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texastribune.org | Ayden Runnels |Kayla Guo
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas death row inmate can challenge the constitutionality of the state’s DNA testing law in his bid to have DNA evidence from his case tested.
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3 days ago | 
kxii.com | Kayla Guo
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE - Rep. Nate Schatzline, a hardline Fort Worth Republican, announced his bid Tuesday to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Kelly Hancock, who left the Legislature last week to become Texas’ acting comptroller. “It’s clear that our state will only be as conservative to the extent we are willing to fight for it,” Schatzline said in his announcement.
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3 days ago | 
kwtx.com | Kayla Guo
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE - Rep. Nate Schatzline, a hardline Fort Worth Republican, announced his bid Tuesday to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Kelly Hancock, who left the Legislature last week to become Texas’ acting comptroller. “It’s clear that our state will only be as conservative to the extent we are willing to fight for it,” Schatzline said in his announcement.
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3 days ago | 
texastribune.org | Kayla Guo
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, announced Tuesday he would not seek reelection to his East Texas seat — news that was followed minutes later by Rep. Trent Ashby, R-Lufkin, launching his campaign to succeed him in the upper chamber.
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3 days ago | 
texastribune.org | Kayla Guo
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Rep. Nate Schatzline, a hardline Fort Worth Republican, announced his bid Tuesday to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Kelly Hancock, who left the Legislature last week to become Texas’ acting comptroller. “It’s clear that our state will only be as conservative to the extent we are willing to fight for it,” Schatzline said in his announcement.
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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Kayla Guo
Rep. Nate Schatzline, a hardline Fort Worth Republican, announced his bid Tuesday to fill the state Senate seat vacated by Kelly Hancock, who left the Legislature last week to become Texas’ acting comptroller. “It’s clear that our state will only be as conservative to the extent we are willing to fight for it,” Schatzline said in his announcement. “As a senator, I will continue to show up to battle for Texans, standing firmly by the principles and promises I have made and kept.”Gov.
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amarillo.com | Kayla Guo
State Sen. Joan Huffman, a Houston Republican who is one of the longest tenured members of the Texas Senate, announced her bid for attorney general on Monday, making her the third high-profile entrant and second member of the upper chamber to declare for the open seat. “I will be elected attorney general because I am the best-qualified, most experienced candidate who understands the intricacies of every function of state government,” Huffman said in a news release.
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3 days ago | 
houstonpublicmedia.org | Kayla Guo
State Sen. Joan Huffman, a Houston Republican who is one of the longest tenured members of the Texas Senate, announced her bid for attorney general on Monday, making her the third high-profile entrant and second member of the upper chamber to declare for the open seat. "I will be elected attorney general because I am the best-qualified, most experienced candidate who understands the intricacies of every function of state government," Huffman said in a news release.
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insurancejournal.com | Kayla Guo |Alejandro Serrano
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Texas Senate, sharply rebuked Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday for vetoing his top legislative priority — a ban on all THC products — and dug in his heels against the governor’s call for lawmakers to instead place firmer regulations on the hemp industry. In vetoing Senate Bill 3 just before midnight Sunday, Abbott argued that the measure would have faced “valid constitutional challenges” that would have kept it tied up in court for years.
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diario.mx | Kayla Guo
El vicegobernador Dan Patrick, el poderoso jefe del Senado de Texas, reprendió duramente al gobernador Greg Abbott el lunes por vetar su prioridad legislativa principal –una prohibición de todos los productos de THC– y se mantuvo firme contra el llamado del gobernador para que los legisladores en su lugar establezcan regulaciones más estrictas sobre la industria del cáñamo.
