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• Fifth Circuit reaffirms death row inmate Brittany Holberg’s conviction

  15-08-2026 04:04 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  A three-judge panel of the court had reversed Holberg’s sentence in 2025, but Friday’s split decision will keep the district court’s decision to affirm her conviction.
  
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• ICE officer shoots, injures man in Austin, officials say

  20-09-2026 21:57 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The shooting in Austin, which injured Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, came more than two months after an ICE officer fatally shot a man in Houston.
  
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• Federal immigration officer shoots, injures man in Austin, report says

  20-09-2026 21:57 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The reported shooting in Austin came more than two months after an ICE officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
  
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• Federal immigration officer shoots, injures man in Austin, city officials say

  20-09-2026 21:57 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The reported shooting in Austin came more than two months after an ICE officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston.
  
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• Federal judge pauses Texas Republicans’ bid to close primaries

  19-09-2026 03:11 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said in his ruling that he expects Republicans to succeed in restricting primaries to voters registered with the party during the next legislative session.
  
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• Texas Supreme Court rules baby delivered by surrogate can leave Texas

  19-09-2026 01:23 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The decision clears the way for the 1-month-old’s biological parents to relocate him from Dallas to Los Angeles, where the couple lives, to seek treatment there. Their surrogate wants him in Texas.
  
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• Feds reimburse Texas for $7.5 billion in border spending, ending delay

  18-09-2026 21:48 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The grant program was created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which became law in July 2025.
  
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• T-Squared: Erin Thornton establishes the John Thornton Founding Fund

  18-09-2026 15:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Her $1 million gift — including a $500k match — honors Tribune Founder John Thornton's vision, and asks the next generation to see themselves as founders too.
  
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• Top Texas Republicans knew Bo French’s history of racist comments. They supported him anyway.

  18-09-2026 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The Railroad Commission candidate is under fire from fellow Republicans for a post that said a picture of college students celebrating a football victory shows “how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners.”
  
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• Texas land commissioner 2026: Who is running and what you need to know

  18-09-2026 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The General Land Office oversees investments that earn billions of dollars for public education, manages state lands, operates the Alamo and administers disaster recovery funds and benefits to Texas veterans. Here’s a look at who’s running in the 2026 race and where they stand.
  
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• One group has stayed mostly mum on Bo French’s racist post — Texas’ oil and gas industry

  18-09-2026 00:59 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  One of the state’s largest oil and gas industry groups condemned French’s comments about South Asian students. They have not pulled their endorsement.
  
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• John Cornyn says he won’t vote for Bo French as backlash to racist post rises

  18-09-2026 00:34 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The outgoing U.S. senator called the Texas Railroad Commission candidate “an embarrassment to the Republican Party.”
  
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• Texas freezes installation of Flock cameras along state roads

  18-09-2026 00:10 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Transportation to stop issuing permits for automated license plate readers.
  
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• Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls on ERCOT to reverse 30% pay raise for board members

  17-09-2026 22:03 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Patrick has also rebuked ERCOT’s board for approving and then backtracking on a contract that would allow ERCOT’s CEO to earn $6.4 million in 2027.
  
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• UT-Austin cutting majors centering Latino, Black, women and gender studies, email shows

  17-09-2026 20:23 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.
  
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• More young people are getting involved with South Texas civil rights group amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

  17-09-2026 18:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  For La Union del Pueblo Entero’s biennial convention, members under 45 years old made up the largest share of participants.
  
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• $12 billion in Medicaid funds restored to Texas hospitals, ending impasse with the feds

  17-09-2026 17:34 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The announcement ends a nearly year-long dispute with the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services over the funding to Texas hospitals, which were slated to lose $27 million a day.
  
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• Minnesota drops extradition lawsuit against Abbott after ICE officer’s arrest

  17-09-2026 17:18 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Minnesota prosecutors accused Christian Castro of injuring a Venezuelan man and lying about what led to the shooting. He also faces federal charges.
  
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• ICE officer in Minnesota-Texas extradition fight arrested in Minneapolis

  17-09-2026 17:18 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Minnesota prosecutors accused Christian Castro of injuring a Venezuelan man and lying about what led to the shooting. He also faces federal charges.
  
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• “Uncharted territory”: Two months from Election Day, Democrats in Texas are truly competitive

  17-09-2026 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Democrat James Talarico is consistently leading in the polls over Ken Paxton, which is unheard of in recent decades. National forecasters are calling Texas a tie, or else giving the advantage to the Democrat.
  
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• Harris County to spend $3M on community safety programs leaders say have driven down crime

  17-09-2026 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  One domestic violence care advocate said the county’s program that provides money to survivors to pay for basic needs could be a model for the rest of the state.
  
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• Fire crews fully contains North Texas wildfire, which continues to burn three weeks later

  17-09-2026 02:07 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The fire has burned 90,000 acres, making it the second largest fire in the region’s history.
  
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• Lawsuit blames Texas abortion ban for San Antonio woman’s death

  16-09-2026 18:43 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Tierra Walker, who was 20 weeks pregnant, died of a serious complication known as preeclampsia in December 2024.
  
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• Texas executes inmate convicted of triple murder in rural town

  16-09-2026 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  LeJames Norman became the fifth inmate put to death by the state this year after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene. His codefendant is scheduled for execution next week.
  
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• Mike Morath wanted Texas to reach No. 1 in education. Test scores show there’s more work to do.

  16-09-2026 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Appointed a decade ago, the education commissioner insists that when he has direct oversight, academic gains follow. His critics await better student outcomes.
  
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• Inmate convicted of triple murder in small Texas town set for execution

  16-09-2026 12:00 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  LeJames Norman would become the fifth inmate put to death by the state this year barring a U.S. Supreme Court reprieve. His codefendant is scheduled for execution a week later.
  
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• Power grid officials reverse plan to give ERCOT CEO $6.4 million compensation package, Dan Patrick says

  16-09-2026 01:57 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Two boards advanced a new contract for Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Patrick called the amount “shocking” and said they abandoned the effort.
  
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• ERCOT quickly backtracks after approving contract that would let CEO earn $6.4 million in 2027

  16-09-2026 01:57 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick balked at the contract two boards approved for Pablo Vegas. The ERCOT chief said officials then decided not to execute the deal.
  
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• ERCOT quickly back tracks after approving contract that would let CEO earn $6.4 million in 2027

  16-09-2026 01:57 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick balked at the contract two boards approved for Pablo Vegas. The ERCOT chief said officials then decided not to execute the deal.
  
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• ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas to make $6.4 million in 2027, nearly doubling his salary

  16-09-2026 01:57 via feeds.texastribune.org
  
  The salary increase will make Pablo Vegas one of the highest paid electric grid operator executives in the country. ERCOT is mostly funded by administrative fees paid by electricity providers, who typically pass that cost onto their customers.
  
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