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The Katy News
Sens. Cruz, Daines, King, Colleagues Celebrate Passage of Bipartisan Resolution Commemorating National Park Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Angus King (I-Maine) in introducing a bipartisan resolution marking April 20th through April 28th as National Parks...
04/29/2024 Online
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Dallas Express
Local Appraisal District Election Will Cost $645,000
...bill authored by Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), which was passed during the second special legislative session last year. SB 2 stipulated that counties in Texas with a population over 75,000 will have...
04/29/2024 Online
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Community Impact Newspaper Austin
Austin ISD faces budget deficit, high transfer rate
...pointed to the basic student allotment not increasing since 2019 as a financial constraint. "The Legislature has chosen not to increase public education funding," Segura said. "And so when we did agree to...
Elle Bent
04/29/2024 Online
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Houston Public Media
Colleges don’t have to refund tuition because COVID moved classes online, Texas Supreme Court rules
...physicians and health care workers. As of 2021, 28 other states have passed similar laws. That legislation has failed in at least one state: in September, Arizona's state appeals court struck down a pandemic...
04/29/2024 Online
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KWTX (CBS) 10 (Waco)
Cruz, Allred say Federal Authorities should protect Jewish students at universities with protests
...2024 at 8:45 AM CDT|Updated: seconds ago Share on X (formerly Twitter) (CBS News Texas) - Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas told CBS News Texas they believe the U.S. Justice...
04/29/2024 Online
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Abilene Reporter-News
How Tiktok is becoming an indirect political tool in the Texas Republican runoffs
...that divided House Republicans last year. Among those facing Yass-backed opponents is House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, who has been targeted for defeat by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and by former President...
04/29/2024 Online
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Austin American-Statesman
Pay raises for teachers? Austin school board weighs tax increase amid budget shortfalls
...beef up public education funding to meet rising inflationary costs. Lawmakers last year, with Gov. Greg Abbott pulling the strings, tied increases to education spending with approving school voucher legislation...
04/29/2024 Online
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KSAN (NBC) 3 (San Angelo)
Cruz proposal for lawmakers facing threats to get special airport security escorts is blocked
...Security Committee, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The provision, backed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), would have provided security escorts and special screenings for members of Congress,...
Alexander Bolton
04/29/2024 Online
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88​.9 KETR
Faculty petition to hold no-confidence vote in UT-Austin president after protest response
...demonstrators and faculty who are supporting them. "Fine. Don’t do the job UT hired you to do," Rep. Tom Oliverson, a Cypress Republican who is running for Speaker of the Texas House, wrote on social media...
Julius Shieh
04/29/2024 Online
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Texas Civil Justice League
SCOTX Upholds Pandemic Liability Protection Act in Retroactivity Challenge
...Art. I, § 16, Justice Blacklock pointed out that whereas the 1869 Constitution explicitly barred legislation from retrospectively "depriving a party of any remedy fro the enforcement of a contract, which...
George Christian
04/29/2024 Online
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Corpus Christi Caller Times
Coastal Bend school leaders seek ways to advocate for schools
...Collector Kevin Kieschnick said that there are efforts to address these challenges through state legislation. Advocacy efforts with lawmakers State Rep. Todd Hunter, a Republican representing part of Nueces...
04/29/2024 Online
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KAMR-TV NBC 4 (Amarillo)
More than 250 musicians call for concert ticketing …
...Thursday letter addressed to Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and ranking member Ted Cruz (R-Texas). "As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood,...
Tara Suter
04/29/2024 Online
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KAMR-TV NBC 4 (Amarillo)
Sen. Cornyn looks ahead to race for GOP leader
...the educated workforce to be able to fill those good, well paying jobs." As for his colleague Sen. Ted Cruz, who voted against both CHIPS and the aid package, Cornyn gave his full support for reelection....
Grace Gates
04/29/2024 Online
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KAMR-TV NBC 4 (Amarillo)
Texas governor calls for ban on gender non-conforming teachers, LGBTQ+ educators respond
DALLAS (KXAN) — At the Young Conservatives of Texas’ April 19 convention in Dallas, Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for an "end" to gender non-conforming behavior by teachers, according to audio released...
Cora Neas
04/29/2024 Online
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Dallas Morning News
Trump trial reveals how National Enquirer faked attack on Ted Cruz’s father
Sen. Ted Cruz embraces his father, Rafael Cruz, and wife Heidi after suspending his presidential campaign in Indianapolis on May 3, 2016. (Bloomberg/Daniel Acker) By Gromer Jeffers Jr. 5:00 AM on Apr...
04/29/2024 Online
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UTD Mercury Online
Know your enemy: Comets should direct DEI ban anger at legislators, not just admin
...from having offices related to diversity, equity and inclusion or endorsing such "ideology," as Sen. Brandon Creighton calls it. In practice, this means employment, admissions or programs which reference "race,...
Maria Shaikh, Yiyi Ding
04/29/2024 Online
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