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Texas also added 274,300 nonfarm jobs over the year, from November 2023 to November 2024, more than any other state. Last month, Texas’ civilian labor force broke another record.
Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Except in the case of some municipal benches, partisan elections choose all of the judges at all levels of the judiciary; the governor fills vacancies by appointment.
Elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. [4] Seats up for election will be all seats of the Texas Legislature, [5] all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the Class I seat to the United States Senate, for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is running for re-election. [6]
The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott won re-election to a third term, defeating the Democratic nominee, former Congressman Beto O'Rourke. [1] All statewide elected offices were currently held by Republicans.
Some government services American rely upon will be unaffected by a shutdown while others would become more difficult to access or suspended altogether. The effect on the economy may depend on how ...
April 7 – Governor Abbott announced in a press conference a plan to direct the Texas Division of Emergency Management to bus illegal immigrants with 900 charter buses from Texas to Washington D.C, citing the potential surge of immigrants who would cross the border after Title 42 provisions regarding communicable disease were set to be rolled ...
However, many states still follow the federal standard — including Texas. As of 2022, the Lone Star State is one of the U.S. states that still pays its citizens $7.25 an hour as provided by ...
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 ...