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Four people are wounded as a gunman opens fire at a high school in Arlington, Texas after a fight. The suspected attacker escaped from the scene, but was arrested several hours later. [6] October 11 – Governor Greg Abbott signs an executive order prohibiting all entities in the state, including private companies, from enacting vaccine ...
The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
House Bill (HB) 3261, enacted by the 87th Texas Legislature in 2021, requires state assessments to be administered online by the 2022–2023 school year. This will require most students to test online, except students taking the STAAR Alternate 2 assessment and students who require accommodations that cannot be provided online.
2011 [3] IE Aug 12, 2011 [4] Sabato Aug 24, 2011 [5] Gov Jul 25, 2011 [6] Result Kentucky: Steve Beshear: 58.7% D Lean D Lean D Likely D Lean D Beshear 55.7% D Louisiana: Bobby Jindal: 53.9% R Solid R Solid R Safe R Safe R Jindal 65.8% R Mississippi: Haley Barbour (term-limited) 57.9% R Safe R Solid R Safe R Safe R Bryant 61.0% R West Virginia ...
Texas gained three seats in the House of Representatives as a result, but it failed to pass redistricting legislation in 1931, despite the calling of several special sessions. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] As such, the new congressmen were elected at-large in the 1932 elections . [ 43 ]
The 2021 Texas's 6th congressional district special election was caused by the death of incumbent Republican Ron Wright on February 7. A nonpartisan blanket primary was held on May 5. No candidate won over 50% of the vote, leading to a run-off between Jake Ellzey , a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 10th district , and ...
A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Republican candidate challenging the results in a 2022 judicial race and ordered that a new election be held in the nation’s third-most populous county, a ...
David Weigel; Lauren Tierney (September 22, 2020), "The 50 political states of America", Washingtonpost.com, archived from the original on October 11, 2020, Texas "Texas governor cuts back on voting locations weeks before election", BBC News, UK, October 1, 2020, Texas' governor has ordered that voters can drop off their mail-in ballots at only ...