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

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Texas students push back against book bans for censoring LGBTQ, racial justice issues

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Analysis: The Fred Rogers test, for Texas public officials

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Uncounted mail-in ballots discovered in Harris County add uncertainty to two Democratic races

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Russia’s arrest of Brittney Griner, WNBA basketball star from Houston, adds to escalating global conflict

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UT begins $6 billion fundraising campaign, biggest ever among Texas universities

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

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Houston hospital pauses hormone therapy for transgender children as threats of child abuse investigations loom

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Texas big-city schools are dropping their mask mandates in response to new CDC guidelines

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

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