Texas Tribune Brief

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May 02, 2018 Texas and 6 other states sue to end DACA
The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing to fight an Obama-era immigration measure that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants nationwide from deportation.
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May 01, 2018 Lupe Valdez apologizes for insufficient answer at Latino youth town hall
"This weekend, I fell short," Valdez said in a lengthy statement. "A young woman asked me a question at a forum over the weekend regarding my track record, and she did not get the answer she deserved. I am sorry, and I understand why people are disappointed."
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April 30, 2018 Appeals court upholds lawmakers’ fix to Texas voter ID law
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Texas' voter identification law, reversing a lower court ruling that found it discriminated against voters of color.
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April 27, 2018 Texas native Ronny Jackson withdraws from consideration to head Veterans Affairs
Jackson's nomination went into free fall as reports emerged that alleged Jackson led a hostile work environment, over-prescribed drugs and possibly drank on the job.
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April 26, 2018 Abbott wants Farenthold to "cover all costs" of special election
In a letter Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott told former U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold he should return $84,000 that he used to settle a sexual harassment claim to taxpayers by funding a June 30 special election to finish his term.
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April 25, 2018 Federal judge says Trump administration must allow new DACA applications
U.S. District Judge John D. Bates allowed for a 90-day hold on his ruling “to afford [the Department of a Homeland Security] an opportunity to better explain its view that DACA is unlawful.”
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April 24, 2018 Texas redistricting case heads to the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court this week will hear a case over whether Texas' congressional and state House maps were drawn with the intent to discriminate against Hispanic and black voters.
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April 23, 2018 Former first lady Barbara Bush remembered for her authenticity, grit
United States presidents, first ladies and Texas governors gathered Saturday in Houston to honor the life of former First Lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday. A motorcade after the service transported Bush to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, where a private family ceremony was held at her burial site.
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April 20, 2018 Cruz out front in supporting sexual harassment overhaul in Congress
All the Democratic men in the U.S. Senate — plus Ted Cruz — signed a letter urging an overhaul of Congress' sexual harassment policy. Cruz, a Texas Republican, is at the forefront of revamping the U.S. Senate's internal sexual harassment policies. Last year he joined a New York Democrat in introducing legislation proposing such an overhaul.
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April 19, 2018 New poll finds race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke “too close to call”
A new Quinnipiac University poll of Texas voters finds 47 percent support Cruz, the Republican incumbent, while 43 percent back O'Rourke, an El Paso Democrat.
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