Patrick Svitek
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Officials added 36 to the estimate of lives lost in the disaster, which knocked out power in much of the state. Some experts place the toll even higher.
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State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, was dismissive of Gavin Newsom’s effort to restrict gun rights by using Texas' legal strategy to ban many abortions. He said he didn’t think his enforcement mechanism would be “effective against firmly established constitutional rights.”
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The actor said in a video Sunday that “political leadership” is a “path that I’m choosing not to take at this moment.”
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O’Rourke’s decision to challenge Gov. Greg Abbott ends months of speculation and gives Democrats a formidable campaigner at the top of the ticket — someone who transformed Texas politics with his blockbuster campaign against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018.
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In a tweet, Patrick said he supported Abbott calling lawmakers back to Austin to increase the penalty for illegal voting and approve a “forensic audit bill.”
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The Texas Supreme Court earlier Tuesday ordered that Democrats who refuse to show up could soon be detained by law enforcement and brought back to the state Capitol.
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The governor said Thursday the second special session will get underway at noon, with a 17-item agenda that includes elections, federal COVID-19 funding, quorum rules.
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Abbott also listed restrictions on transgender student athletes and restoring funding to the Legislative branch after he vetoed it on the special session agenda.
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Bush made his challenge official Wednesday evening during an event at a downtown Austin bar. Former President Donald Trump said last week that he would issue an endorsement in the race "in the not-so-distant future."
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House Bill 3979 is part of a national effort by red-state legislatures to ban or limit the teaching of critical race theory. That academic discipline examines how racism has shaped legal and social systems within the United States.