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The lieutenant governor said he would withdraw his support for a Texas film and video game incentives program if it funded depictions of violence, blaming school shootings on a "culture where we've devalued life." Full Story
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Hall, King, Lynn and McMullen counties held Democratic runoff elections but no one voted. Each county only had one Democratic matchup on their ballots: the gubernatorial race between Lupe Valdez and Andrew White. Full Story
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The Missouri City representative will still be able to keep his seat because it was a misdemeanor conviction. Full Story
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Olga Zuniga, who worked as a secretary on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for 14 years, claims she was fired by her Republican boss for her social media posts favoring Democrats. Full Story
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Most of the seven Texas House Republican primary runoffs fell along familiar ideological fault lines in the Republican Party. The more moderate candidates won in most cases. Full Story
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The veteran state representative and freshman state Rep. Scott Cosper were the only two incumbents in runoffs Tuesday night; both lost. Full Story
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After swapping leads early in the Democratic gubernatorial runoff, Valdez pulled ahead of White and will face incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott. Full Story
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With Texas' 2018 primary runoff election here, meet the candidates who are on ballots today in races for statewide, congressional and legislative offices. Full Story
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During the 2018 campaign, The Texas Tribune's Split Decision series is featuring interviews with candidates facing off in races for governor, the Texas House, state Senate, Congress and more. Ahead of the state's runoff election, check out of all our virtual debates. Full Story
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The 17-year-old shooter who killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School last week used his father's guns. But his family would not be liable under Texas' safe storage law, since the law only applies to children under 17. Full Story
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House State Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Cook joined a growing chorus of Texas politicians who have already asked Abbott to call back lawmakers to weigh proposals on the issue. Full Story
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Texas is as gun-friendly a state as they come. But how do voters feel about gun control, according to recent polls? Full Story
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The Democratic runoff to replace outgoing state Rep. Dawnna Dukes is a battle over an East Austin district that's been held by an African-American for 43 years but is now largely Hispanic. Full Story
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A four-year-old project run by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in a group of West Texas high schools has prevented violent incidents through screenings, according to one Tech official. Could it work in all Texas schools? Full Story
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Asked about a report questioning whether Farenthold's recent hiring as a lobbyist for the Port of Port Lavaca may have violated the Texas Open Meetings Act, he said, "I don't know anything about it." Full Story
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The shooting at Santa Fe High School brought immediate expressions of support and concern from statewide and national leaders, including Gov. Greg Abbott, who flew to the school Friday afternoon. Full Story
Following a ruling last month that Texas was violating a law designed to ease the voter registration process, a federal judge ordered the state to submit a plan to fix it. Texas' response offered few specifics. Full Story
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Join us for a daylong symposium in Corpus Christi on rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey. Full Story
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The administrative law judges who oversee disputes involving state agencies typically don't attract much attention, but the forced departure of a judge has critics questioning whether the agency's independence is at risk — and calling on the governor to replace her. Full Story
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Whether Christi Craddick violated the law last year in pushing the Texas Railroad Commission's executive director out of her post is "not a question we can resolve," Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in an opinion released Thursday. Full Story
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