Category Archives: State News
Judge Blocks Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate For Health Care Workers After Texas, Other States Sue
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had called the mandate “an unprecedented federal vaccine decree” on health care workers.
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Beto O’Rourke Targets South Texas In Bid To Win Back Democratic Voters He’ll Need To beat Gov. Greg Abbott In 2022
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O’Rourke has ground to make up after his own underwhelming performance with voters there in 2018 when he ran for U.S. Senate — and turning out more Latino voters has long been key to Democratic hopes statewide.
Read moreEvictions In Some Texas Cities Are Almost Back To Normal Levels As Tenant Help Dries Up
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Evictions in major Texas cities have reached levels not seen since the pandemic began. But tenant protections and financial assistance for struggling renters are beginning to fade.
Read moreRolling Blackouts Possible In Texas, Midwest As Cold Blast Looms
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), a nonprofit corporation responsible for overseeing US’ power grid, published a new report on the risk of rolling blackouts if persistent cold weather is observed this winter. The report identifies Texas as having the weakest power grid if extreme cold weather were to strike.
Read moreBeto O’Rourke Uses Opening Days Of Challenge Against Gov. Greg Abbott To Recalibrate
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O’Rourke hit the campaign trail with a pitch narrowly focused on several issues that are largely popular with voters, leaving behind the more incendiary rhetoric from his presidential campaign.
Read moreWorld’s Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Coming To Austin, Texas
Construction of the world’s largest community of 3D-printed homes is expected to break ground next year in Austin, Texas.
Read moreBiden’s Infrastructure Plan Will Set Aside About $35 Billion For Texas Projects
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The funds will help advance existing plans, pay for much-needed repairs and launch other projects for roads, bridges, broadband access, electric vehicle charging stations and more.
Read moreFederal Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s ‘Big-Company’ Vaxx-Mandate
A federal court has issued a temporary victory in a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate issuing a stay on the controversial federal government regulation in Texas.
Read moreTexas Builds Makeshift Border Wall Using Shipping Containers [VIDEO]
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott is dealing with a twin crisis of containers and his state overrun by migrants because the Biden administration has ignored the border crisis. Texas has repurposed shipping containers as a makeshift wall to block illegals.
Read moreWhite House Says Big Businesses Must Mandate Vaccines Or Require Testing By Jan. 4, Regardless Of What States Like Texas Say
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The new rules preempt state and local laws, including part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on vaccine mandates.
Read moreTexas 2021 Constitutional Amendment Election Results
Texas voted yesterday for eight proposed amendments to the state constitution. These were passed as bills during this year’s legislative sessions but required voter approval. Here are the election results:
Read moreIt’s Election Day In Texas. Here’s What Voters Are Deciding.
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Texas voters will decide on eight proposed changes to the state’s constitution. Voters in the San Antonio area will pick a new Texas House member. And Austin voters will decide whether to require more police officers.
Read moreTexas Sues The Biden Administration Over Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
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Texas sues the Biden administration over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Read moreTexas’ New Secretary Of State Says The 2020 Election Wasn’t Stolen, But His Top Priority Is Auditing Its Results
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John Scott briefly represented Donald Trump’s legal effort to challenge the election results in Pennsylvania. In an interview, he said there’s no question that Joe Biden is the president and he has “not seen anything” to suggest the election was stolen.
Read moreTexas Republicans Want To Make The State The Center Of The Cryptocurrency Universe
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Texas Republicans have largely welcomed the blockchain technology industry with open arms. But skeptics are concerned about cryptocurrency mining’s impact on the environment and energy grid.
Read moreFive Firms Being Considered For Design And Construction Of Texas-Mexico Border Wall That Gov. Greg Abbott Promised
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One of the companies being considered previously built a 3-mile barrier that is at risk of falling into the Rio Grande.
Read moreTexas Reaches $290 Million Settlement With Johnson & Johnson In Nationwide Opioid Case
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We’re not done going after these other companies,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. Overdose deaths related to opioids increased by 30% nationally in 2020.
Read moreTexas Says Popular Cannabis Extract, Delta-8, Is Illegal, Sending Retailers Scrambling
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The federal farm bill in 2018 made the substance legal because of its low THC content.
Read moreTexas Colleges And Universities Get More Than $3 Billion For Campus Construction Projects Under Bill Headed To Gov. Greg Abbott
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Before ending the special session Tuesday, Texas lawmakers reached a deal to allocate roughly $3.3 billion to higher education institutions for capital projects. The price tag went up from the Senate’s original proposal.
Read moreTexas Voters Will Decide Whether To Lower Their Property Tax Payments After Legislature Completes Last-Minute Hail Mary
:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7eaf54967fd9e1e99018c3430a2e7340/Aerial%20Suburbs%20JV%20TT%2002.jpg "Texas Voters Will Decide Whether To Lower Their Property Tax Payments After Legislature Completes Last-Minute Hail Mary")
If voters approve the measure next year, it will raise the state’s homestead exemption from $25,000 to $40,000 for school district property taxes, netting the average homeowner about $176 in savings.
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