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Temporary pause on expanded background checks for firearms appears to end
KVUE-TV Austin· 3 hours agoThe temporary restraining order blocking a new federal gun law aimed at expanding background check...
Texas GOP leaders react to new chair, sweeping policy proposals for Lone Star State
Fox News via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoAbraham George, a former GOP chair from Collin County, received endorsements from former Chair Matt...
Ken Paxton stretching boundaries of consumer protection laws to pursue political targets
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTexas attorney general repeatedly uses laws meant to protect against deceptive practices to target...
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan survives primary challenge
KDFW via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPhelan defeated challenger David Covey, who was backed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Lt....
Craig Goldman wins GOP runoff in outgoing U.S. Rep. Kay Granger’s district
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe high-stakes race pitted an established Republican lawmaker who voted to impeach Texas Attorney...
Ted Cruz among Republicans blasting Trump guilty verdict: "This is an absolute travesty of justice"
CBS News· 4 days agoBoth Democrats and Republicans point to the historical precedence: the fact that this is the first...
Frustration boils as Gov. Greg Abbott, AG Ken Paxton target GOP incumbents
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 2 days agoSign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. State Rep. Glenn Rogers is mad as hell, and he’s not being shy about ...
House Speaker Dade Phelan wins runoff, surviving challenge by Texas GOP’s far-right forces
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBusiness-minded Republicans spent millions trying to save Phelan, whose far-right opponent had the...
Molly Cook holds on to Houston-based Texas Senate seat in Democratic primary runoff
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“Because the margin in this race is so small, we need to ensure that each and every ballot is...
Texas’s run-off primary; Trump’s closing arguments
The Economist· 7 days agoDade Phelan, the speaker of Texas’s House of Representatives, squares off against a fellow Republican challenger in a run-off primary election on...