With over a million Texans casting early votes in the 15 biggest counties ahead of Tuesday's primaries, voters are clearly engaged in the volatile presidential race, particularly on the Republican side. Full Story
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Republican Ben Carson attracted an overflow crowd in the Dallas area Saturday, and his supporters seem remarkably hostile to Ted Cruz, their own U.S. senator. Full Story
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Full video of my 2/25 conversation with state Rep. J.M. Lozano, R-Kingsville, and state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr., D-Brownsville. Full Story
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Access to preventive health care in heavily uninsured Texas is challenging for its poorest residents, so the state is relying on nonprofit community clinics to be the front line of public health defense. Full Story
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Unconvinced he was a U.S. citizen, the Dallas County Jail held Ricardo Garza for more than a month until he could prove his status to federal immigration authorities. Full Story
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State Rep. Dawnna Dukes has asked the Texas Department of Public Safety for an investigation, the agency confirmed late Friday. Exactly what it will focus on is not clear. Full Story
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This week on The Ticket podcast, we check in with conservative Hispanic activist Temo Muniz to see how he feels about the Republican primaries. And pollster Jim Henson tells us what's brewing ahead of Super Tuesday. Full Story
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Beginning Aug. 1, birth certificates will be the official determinant of a high school student-athlete’s gender in Texas — a policy transgender advocates describe as exclusionary and outdated. Full Story
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The main super PACs supporting Ted Cruz are making a late push to give him a boost before of Super Tuesday, launching a multimillion-dollar ad buy aimed at the mostly Southern states that are set to vote March 1. Full Story
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Real estate magnate Donald Trump chose Cowtown as his site to announce perhaps the most high-profile endorsement of his campaign, the support of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Full Story
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In Dallas, Marco Rubio on Friday unleashed a full-frontal assault against Donald Trump, blasting him as a "con artist" who is hijacking the conservative movement and mercilessly mocking Trump's alpha-male status. Full Story
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Since naming an official volunteer chaplain at his agency, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has reserved a place for Christianity in the Stephen F. Austin building, and invited his employees to join. Full Story
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As gun rights advocates across the country force guns into academia, academics will feel compelled to bring scholarship to the gun debate, write Lisa L. Moore and Matthew Valentine of Gun Free UT. Full Story
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To many observers, the most contentious debate of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign was held Thursday night in Houston. And front-runner Donald Trump was on the receiving end of most of the evening’s biting attacks. Full Story
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The freedom of an El Paso man accused of two 1993 murders could hinge on the outcome of the Democratic primary in the race for El Paso County district attorney. Full Story
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A slew of open seats in the Legislature means there will be at least 18 freshman lawmakers in the Capitol come January. Two thirds of the open seats are currently held by a Republican. Full Story
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Foreign terrorist groups and illegal immigration are the greatest threats to the United States, according to voters surveyed for the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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All hands on deck as campaigns make final rounds before voting next week, Hillary Clinton launches a TV ad assault and the last edition of the Election Hotlist is here — all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($). Full Story
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Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz both trained their fire on GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump at Thursday’s CNN debate in Houston in an attempt to halt the billionaire’s momentum going into next week’s party primary contests. Full Story
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Billionaire Donald Trump is on a roll to the Republican presidential nomination, and his two closest competitors showed they know it as they aggressively moved to slow his momentum here Thursday night. Full Story
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