texas Standard Original Patricia Lim / ​Texas Standard Serene Fantasea performs during the Gateway City...
Patricia Lim
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klif​.‌com
Texas DPS Finds Radioactive Cesium-137 Buried Near Midland County Road
...corporal to a 100-millicurie cesium-137 source buried several inches underground, according to the ​Texas Department of Public Safety ( DPS The corporal, assigned to the agency's Radiological/Nuclear Threat...
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klif​.‌com
O'Hare Puts Tarrant County Election Integrity At Center Of Reelection Bid
...Tarrant County, and it is a record I am proud to run on," O'Hare told The Dallas Express County ​reforms become campaign pitch O'Hare's campaign website credits him with championing numbered paper ballots,...
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San Antonio Observer
James Talarico Defends Jasmine Crockett as He Works to Earn Black Voters' Trust
Black Voters Could Decide Democrats' Chances in ​Texas, Talarico Told theGrio, Warning That Defeating ​Ken Paxton Requires Party Unity Democratic U.S. Senate nominee ​James Talarico says his forceful defense...
Meta Time
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San Antonio Express-News
Texans unite like never before against data centers and their tax exemptions, writes columnist Chris Tomlinson.
An activist railing in front of the ​Texas Capitol against anything new near her Central ​Texas ranch got flustered, warning that China's Communist Party was infiltrating data centers and renewable energy...
Chris Tomlinson
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Kurv 710
Construction Industry Leaders Issue Warning About ICE At Meeting
...the region. The group was part of a meeting Wednesday in Pharr that included Democratic Congressmen ​Henry Cuellar and ​Vicente Gonzalez. Both congressmen support limiting ICE to targeting violent criminals...
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ktbb​.‌com
Governor candidate calls for moratorium
TYLER - ​Texas State Rep. ​Gina Hinojosa is calling on her opponent Gov. ​Greg Abbott to stop future data center projects and convene an emergency ​legislative session. With less than 100 days until the general...
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ktbb​.‌com
East Texas teacher named among Gov. Abbott’s new state classroom commission
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KETK) — A Nacogdoches ISD teacher has been appointed to Gov. ​Greg Abbott’s new Texas Classroom Commission, which brings educators across the state to help shape the future of education....
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klif​.‌com
Rep. Brandon Gill Honors Fallen Carrollton Soldier At Packed Flower Mound Open House
U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill (R-​Texas) honored fallen Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales before a packed crowd Wednesday at his Flower Mound district office , where constituents gathered for an open house and America...
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Tyler Morning Telegraph
Smith County hears county offices and law enforcement departments' 2027 budget requests
...court meeting Tuesday. Judge Neal Franklin and commissioners heard presentations from the county's ​Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agency, Facility Services Department, District Clerk's Office, County...
Leeza Meyer
07/30/2026 Online
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NewsRadio 1080 KRLD
DPS Elite Team Swiftly Secures Radioactive Capsule Midland
A highly radioactive capsule was safely recovered from shallow ground in Midland County after a ​Texas Department of Public Safety trooper detected it during a routine patrol last week. Texas DPS A highly...
Joe Kelley
07/30/2026 Online
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Bryan-College Station Eagle
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Substance found in van after Houston ICE shooting wasn’t drugs, DA and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia say
...shot by an ICE agent in Houston earlier this month — was not an illicit drug, according to U.S. Rep. ​Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office and a lawyer representing Salgado...
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