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New: The Texas GOP on Saturday voted to censure five of its members in the state House, but stopped short of banning them from the 2026 primary ballot.

Texas GOP censures five, clears five but rejects banning anyone from the primary ballot

Saturday’s decisions signal a deescalating intraparty tension that heightened at the start of the year.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 2d

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Terri Langford @tlangford.bsky.social · 2d

How the Texas GOP’s bid to block lawmakers from the ballot defies a century of court precedent www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t... via @texastribune.org

How the Texas GOP’s bid to block lawmakers from the ballot defies a century of court precedent

The Texas GOP will vote Saturday to possibly bar some state legislators from running in the 2026 primary, despite repeated Texas Supreme Court rulings saying they cannot.

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Texas youth camp owners say cost of implementing new safety requirements will cripple them www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t... via @texastribune.org

Texas youth camp owners say cost of implementing new safety requirements will cripple them

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 2d

New: Texas camp owners on Friday urged the state health agency to give them more time and flexibility on costly new safety requirements, saying they could be forced to close by next summer.

Texas youth camp owners say cost of implementing new safety requirements will cripple them

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 2d

How the Texas GOP’s bid to block lawmakers from the ballot defies a century of court precedent

The Texas GOP will vote Saturday to possibly bar some state legislators from running in the 2026 primary, despite repeated Texas Supreme Court rulings saying they cannot.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 3d

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 3d

Breaking: Texas’ highest criminal court on Thursday stayed Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his capital murder conviction back to trial court.

Texas court blocks execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson

Roberson was scheduled to be executed Oct. 16 after being convicted of capital murder in 2003 for the death of his two-year-old daughter Nikki.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 3d

In the shadow of SpaceX, Rio Grande Valley students will have a chance to build their own rockets and launch them 11,000 feet in the air, under a program that hopes to spark interest in aerospace jobs.

South Texas students have a new chance to taste the race for space

In the shadow of SpaceX, Rio Grande Valley students will have a chance to build their own rockets and launch them 11,000 feet in the air, under a program that hopes to spark interest in aerospace jobs...

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 4d

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 4d

The Texas GOP’s governing board is set to meet on Saturday to consider censuring state representatives who party leaders deem insufficiently conservative to bear the GOP brand, potentially banning them from the 2026 Republican primary ballot.

Texas GOP to consider blocking lawmakers from 2026 primary ballot in first test of new censure rule

The state party’s governing board will meet Saturday to decide whether 10 Texas House Republicans tried to thwart GOP priorities during this year’s legislative session.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 4d

Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers arrived in Illinois on Tuesday — with the blessing of Gov. Greg Abbott — to boost federal immigration authorities as the Trump administration doubled down on the midwestern state.

Here is what you need to know.

With the Texas National Guard now in Illinois, here’s what you need to know about the unit

The Texas National Guard, no stranger to being deployed for immigration enforcement, is in the Midwest to “safeguard” ICE officers.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 5d

The Tribune spoke with several Texas Tech professors about new restrictions on instruction related to gender identity.

They described a system where politics shapes what can be taught and faculty have little protection if they resist.

Texas Tech system’s vague guidelines on gender identity spur more questions than answers

Faculty have spent weeks seeking clarity on new restrictions, which have often been issued by word of mouth. A written Q&A was rescinded.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 5d

$68 million COVID-era federal funding loss and other potential cuts threaten Texas opioid fight

In addition to the cuts, local nonprofits are also having problems accessing federal help for opioid reversal medication, such as Narcan.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 5d

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 5d

New: Texas selects company that will help develop its school voucher program.

Finance and technology company Odyssey will help design the application process, manage payments and review complaints for the state’s education savings accounts.

Texas selects company that will help develop its school voucher program

Finance and technology company Odyssey will help design the application process, manage payments and review complaints for the state’s education savings accounts.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 6d

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 6d

🗳️ Oct. 6 is the last day to register to vote in time for Texas' Nov. 4 election.

Here's how you can register to vote, check your registration or submit a name or address change.

Major statewide propositions will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. Here are your voting rights in Texas.

Learn more about all the ways you can register to vote, cast your ballot and protect your rights at the polls.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 6d

New: Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, announced Monday he's running for U.S. Senate, complicating an already contentious primary between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt announces run for U.S. Senate, joining Cornyn, Paxton in primary

The Houston congressman is giving up his safe seat after just two terms, scrambling the contest between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 9d

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 9d

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is demanding that Odessa, La Marque, Tom Bean and Whitesboro suspend their property tax increases as his office investigates whether they broke a new state law.

Texas attorney general tells 4 cities to drop tax hikes amid investigations into incomplete audits

Most of the cities — Odessa, La Marque, Tom Bean and Whitesboro — said they are following the law and Ken Paxton’s office is jumping the gun on enforcing new state rules.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 10d

Rural Texas leaders see data centers, which help power the world’s shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open.

Residents worry their way of life — and water — is at stake.

Economic boom or environmental disaster? Rural Texas grapples with pros, cons of data centers

Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world’s shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open. Residents worry their way of life — and water — is at stake.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 10d

Carlos De La Cruz, the brother of U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz, announced Thursday he is running for Texas’ newly redrawn 35th Congressional District in the San Antonio area.

Republican Carlos De La Cruz announces run for redrawn 35th Congressional District

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz's brother is the latest to enter a GOP primary field vying for the San Antonio-area district newly gerrymandered to favor Republicans.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 10d

New: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement complied with a federal judge's order to release from custody 28-year-old Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for two decades.

ICE complies with judge’s order and quickly releases El Paso DACA recipient

The El Paso federal judge said the Trump administration is violating the constitutional rights of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for two decades.

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 10d

The Trump administration's funding deal would reportedly ask the University of Texas at Austin to adopt a stricter definition of gender and a tuition freeze, among other conditions.

UT-Austin considering offer to adopt Trump priorities for funding advantages

The funding deal would reportedly ask the university to adopt a stricter definition of gender and a tuition freeze, among other conditions.

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