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Houston attorney (D) and former council member (D) face off in special election 1 RandySF Dec 7 Dec 8 1 513
Texas becomes the first state to buy bitcoin as more states eye cryptocurrencies 9 douglas9 Dec 5 Dec 8 5 886
Texas hospital fires staffer after viral video showing pregnant woman in distress - NBC News 1 TexasTowelie Dec 5 Dec 6 15 972
County adopts election boundary contingency plan 0 RandySF Dec 5 Dec 5 0 488
Supreme Court's map ruling sends Texas Democrats toward potential primaries, retirement or higher office bids 0 TexasTowelie Dec 5 Dec 5 2 474
Civil Rights Groups Poised to Take Texas' Voter Suppression Law to Supreme Court 0 RandySF Dec 5 Dec 5 2 422
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms 4 LetMyPeopleVote Dec 4 Dec 5 4 785
Trump pardons sports executive charged by his Justice Department 5 douglas9 Dec 4 Dec 4 9 918
Texas exodus underscores the state's fading relevance in the House GOP 3 douglas9 Dec 4 Dec 4 10 1008
He's an Unapologetic Fascist Who 'Despises' Democracy. He Still Wants You to Vote for Him. 1 douglas9 Dec 3 Dec 3 15 901
Texas removes women and minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contracts 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2 Dec 2 10 931
Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship 0 douglas9 Dec 2 Dec 2 3 602
Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds 3 douglas9 Dec 2 Dec 2 4 712
Tarrant board keeps chief appraiser after vote error that skewed 2024 election 0 RandySF Dec 2 Dec 2 3 573
Early voting begins for December runoff election. Everything you need to know 0 RandySF Dec 2 Dec 2 3 503
Man arrested, accused of posting video saying he was building bomb targeting Fort Worth 0 TexasTowelie Nov 30 Nov 30 9 1063
Efforts to save Monarch butterflies show progress as Trump administration moves to rollback rules - KXAN 0 TexasTowelie Nov 29 Nov 29 11 935
My asshole congresscritter, Troy Nehls, is not running for re-election 7 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 29 Nov 29 8 1329
Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat 1 douglas9 Nov 26 Nov 26 9 762
State investigates Harris County for allegedly registering P.O. boxes as voter addresses 0 RandySF Nov 26 Nov 26 1 419
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asks City Council to move municipal elections to November 0 RandySF Nov 26 Nov 26 0 395
Governor Of Texas PANICS After Banks REJECT Thousands Of Mortgage Applications! 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 25 Nov 25 14 1553
Special Frisco City Council election draws former fire chief, insurance business owner 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 1 485
Bexar County secures $4 million to enhance election operations 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 0 381
A fifth North Texas city to consider election to pull out of DART 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 0 538
Webb County judge (D) disputes allegation that he violated federal law to dodge Texas' resign-to-run rule 0 RandySF Nov 24 Nov 24 2 425
Abbott's Moves to Restrict Muslims Leave Some Concerned and Puzzled 7 douglas9 Nov 22 Nov 22 10 947
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas GOP's congressional map 4 douglas9 Nov 22 Nov 22 6 752
Texas rodeo events canceled due to equine virus outbreak, as PRCA monitors situation 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 Nov 22 7 1016
Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red 2 RandySF Nov 21 Nov 21 6 755

Texas Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Texas Republicans in some counties are pushing to count ballots by hand in next year's primary 5 douglas9 Nov 19 Nov 20 1 642
Trump Judge Who Blocked Texas Redistricting Had Won GOP Praise 0 douglas9 Nov 20 Nov 20 10 765
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 RandySF Nov 20 Nov 20 0 243
Judge blocks Texas from using new congressional map for 2026 elections 5 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 18 Nov 19 6 653
The Texas redistricting ruling is going to affect a good number of upcoming Texas races. 0 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 18 Nov 18 4 604
Abbott sets Jan. 31 runoff for special election to replace U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner 0 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 425
Why Kamala Harris congratulated a Cy-Fair ISD school board winner for breaking a conservative majority 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 596
AG Paxton sues Texas higher education agency over work-study programs, alleging religious discrimination 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 543
Tiny GOP Counties Get Big Litigation in Paxton's Texas 3 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 665
Texas judge blocks Ken Paxton's request to muzzle Tylenol maker on drug's safety 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 436
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 216
TX-AG: Meet the candidates vying to be Texas attorney general in the post-Paxton era 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 416
Texas GOP regret 'their overconfidence' as Trump-led effort 'may end up backfiring' 4 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 Nov 2025 14 799
Mike Collier to challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick again -- as an independent 1 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 453
Texas gerrymandering may backfire 5 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 Nov 2025 19 772
Former state Rep. Chris Paddie fined $105,500 for violating revolving door lobbying law 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 358
Preliminary Injunction Hearing in Texas Redistricting Cases set for October 1-10 1 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 Nov 2025 4 718
Once a Rising Star, a Top Texas Democrat Won't Seek Re-election 4 RandySF Sep 2025 Nov 2025 3 1470
Hawkins City Council Election Overturned 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 420
San Antonio U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales to make first media appearance since staffer's puzzling death 0 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 675
Dallas to move city council elections to November 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 431
The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it's been in 11 years 4 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 565
Jolt Initiative hits back at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in fight over voter registration 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 493
More than a dozen families sue Camp Mystic - NBC News 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 449
Teen sentenced in crash that killed Alpharetta GA family of 6 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 722
Texas AG sues group over claims of illegally registering voters 4 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 526
TX-SD09: Democrat Rehmet, Republican Wambsganss head to runoff in special election for North Texas Senate seat 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 402
Almost 3 million votes cast in constitutional amendments election, most in recent history 2 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 441
New councilman elected, local results mirror statewide in constitutional amendment election 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 489
Paxton makes "extraordinary request" to block Tylenol maker from paying shareholders 4 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 735

Texas Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump 5 douglas9 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 784
Texas Congressman Al Green is changing districts due to the new Texas gerrymandered map 2 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 547
Well, shoot. Looks like all the texas constitutional amendments passed. 15 mwmisses4289 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 18 1710
I heard that Democrats/progressives had a good election night in Harris County. 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 574
Democratic-Backed Candidates Flip 3 Texas School Board Seats 2 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 620
Brad Heppner, founder of Dallas-based Beneficient, arrested on fraud charges 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 654
Houston voters deal another political blow to HISD Superintendent Mike Miles 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 509
Results: Runoff likely for Houston City Council At-large Position 4 race with Boykins and Salinas leading 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 359
A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 657
Plano leaders vote to hold DART withdrawal election next spring 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 313
North Texas community votes against forming a city to regulate a noisy Bitcoin mine 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 445
All 17 Texas Constitutional amendments pass 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 511
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 219
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson fights Republican lawsuit seeking closed primaries 1 RandySF Oct 2025 Nov 2025 2 332
'There's other options': Irving City Council to discuss potential DART pullout election 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 442
How did Austin's Proposition Q do? 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 559
Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards appear headed for District 18 special election runoff 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 362
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Election 0 cloudbase Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 372
Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo, mayor says 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 531
Two voters to decide $580 million bond election for Waco riverway subdivision development 1 RandySF Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 561
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