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TEXANS’ RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS UNDER ATTACK … AGAIN
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Texas House Republicans who want to oust Speaker Dade Phelan have coalesced behind a single opponent: state Rep. David Cook, R- Mansfield. A total of 48 representatives are backing the two- term representative, including four who dropped their own bids for speaker.
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Voter registration deadline nears for November election
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A 200-page report from the Department of Homeland Security faulted U. S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the Uvalde school shooting in 2022, concluding they “ failed to establish command and had inadequate training” in one of the deadliest classroom attacks, The Dallas Morning News reported.
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Fall is just around the corner! Which means the 2024- 2025 hunting season is here. Dove hunting season opens this weekend. Be sure to get a license from Texas Parks and Wildlife and as always be safe.
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A 26- page report from the Texas Comptroller concludes that the state needs 306,000 additional homes, a shortage that has sent housing costs soaring, The Texas Tribune reported. Homebuilding hasn’t kept up with the booming economy as millions of new residents have moved here over the past decade, leaving more than half of the state’s homeowners and renters struggling to find and keep affordable housing.
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The dog- day heat wave has sent power demands to new records, the Austin American-Statesman reported. With much of the state enduring an excessive heat warning, power demand peaked at 85,559 megawatts last week, breaking a record set last August.
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