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Published 10 hours agoOne group has stayed mostly mum on Bo French’s racist post — Texas’ oil and gas industry
One of the state’s largest oil and gas industry groups condemned French’s comments about South Asian students. They have not pulled their endorsement.
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Published September 19Why Texans live and die by the gun
At the firearms training center, fear becomes the foundation of the state's violent obsession.
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Published September 19Federal judge pauses Texas Republicans’ bid to close primaries
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said in his ruling that he expects Republicans to succeed in restricting primaries to voters registered with the party during the next legislative session.
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Published September 18Texas oil and gas regulator doubles down and defies state legislature
After backlash to a new public comment policy, Commissioner Wayne Christian refused to attend a legislative hearing and cursed at a member of the public.
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Published September 18Texas freezes installation of Flock cameras along state roads
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Transportation to stop issuing permits for automated license plate readers.
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Published September 18Top Texas Republicans knew Bo French’s history of racist comments. They supported him anyway.
The Railroad Commission candidate is under fire from fellow Republicans for a post that said a picture of college students celebrating a football victory shows 'how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners.'
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Published September 18Trump’s war on immigration leaves us a weaker nation
The toll is both human and economic, and it's a shame we let it get this far.
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Published September 17Mayor Pete coming to San Antonio this weekend to stump for two South Texas Democrats
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is coming to San Antonio this Sunday to support a pair of South Texas Democrats running for Congress. Buttigieg will speak at a rally for former Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy Johnny Garcia, who’s running to represent Texas’…
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Published September 17Study shows Texas’ embattled public libraries generate $3.8 billion in economic benefits
Texas public libraries generate nearly five times the value of the public money invested in them, according to a new statewide study released by the Texas Library Association. The report, Beyond the Stacks: Economic and Community Value of Texas Public Libraries, found that every…
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Published September 17U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar says Hasan Piker’s University of Texas visit will make Jewish students ‘unsafe’
Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker is scheduled to make an appearance at the University of Texas on Sept. 30. And, predictably, not everyone’s happy about it. Students are now accusing university administrators of attempting to “soft cancel” the event by…
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Published September 17San Antonio Current launching Texas Politics This Week newsletter
The newsletter will land in subscribers' inboxes every Friday, offering a roundup of news about the Lone Star State's often-chaotic political landscape.
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Published September 16New poll of Texas Hispanic voters shows them yanking support from Republican candidates
The survey shows large majorities in the voting bloc supporting James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa even though the group swung to Trump in 2024.