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Austin police officers who were indicted over actions during George Floyd protests sue the city 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 665
Uvalde police worked harder to keep reporters away than they did the actual killer 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 647
Beto O'Rourke renews calls for tougher gun laws after Uvalde shooting, including on assault weapons 2 TexasTowelie Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 693
What happens to the Uvalde school building? 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 712
Justices allow depositions of Texas lawmakers in Voting Rights Act lawsuit 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 683
Divided court blocks Texas from enforcing social media law 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 612
Has Texas Turned on Greg Abbott? 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1027
All words, no action. - Beto O'Rourke 4 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 Jun 2022 10 1132
U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas ban on social media censorship 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 765
Houston's COVID cases are climbing again, wastewater data shows 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 2 889
Great work Texans! Booing Abbott one day & calling out Cruz the next. 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 6 1053
"The Failure Begins with Greg Abbott": Texas Lawmaker Demands Gun Control After Uvalde Massacre 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 May 2022 2 734
How Did A Town That's 81% Hispanic Elect A Xenophobic Mayor? 8 Shell_Seas May 2022 May 2022 14 1812
Texas schools don't have enough mental health providers. As leaders fail to fix it, kids suffer 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 2 992
Follow-up: Man sentenced after arson at Travis County Democratic Party office 6 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 19 1652
How crypto mining could impact Texas' power grid in years to come 1 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 2 1073
Veterans Are Our Pride - Beto O'Rourke 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 May 2022 8 736
Texas Senate Democrats call for special session to raise age to purchase gun, require universal back 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 6 943
Uvalde shooting leaves a father to grieve the loss of his 10-year-old child from inside a prison 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 13 1497
Police slow to engage with gunman because 'they could've been shot,' official says 10 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 4 1041
NOAA Advises Public to Avoid Aggressive Dolphin in North Padre Island 2 LeftInTX May 2022 May 2022 10 1314
Justice Department Statement on the Mass Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 5 947
Greg Abbott is booed as he arrives at the memorial outside Uvalde Elementary 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 10 897
Why 18-year-olds can buy AR-15s in Texas but not handguns 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 2 658
Texas Democratic Party Calls for Special Legislative Session to Ban Assault Weapons 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 6 1032
Editorial: In Houston, the NRA show goes on -- like Uvalde never happened 3 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 3 706
Greg Abbott Said, "It Could Have Been Worse." 18 Shell_Seas May 2022 May 2022 23 2240
Governor Abbott News Conference on School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 1 1109
Sit down. I'm going to tell you something, and it is going to infuriate you. 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 22 1698
Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick cancel in-person NRA convention appearance in wake of Uvalde mass shooting 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 0 780

Texas Continued...

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Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick cancels appearance at NRA convention in Houston 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 2 687
City of Houston will honor victims of Uvalde shooting all weekend 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 7 935
Donna ISD shuts down campuses after AK-47 found amid credible mass shooting threat 3 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 8 918
Gov. Abbott cancels NRA trip, will travel to Uvalde instead 4 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 1 777
Man in Arlington, TX shoots self with own gun in elementary school today 8 Shell_Seas May 2022 May 2022 11 1553
Abbott calls Texas school shooting a mental health issue but cut state spending for it 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 0 797
Moderate Democrats win two key South Texas runoffs, while another is too close to call 0 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 5 802
Powerful words by Jimmy Kimmel on Texas school shotting 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 3 866
Hundreds of thousands of Israeli 18 year olds handle heavy weaponry, they have mandatory 24 hour ... 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 2 1250
Photograph by @veronicagcarde1 of Beto facing Abbott: 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 12 1039
Police have apprehended a student carrying an AK-47 rifle outside his high school in Texas 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 1 782
Beto O'Rourke speaks after interrupting Gov. Abbott's news conference - KHOU 11 News 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 May 2022 7 919
OP-ED: GREG ABBOTT ATTACKED TRANS CHILDREN FOR RIGHT-WING VOTES 3 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 8 1093
Here are two videos of Beto's meeting with the Press after being escorted out of Abbott's event 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 9 738
O'Rourke's standoff with Gov. Abbott over Uvalde mass shooting marks the new era in Texas politics 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 8 932
Baylor will rename campus area and relocate statue of slave-owning former university president 4 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 6 744
President Joe Biden to visit Texas after school shooting in Uvalde 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 3 578
She helped save Apollo 13. Now she's making sure Harris County ballots land safely on Election Day. 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 4 1002
Protest Friday in Houston against NRA, Greg Abbott, and Ted Cruz. 3 Shell_Seas May 2022 May 2022 14 1874
Rather than grandstanding for those embryos Gregg, how about giving a damn about living kids? 8 Comfortably_Numb May 2022 May 2022 8 1123
Editorial: Abbott says 'never again' after Uvalde school massacre. Don't fall for it, Texans 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 5 809
We Need to Repeal Permitless Carry - Beto O'Rourke 1 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 May 2022 9 980
Here is the form that Governor Greg Abbott keeps handy for situations like Uvalde 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 7 929
Huge, dust-filled tornado awed storm chasers in Texas on Monday 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2022 May 2022 8 956
Texas GOP voters are getting tripped up by their own party's new voting restrictions 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 3 702
George P. Bush's family name proves to be key obstacle in his race against Ken Paxton for AG 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 0 707
Dog Leads Rescuers to Missing Texas Woman with Dementia 2 sl8 May 2022 May 2022 20 1304
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn calls Ken Paxton scandals an "embarrassment" 6 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 4 855
[...] teacher under fire after allegedly offering students a perfect score for buying his books 1 sl8 May 2022 May 2022 3 1180
The U.S. census estimates it missed more than a half-million Texans during 2020 count 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 2 904

Texas Continued...

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Feds say Texas discriminated against communities of color when it denied Houston flood aid 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 9 1095
Editorial: Abbott and ERCOT should face facts: The grid isn't fixed 2 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 13 1681
Skeet Jones is a powerful judge in Texas' smallest county. He is being charged with cattle theft. 9 Jilly_in_VA May 2022 May 2022 10 1924
The Pro-Lie Governor 2 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 5 865
Working Families Party say 'dirty politics' is at play in Congressional District 15 1 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 6 922
Elected officials: Starr County loves Congressman Cuellar 0 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 4 677
New Texas plan for federal Hurricane Harvey aid: Funds diverted away from Gulf Coast 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 3 913
Texas restaurant owner finds and donates baby formula amid nationwide shortage - CBS News 2 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 May 2022 14 1013
Austin settles two more lawsuits from May 2020 protest, has now paid $15 million 0 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 2 1406
I have a long history of fighting for veterans. - Beto O'Rourke 0 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 May 2022 6 529
UT-San Antonio reaches Texas Tier One status, allowing access to state funds for research 0 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 2 597
Texas resumes investigations into parents of trans children, families' lawyers confirm 0 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 2 644
Put the Blame for Harvey Disaster Assistance Mess Where It Belongs - On Greg Abbott 6 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 22 1310
Beto O'Rourke brings the house down with epic answer on gun control - MeidasTouch 9 Rhiannon12866 May 2022 May 2022 22 2003
Lewisville man alleged kingpin in $3.5 million fraud scheme 0 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 4 1629
Reps. Colin Allred, Sheila Jackson Lee demand Brittney Griner's freedom from Russia 1 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 4 753
Most Texans support legalizing pot, but Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says no 12 Liberal In Texas May 2022 May 2022 5 1210
Ted Cruz is the target of a bar association complaint over his role in undermining the 2020 election 3 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 12 1041
Prairie View A&M's new historical marker honors alumna Sandra Bland's life and legacy 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 2 595
Ted Cruz hit with 15-page ethics complaint seeking to have him disbarred 1 LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 May 2022 6 907
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