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Some Texas election officials are running out of time before the March 5 primary to find sufficient polling locations, equipment, and election workers mandated by a new Republican-backed election ...
Texas must take decisive action to strengthen border security and address illegal immigration challenges. With federal inaction, it falls to our state to protect communities and uphold the rule of ...
Longtime state representative Chris Turner, an Arlington Democrat, is seeking reelection to Texas House District 101. He’s running against Republican Clint Burgess, a retired constable whose ...
The 87th Texas Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The Texas State Legislature met in Austin, Texas, from January 12, 2021, to May 31, 2021. [1] Governor Greg Abbott has announced three special legislative sessions during summer 2021.
A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the State of Texas, 1874. During the American Civil War, Texas had joined the Confederate States.The Confederacy was defeated, and U.S. Army soldiers arrived in Texas on June 19, 1865 to take possession of the state, restore order, and enforce the emancipation of slaves.
In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.
Voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders believe this is the latest chapter in a yearslong pattern of Paxton and other state officials wielding their law enforcement powers to target ...
The Texas Administrative Code contains the compiled and indexed regulations of Texas state agencies and is published yearly by the Secretary of State. [5] The Texas Register contains proposed rules, notices, executive orders, and other information of general use to the public and is published weekly by the Secretary of State. [6]