As Texans weigh in on 17 proposed amendments to the state constitution, West Texas voters will be deciding on just a handful of local items, including the race for Midland mayor.
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President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country's disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced Saturday, in a rare landslide victory in the region.
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Melissa Ann Pinney's photographs capture everyday moments of adolescence inside Chicago Public Schools over the course of a seven-year artist residency.
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U.S. Sen. Cornyn, a Republican, wants the FBI to use tools he says it has to track lawmakers who "cross state lines." The president says the federal agency "may have to" get involved.
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Gov. Greg Abbott says the dozens of Democrats who fled the state to block a redraw of the state's congressional maps could also be charged with bribery or be removed from their seats. Ethics experts question his threats.
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AEP Texas, the power lines company serving Marfa, is asking city officials to rezone a residential property for industrial use in order to build a new electric substation. The proposal has prompted pushback from some locals.
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The move effectively brings the state House of Representatives to a standstill and prevents any consideration by the full chamber of HB 4, which would dramatically redraw Texas’ congressional maps.
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