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Pride carnival in Cedar Park to provide 'safe place' for LBGTQ+ community

Austin American-Statesman 28 Mar 2025
Hundreds of people rallied on Monday outside the Capitol to protest against what they said were bills harmful to queer Texans ... The Texas A&M University System also banned drag shows but that ban was temporarily blocked Monday by a federal judge.
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Abortion Exceptions Texas

Magic Valley 27 Mar 2025
Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally May 14, 2022, at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas ... .
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Texas Realtors to Rally for Property Tax Relief, Infrastructure Improvements, and Housing Affordability at the Texas Capitol

PR Newswire 26 Mar 2025
AUSTIN, Texas, March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 3,000 Texas Realtors will gather at the Texas Capitol for Realtor Day at the Texas Capitol, the association's largest grassroots advocacy event ... Realtor Day at the Texas Capitol.
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Governor Abbott, Governor Ducey Boost School Choice Support in Texas

Texas Border Business 26 Mar 2025
... support for school choice in Texas during a media availability with former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Speaker Dustin Burrows at the Texas Capitol in Austin.
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Following crash, bill would enhance data on school bus safety

Austin American-Statesman 26 Mar 2025
Brown, who hopes a newly proposed bill will help achieve that goal, traveled to the Texas Capitol on Wednesday to voice support for Senate Bill 546 ... Texas is one of only eight states that have any kind of mandate, regardless of exemptions.
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Father, son and the Gov

KJAS 26 Mar 2025
It was the Texas County Sheriff's Convention in Capitol City and the father and son sheriffs of Jasper and Newton County were there. The Sheriff of Jasper County, along with son, Colton, who ironically is the Sheriff of Newton County ....
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Texas Realtors to Rally for Property Tax Relief, Infrastructure Improvements, and Housing Affordability at the ...

Longview News-Journal 26 Mar 2025
The association's biennial advocacy at the Texas Capitol event mobilizes real estate professionals and spurs conversations with policymakers ....
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Taxation Without Representation in the 18th Congressional District

Houston Forward Times 26 Mar 2025
Congressman Sylvester Turner on March 5th has created a dilemma that only one individual has the elected power to resolve—Texas Governor Greg Abbott ... Texas state law does not force Gov ... According to Texas Southern University Political Scientist Dr.
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Here's why hundreds of LGBTQ Texans rallied against anti-trans bills: 'We have to show up'

Austin American-Statesman 25 Mar 2025
Decked in colorful decor, sparkly drag attire, formal suits and rainbow heart-shaped pins, hundreds of LGBTQ rights activists rallied at the Texas Capitol on Monday to protest hundreds of bills they ...
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Laura Loomer Makes Bizarre Assault Claim Against Jasmine Crockett

The Daily Beast 25 Mar 2025
A video posted by Loomer on X shows the reporter, Charles Downs, yelling questions at the Texas Democrat as he follows her through the halls of the Capitol ...
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LGBTQIA+ advocates make record turnout to lobby Texas lawmakers amid increasingly hostile environment

San Antonio Current 25 Mar 2025
AUSTIN — Roughly 1,300 LGBTQIA+ advocates convened Monday at the Texas Capitol to lobby for better protections ...
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Crockett calls Texas Gov. Abbott 'Governor Hot Wheels'

The Hill 25 Mar 2025
Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is drawing sharp criticism for comments she made about Texas Gov ... John Cornyn (R-Texas) called Crockett’s comments “disgraceful.” ... In February, the Texas Democrat accused President Trump of acting like a “thug.”.
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Here's why Texas students, lawmakers fear uncertainty from razing US Education Department

Austin American-Statesman 25 Mar 2025
Several lawmakers, students and educators spoke out Monday during a rally at the Texas Capitol against Trump's executive order, signed Thursday, that would begin shuttering the federal education agency.
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Dems feel the Bern again

Jewish World Review 25 Mar 2025
Hundreds were turned away from a packed Bernie Sanders event at an Omaha hotel ballroom ... • Dems start to catch up ... Rep ... Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) headlined a large rally outside the Texas Capitol in Austin this past weekend ... Rep ... Rep ... .
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GOP airs concerns — but treads lightly — over war plans Signal chat: 'It's just wrong'

The Hill 25 Mar 2025
John Cornyn (R-Texas), a senior member of the Intelligence Committee, told reporters at the Capitol Monday the inclusion of a journalist in the chat was “a huge screwup.” ... Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
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