GOP Approves Hardline Immigration Stance in Party Platform
After hours of debate on the final day of the biennial state GOP convention, Republican delegates reverted the party's immigration plank to a more hardline stance on immigration. Full Story
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Alexa Ura
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Alexa Ura reported for The Texas Tribune from 2013 to 2023. She covered the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, wealth, poverty and power and how they are shaping the future of Texas and Texans, in the long and short term. Alexa started at the Tribune as a reporting intern before graduating from the University of Texas at Austin and joining the staff full time. Originally from Laredo on the Texas-Mexico border, she is a native Spanish speaker and is based in Austin.
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![Delegates wave Dan Patrick posters advocating a more secure border on the Texas Republican Convention floor on June 7, 2014.]()
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At GOP Convention, Patrick Focuses on Immigration
State Sen. Dan Patrick, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, told delegates at the state GOP convention that the party will attract Hispanic voters, because Republicans stand "for the future of their family." Full Story
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![Sen. Dan Patrick rallies the faithful at the Texas Republican Convention in Fort Worth on June 7, 2014.]()
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Republicans Poised for Lively Floor Debate at State Convention
As they enter the final day of the Texas GOP convention and decide on the party's political platform, Republican delegates are set to debate key voting issues among conservatives — immigration and homosexuality. Full Story
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![The atrium of the Fort Worth Convention Center, site of the Texas Republican Convention on June 5, 2014.]()
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Paul: GOP Factions Must Address Divisions, Focus on Outreach
The factions of the Republican Party need to reduce internal divisions and be fully aware of the nation’s shifting demographics, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Friday in an interview with The Texas Tribune. Full Story
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![Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul signs a delegate's shirt at the State Republican Convention in Fort Worth on June 6, 2014.]()
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Cruz Talks Foreign Affairs, Jobs in Lively Convention Address
Cruz told delegates that Republicans must work to protect state sovereignty, gun rights and privacy protections in a speech that drew repeated, huge bursts of deafening applause and cheers from the audience. Full Story
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At GOP Convention, Perry Signs Off Without a Goodbye
While the outgoing Texas governor was set to give a farewell address at the kickoff of the state's Republican Party convention, Rick Perry's remarks on Thursday sounded more like a "see you soon." Full Story
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Immigration Debate Poised to Have Starring Role at GOP Convention
With the long and contentious 2014 primary season over in Texas, it's state party convention time. And as Texas Republicans meet this week in Fort Worth to work on their party platform, immigration is set to be a key point of discussion. Full Story
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![Debate over the immigration plank of the Republican Party of Texas' platform will be a key part of the GOP's convention in Fort Worth from June 5-7, 2014.]()
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Draft of State GOP Platform Cuts Guest-Worker Language
An early draft of the Republican Party of Texas' platform shows that language approved two years ago supporting a guest-worker program could be removed. Full Story
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Amid Recommendations, an Uncertain Future at Institutions for Disabled
A recommendation from the state's Sunset Advisory Commission to shutter six of Texas' 13 state-supported living centers has reopened a giant divide in the disability community that had seemed to narrow in recent years. Full Story
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Eyeing Hispanic Voters, Patrick Shifts His Tone
The conciliatory tone that marked Dan Patrick's victory speech was unlike the fiery immigration rhetoric voters were accustomed to. But it's an approach he will have to take in a general election battle against Leticia Van de Putte. Full Story
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![Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick chats with reporters at a polling station in Cypress, Texas Tuesday, May 27, 2014 to stump for votes in his runoff against against incumbent Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.]()
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