Abbott calls June 14 special election for South Texas congressional seat that Republicans want to flip

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Running for Texas Senate, Raul Reyes defies the lieutenant governor who controls it

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U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela’s resignation announcement sparks a sudden special-election scramble in hotly contested South Texas

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Texas health providers are suspending gender-affirming care for kids in response to GOP efforts

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His public custody battle helped ignite a movement against transgender health care for kids. Will it carry him to the Texas House?

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Fighting care for transgender kids shifts from a fringe issue to a litmus test for Texas Republicans

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Parents of a trans child who reached out to Attorney General Ken Paxton over dinner are now under investigation for child abuse

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Beto O’Rourke says oil tycoon Kelcy Warren is suing him for defamation

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Republicans more than doubled turnout in the Rio Grande Valley compared with the last midterm primary

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Texas far-right conservatives spent millions to oust House GOP leaders, to little avail

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