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LONESTAR — 8.18.2025 — Abbott Awards First Semiconductor Grant — Obama Backs Texas House Democrats Amid Redistricting Battle — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) has announced a $3.6 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant to Austin Community College District…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.15.2025 — Texas Economy Takes Dip Amid Trade and Immigration Battle — Illinois Judge Blocks Arrest of Texas Democrats — and More...

A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows that Texas’ economy is slowing as job growth narrows,…

1 year ago

Online Program Managers Empower Latino Students

By Rosa Mendoza Latino students have achieved significant gains in higher education over the past two decades, which is largely…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.14.2025 — Paxton Wants O'Rourke Jailed — Texas Senate Democrats Stage Walkout — and More...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to have Robert “Beto” O’Rourke jailed, accusing him of blatantly defying a court…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.13.2025 — Texas GOP Pressures Democrats to Return — Texas Senate Pursues Lawsuit Against Abortion Drug Makers —Much More...

Texas GOP Pressures Democrats to Return as Flood Relief, Redistricting Stall Texas Republicans intensified efforts to compel Democratic lawmakers back…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.12.2025 — Abbott Claims Redistricting Fight 'Could Literally Last Years' — Cornyn Urges Texas Supreme Court to Act on Fleeing Lawmakers — and More...

Governor Greg Abbott (R) defended his decision to pursue the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.8.2025 — FBI Responds to Request to Locate Texas Democrats — Crockett Calls Cornyn a 'Bipartisan' Republican — and More...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has responded to a request from U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R) to assist in locating…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.7.2025 — O'Rourke's Group Accused of Funding Democrat Exodus — Paxton Launches Investigation into Powered by People — and More...

Powered by People, former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D) political group, is allegedly a key financial backer of the Texas…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.6.2025 — Texas Democrats Face Civil Arrest Warrants — Democrat Donors Back Cornyn — and More...

Texas House Approves Civil Arrest Warrants for Democrats This week, the Texas House voted to authorize civil arrest warrants for…

1 year ago

LONESTAR — 8.5.2025 — Abbott Threatens to Remove Democrats who Break Quorum — Texas Democrats Flee State to Oppose Redistricting — and More...

Tension between Republicans and Democrats has reached a tipping point as Governor Greg Abbott (R) has threatened to remove from…

1 year ago