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(The Center Square) – Illegal entries are ongoing in Texas border counties as gotaways continue to be apprehended in residential communities.
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(The Center Square) – The Texas Rangers have filed affidavits for search warrants for the owners and employees of Camp Mystic as part of its criminal investigation into the all girl’s camp in the Texas Hill Country.
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(The Center Square) - Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed expansion at the Corpus Christi LNG terminal, advancing a project that could boost American export capacity by 24 million tons per year.
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(The Center Square) – Tuesday marks one year since President Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization, paving the way for convictions and a global crackdown on the militant leftist group.
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(The Center Square) – Texas taxpayers are funding another trillion-dollar company expanding manufacturing operations in the state.
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(The Center Square) – More polls indicate that Republicans face tough battles in statewide races in Texas in November, with Hispanics concerned about the economy driving renewed support for Democrats.
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(The Center Square) – Several key Congressional Republicans are urging the Trump administration to consider designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group that promotes Muslim rights, as a foreign terrorist organization, with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz calling for an FTO designation last week.
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(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued another directive on data center expansion, directing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to halt all permits sought by data centers until state agency audits are completed.
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(The Center Square) — Republican candidates in redrawn congressional districts across the country have appeared to distance themselves from President Donald Trump in recent weeks.
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(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott has named a 13-member state working group to design a three-year bachelor's degree he says could save Texas students $15,000 to $35,000 and cut degree costs by a quarter.
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(The Center Square) – The Texas oil and natural gas industry is showing signs of employment improvement after reporting months of job losses.
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(The Center Square) – Austin Democrats running for top statewide offices financially supported a political action committee that advocated for a ballot initiative to increase school district property taxes. They have also vocally supported increasing property taxes and state spending to additionally fund public schools.
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(Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a legal victory against TikTok, which he says makes Texas the first state in the nation to hold the social media platform liable for misleading parents about the safety of its app and for exposing children to inappropriate content.
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