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Plan to cut number of polling sites in a major Texas county draws protests as Senate race looms
1+ week, 5+ day ago (541+ words) By ANNA WILDER, Associated Press/Report for America The proposal, set for a vote Tuesday, would reduce the number of polling locations across booming Tarrant County, which borders Dallas and includes Fort Worth. County officials say the plan would save…...
A $150M contract for migrant kids’ lawyers goes to a Trump-linked Texas firm, raising concerns
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (765+ words) By REBECCA SANTANA, VALERIE GONZALEZ, CYBELE MAYNES-OSTERMAN and RYAN J. FOLEY Michael Lukens, who heads the Amica Center, called the idea that the administration had given the sole-source contract to the Texas firm “upsetting and shocking.” “It really does forebode a…...
Texas judge rules that law regulating firearm suppressors and some guns can’t be enforced
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (374+ words) The ruling could allow firearm owners to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and other certain firearms without registration, while also removing a layer of background checks. Last year, Republicans eliminated a $200 tax on those devices…...
Justice Department announces hundreds of charges in multi-billion-dollar healthcare fraud crackdown
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (577+ words) A heart doctor is charged in Florida in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme, accused of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests for college student-athletes and then rubber-stamping the results as normal without reviewing them. Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges…...
Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (920+ words) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation’s cattle…...
Talarico targets Paxton’s scandals in Texas Senate race, pivoting from his sunny primary message
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (810+ words) By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JESSE BEDAYN Talarico has given Democrats their best chance in years of winning a Senate race in Texas and has boosted their still-uphill chances of retaking the majority in the U.S. Senate in November. Talarico, a former…...
Paxton makes his final pitch in Texas US Senate race against Cornyn, buoyed by Trump’s endorsement
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (634+ words) By JESSE BEDAYN and THOMAS BEAUMONT “I don’t know if y’all noticed this, but Donald Trump endorsed me,” Paxton told a small rally in a town outside Austin, inciting whoops and applause from the crowd. Paxton has been turning his…...
Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Texas GOP primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1070+ words) By THOMAS BEAUMONT, JESSE BEDAYN and KENDRIA LaFLEUR, Associated Press “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on social media. News of…...
Small cities in big Texas metro areas lead as the fastest growing municipalities in the US
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (637+ words) Small cities in big Texas metro areas were the fastest growing municipalities in the United States last year, as smaller communities in the South outpaced the rest of the nation, which has experienced a population slowdown since the start of…...
Houston changes ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE after pressure from governor
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (590+ words) By JUAN A. LOZANO Two weeks ago, Houston City Council passed the ordinance, which eliminated a requirement that Houston police officers wait 30 minutes for agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to pick up someone with a nonjudicial administrative warrant. If…...