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  Fight to Become Next Speaker of the Texas House Ends in First-Round Knockout

  November 13 at 4 a.m.

  Barring something completely unforeseen between now and January, Dennis Bonnen, a long-serving Republican from the Houston area, is going to be the next speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. "We're here to let you know that the speaker's race is over," Bonnen said at a press conference in Austin...

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  President Trump, Please Listen to These Twitter Randos and Name Ken Paxton AG

  November 9 at 4 a.m.

  Like a lot of things that have happened over the last two years, the idea sounded like a joke at first. President Donald Trump had just forced the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and, ha-ha, wouldn't it be funny if he named still-indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...

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  Texas Attorneys Compare Common Abortion Procedure to Animal Slaughter

  November 6 at 4 a.m.

  Heather Hacker, Texas' assistant solicitor general, made it clear from the start Monday that one of the most controversial provisions of Senate Bill 8, Texas' latest and greatest piece of sweeping anti-abortion legislation, isn't about protecting women's health, as Texas Republicans have so often argued when they've defended anti-choice laws in...

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  Place Your Bets: At Long Last, Texas Democrats Have Good Reason To Stay Up Election Day

  October 30 at 11:30 a.m.

  It’s remarkable we’re here. For decades, Texas political junkies looking for action on the eve of a general election either had to look really small, to one of the few competitive Texas legislative races that might crop up now and then, or outside the state to one of the national...

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  Bringing Back Some Pot Edibles From Colorado? Texas Has a Nasty Surprise for You.

  October 23 at 4 a.m.

  Mary Jane preferred animals to people “10 out of 10 times,” she says. She grew up in southern Louisiana, a place of winding swampland roads where family ties run deep. She studied wildlife management with a focus in aquaculture at Louisiana State University. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents...

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  Despite 2017 Deal, Dallas Police and Fire Pension Still Fragile

  October 16 at 4 a.m.

  Monday, more than a year after the Texas Legislature, the Dallas City Council and the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund struck a deal to give the city some breathing room from the threat posed by a massive shortfall in the retirement system, Dallas residents got a peek at what's...