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GOP candidate seeks to block Dem’s win amid eligibility question

Lawyers representing Republican Alan Blaylock asked the Secretary of State to declare his Democratic opponent Ericka Lomick ineligible because of a previous North Carolina felony.

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Texas maternal death rate drops to pre-pandemic levels as mental health becomes the leading cause

The highly anticipated maternal mortality report published Friday after the state delayed its release until after the midterm elections.

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Scalding state review blasts Texas funeral agency’s lax oversight of body donation program

The identified shortcomings raised “serious concerns” about the stability and operation of the agency, the review found.

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Ken Paxton’s office drops lawsuit accusing NCAA of deceptive marketing of women’s sports

The Texas attorney general had accused the college sports organization of allowing transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.

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Jon Rosenthal names Railroad Commission transition team, priorities in first address

The Cypress Democrat said in Midland that he’d push to raise salaries, boost production and turbocharge orphan well plugging.

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Transgender Texans feel “unbridled joy,” renewed hope after Democratic midterm wins

LGBTQ+ advocates want newly empowered Democrats to focus on lifting all communities without forgetting their prior support for trans Texans.

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Parents of students with disabilities fear losing Texas’ “life-changing” school vouchers

Democrats vowed to end the state’s education savings accounts, which give more than 18,800 students with disabilities public funds for private school and homeschooling.

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SpaceX confirms it’s eyeing public parkland, but says it won’t buy Boca Chica Beach

Elon Musk’s company has discussed buying 1,200 acres of state land near its rocket facility, but says it intends to preserve half the property as coastal habitat.

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Feds greenlight construction of advanced nuclear reactors in Texas

The project, a partnership between chemical giant Dow and nuclear startup X-energy, is intended to kickstart a new nuclear era.

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Ken Paxton finalizes divorce from state Sen. Angela Paxton days after his U.S. Senate loss

The outgoing attorney general is officially divorced from his wife of nearly four decades, 16 months after she filed to end the marriage “on biblical grounds.”

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East Texas Republicans ran their campaigns differently than the rest of the state by bucking culture war rhetoric

East Texas Republicans fought for their positions the old fashioned way — by focusing on local issues and needs.

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Texas executes Brownsville man for killing three small children in 2003

John Rubio, 46, became the state’s eighth death row inmate to be executed this year. Rubio killed his 1-month-old daughter, 1-year-old son and his common-law wife’s 3-year-old…

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