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With polls showing Democrats neck & neck with Republicans statewide, the Texas GOP is forgiving all their internal bad blood and starting a push to do almost anything rural voters want even if it's potentially bad for almost everyone else. Listen:
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UPDATE: The Secretary of State’s office confirms it will distribute grants to counties in order to offset extra costs for processing the flood of registrations.
“They are a county government, and they are responsible for those functions,” Shaheen said. “They have a county commissioners court that sets a budget, and that is that local jurisdiction's responsibility.”
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"You Break It, You Buy It"
- Gov. Abbott says President Trump's war in Iran is what's causing the suffering at the gas pump (duh)
- Little Gov. Patrick attacks the Abbott Administration on TV
- Polls show a GOP collapse on deck in North Texas
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Covering the Texas Legislature for a living, I've seen @mayes_middleton & @NathanForTexas debate many times. Now they're both running for AG and you should get to see them debate, too. Happy to moderate. I've reached out to both campaigns for their consideration. Let's do this.
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Terribly sad news out of Houston: Former Rep. Garnet Coleman passed away overnight #TxLege
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News: Lt. Gov. Patrick told supporters at an Austin fundraiser today that some of his GOP state senators are in trouble, he and Abbott have very tight races, and Paxton is tied with Talarico - sources tell @quorumreport bit.ly/3TqxGeO #TxLege
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Republicans endorsed by President Trump and Governor Greg Abbott who voted with Democratic Rep. @GinaHinojosaTX on this property tax vote: Alders, Bumgarner, Darby, Dorazio, Holt, Hopper, LaHood, Little, Louderback, Loew, Lozano, Luther, McLaughlin, Morgan, Olcott. Property taxes are complicated, yo #TxLege
How are we lying about your record when YOU voted for it?
This is just one of 39. I can keep going. We got the receipts.
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North Texas Commission study finds more than $35 billion economic boost from defense industry in the mighty Metroplex every year, via @quorumreport bit.ly/4rrQk2I
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Those of you with @quorumreport subscriptions knew back in June that this was in the works #txlege
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Ken Paxton and his allies have spent millions in the TX Senate race on ads that accuse James Talarico of helping Chinese investors buy up Texas land.
But Paxton’s campaign took money from donors who facilitate that exact kind of investment.
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Retiring Rep Gary VanDeaver notifies Gov Abbott he is resigning effective today #txlege
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Poll shows Rep. Bumgarner and Democratic challenger Wooten in competitive race bit.ly/4xE2R4B #txlege
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Here still at the site of the shooting, ICE is camped out under the underpass but there have been moments of escalation, including when some agents came out and people got out of their cars to confront them. There are more than a hundred here.
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In 2006, GOP Gov. Rick Perry's message for re-election was "I'm proud of Texas, how bout you?"
20 years later, Gov. Abbott’s message now might as well be "I'm in Texas and I have some complaints." New Episode out now - listen:
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Rep @GinaHinojosaTX raised more than $1 million since poll dropped showing her leading @GregAbbott_TX
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SCOOP: GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton has repeatedly left a plot of land in Maui off his financial disclosures, but the land, controlled by a trust, owes several thousand dollars of property taxes on it with penalty fees and interest now due too, per a county record I saw.
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From @KarlRove: "Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat"
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Insurance Commissioner Crawford lays out proposals in response to Abbott directive on reducing costs bit.ly/4j6CKQ2
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New cigar lounge in Austin pays tribute to legendary WW2 veteran Richard Overton bit.ly/3VfAADL
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Comptroller's office just said they will release the BRE on January 12, which is also the first day of session -- not when they usually drop it right after the new year #txlege
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Sen CRUZ on Bo French’s racist tweet about UT students: “Look, it was an idiotic tweet that he sent. I wish he hadn't sent it. And and I got to say, I am celebrating every student at UT, and I was proud to be there in Austin, and it was a hell of a win. Hook ‘em horns.”
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