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Texas Political Pulse for December 17, 2025. You received 15 news.
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KENS Channel 5 - San Antonio
Incarcerated veterans training shelter dogs through new partnership
...director of AAS. Last Thursday, the Austin City Council approved the partnership between AAS and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). It's a creative approach to address the overcrowding animal...
Melia Masumoto
12/17/2025 Online
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Texas Border Business
House Passes Cornyn’s Bill to Strengthen Vetting of Unaccompanied Alien Children
...Hamilton Act Targets Sponsor Screening for Unaccompanied Minors Listen to article (english) U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement after his Kayla Hamilton Act, which would require the...
12/17/2025 Online
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Spectrum News South Texas-El Paso
Morning Briefing Texas: Sen. John Cornyn pushes for fusion office in U.S. Department of Energy
Good morning, Texas. Here's what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner TBD Get your 7-day forecast: Austin | San Antonio | Dallas Introducing Spectrum News+ Watch the latest news and more local...
Rhett Brady
12/17/2025 Online
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Dallas Express
EXCLUSIVE: Paxton Launches Portal To Report Men In Women's Bathrooms
Attorney General Ken Paxton is launching a complaint portal so Texans can report men in women's bathrooms, The Dallas Express has exclusively learned. Paxton has launched a complaint form on his office's...
Logan Washburn
12/17/2025 Online
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Blaze Media
Texas sues five TV manufacturers for secretly 'spying' on owners
...Texas attorney general says television companies have become unwelcome visitors in consumers' homes. Ken Paxton announced five separate lawsuits, including two against Chinese companies, alleging that the...
Andrew Chapados
12/17/2025 Online
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Texas Scorecard
My Conversation With Greg Abbott
...discuss his plan on property taxes and numerous other policies affecting Texas. My Conversation With Greg Abbott December 17, 2025 In today’s episode, Governor Abbott and I discuss his plan on property taxes...
The Luke Macias Show
12/17/2025 Online
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San Marcos Daily Record
Why Abbott wants to let taxpayers decide city tax rates
JOSHUA FECHTER TEXAS TRIBUNE Today, 06:00 AM Gov. Greg Abbott, as part of his reelection campaign, wants to make it harder for Texas cities and counties to raise property taxes — a move that would put...
Joshua Fechter Texas Tribune
12/17/2025 Online
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KSAT ABC 12 San Antonio
Absences at this Texas school system soared when a measles outbreak hit
...decades, sickening 762 people across Texas in seven months. That number could have been even higher. The Texas Department of State Health Services says there were an additional 182 potential measles cases reported...
Makiya Seminera
12/17/2025 Online
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Alvin Sun-Advertiser
U.S. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS TEXAS' REDISTRICTING MAP
Shocking as some may consider the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the 2026 Texas map of voting districts, others may see this new map as an interesting maneuver to remove a contentious and truly radical...
Carm Hooper
12/17/2025 Online
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Texas Tribune
Texans can use school vouchers for pre-K, but the pool of families who qualify is limited
...already qualify to receive free public pre-K services will be able to apply for state funds under Texas' voucher program. Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily...
Jaden Edison
12/17/2025 Online
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Lamb County Leader-News
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.5 Billion in Nov.
By News Staff on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Body (AUSTIN) — Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.5 billion in November, 5.4 percent more than in November...
12/17/2025 Online
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Big Bend Sentinel
From the Border
...Stryker, operated by US Army troops deployed to the Big Bend, rolls down the River Road near Redford, Texas, where high school senior Esequiel Hernandez, Jr. was killed by a Marine patrolling the border in...
Rob D'amico
12/16/2025 Online
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KFDA-TV CBS 10 (Amarillo)
Texas AG sues Xcel Energy for Smokehouse Creek Fire
...CST|Updated: 22 minutes ago Share on X (formerly Twitter) AUSTIN, Texas (KFDA) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Southwestern Public Service Company, which operates in Texas as Xcel Energy, for causing...
Kaitlin Zamora
12/16/2025 Online
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Texas Scorecard
Property Rights Group Raises Concerns Over Federal Endangered Species Act Reform
The House Natural Resource Committee will consider the legislation on Wednesday. By Addie Hovland | December 16, 2025 Federal lawmakers will meet Wednesday to mark up legislation that amends the Endangered...
Addie Hovland
12/16/2025 Online
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GT Industry Insider TX
Texas Comptroller Launches Local Fiscal Transparency Database
...submitting accurate data; the Comptroller’s Office does not independently verify submissions. The Texas Comptroller’s Office has launched a new public-facing database that consolidates bond, tax and project...
Chandler Treon
12/16/2025 Online
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