@texastribune covering law, courts and politics. previously: abortion and women’s health. all my exes not in Texas: @kentuckycir @pacrossroads @npr
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I am honestly speechless to be named reporter of the year by Texas Managing Editors.
In a difficult year for media nationwide, it’s a privilege to be able to continue to do this work, one I don’t take lightly.
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On stage at #TribFest26, @GinaHinojosaTX announces a new ad featuring a “MAGA conservative” who was at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th and now plans to vote for Hinojosa over her opposition to school vouchers.
Hinojosa is running neck-and-neck with three-term Gov. Greg Abbott
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Remember all those press releases AG Ken Paxton put out during the Biden administration?
We tracked down the outcome and real world impact of all 109 lawsuits Texas filed. Paxton’s relentless Biden-bashing has become his sword and shield as he runs for U.S. Senate
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Just a little while ago, I called and congratulated @mayes_middleton for his victory in our race for the Republican nominee for Attorney General. I will have a full statement tomorrow. Onward.
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.@KenPaxtonTX in his #TXSEN victory speech: "We just sent a Texas-sized message to Washington."
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“The last of the gentlemen Republicans”: John Cornyn’s four-decade political career ends with a MAGA uprising, by @kaylaguo_
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Dallas state Sen. @NathanForTexas is the Democratic nominee for Texas attorney general, per AP. No call yet on the GOP side, but Johnson’s Senate colleague, Mayes Middleton, running ahead of Congressman Chip Roy
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Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz is heading to Texas tomorrow to campaign for Mayes Middleton in his AG runoff against Chip Roy, per a source familiar.
Trump hasn’t endorsed, but some big Trump allies, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, are ramping up attacks on Roy as anti-MAGA.
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Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Senate GOP runoff texastribune.org/2026/05/19/… via @birenbomb
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Trump says Cornyn "is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough."
"John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency." #txsen
BREAKING: Trump endorses KEN PAXTON in the U.S. Senate race in Texas
“Ken is a true MAGA warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate”
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First in the @TexasTribune: Alex Fairly, the Amarillo GOP megadonor, has given @chiproytx $2.75 million, a much-needed shot in the arm for the home stretch of his attorney general runoff against Sen. Mayes Middleton
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@mayes_middleton has given himself another $2.5 million for the runoff, campaign finance reports show.
In a reversal from the primary, Roy has outraised Middleton during this period (even including Middleton’s self-funding) and is spending more on ads so far.
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Texas Supreme Court rejects Abbott’s request to remove Democratic Rep. Gene Wu from office over redistricting protest texastribune.org/2026/05/15/… via @eklib & @kaylaguo_
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President Trump nominates @GregAbbott_TX deputy chief of staff Angela Colmenero as a judge for the Southern District of Texas. #txlege
Colmenero served as interim attorney general while Ken Paxton was suspended during his impeachment trial.
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Alito says his dog developed a mental illness and had to go to a specialty vet after moving to D.C.
“There is something in the atmosphere of the beltway that drives people crazy and Zeus is a case study proof of this.”
(That is the extent of the news from the speech.)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who most recently authored the Louisiana v. Callais decision, is at the Texas House of Representatives for the investiture of his former clerk, Texas Supreme Court Justice Kyle Hawkins, as well as Justice James Sullivan
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who most recently authored the Louisiana v. Callais decision, is at the Texas House of Representatives for the investiture of his former clerk, Texas Supreme Court Justice Kyle Hawkins, as well as Justice James Sullivan
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side note, the House’s AV system is enjoying a well-earned interim break, this is the third mic Abbott has tried #txlege
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Eleanor Klibanoff retweeted
“@mayes_middleton has established a record as one of the most conservative senators in Texas history. He will make the Texas Office of the Attorney General the strongest and most impactful AG office in the nation. He will work collaboratively with President Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice to protect our Constitution.”
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Texas, a state that rejects gambling, is an outlier among states that are trying to take on prediction markets like Kalshi.
@a_y_denrunnels reports that AG Ken Paxton twice rejected requests for Texas to join legal briefs to crack down on the markets.
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BREAKING: SCOTUS rules 6-3 in the long-awaited Voting Rights Act case, Callais. The court did not strike down Section 2, as some had predicted they would, but offered a narrower interpretation to make it harder to bring vote dilution claims
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