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Queer students look for alternatives after Texas A&M ends transgender health care services

KTTZ | By Dante Motley

Published August 30, 2024 at 11:48 AM CDT

Students walk to class on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station on Nov. 15, 2022.

The students saw the move as part of a political environment that has become increasingly hostile against LGBTQ+ people in Texas.

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Democrats in Congress, able to visit ICE lockups in Texas, describe grim conditions

Gabby Birenbaum

Immigration officials denied the allegations, but Reps. Joaquin Castro and Veronica Escobar said they’ve come across numerous problematic examples.
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Trump calls Texas' data center opposition a 'mistake'

The president's comments to Punchbowl News come just days after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide pause of approval for data centers trying to connect to the power grid.
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Latino voters could decide key races in Texas. They're still weighing their options

Blaise Gainey

Conversations at the UnidosUS conference in Austin revealed growing frustration over housing costs, food prices and immigration enforcement as Democrats and Republicans compete for one of the country's fastest-growing voting blocs.
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Appeals court rejects Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to overturn Texas State Fair gun ban

Alex Nguyen | The Texas Tribune

The fair banned firearms in 2024 after a shooting at Fair Park. Paxton's lawsuit has faced multiple setbacks, the latest from a court appointed entirely by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of voter fraud. His own voter registration is raising questions.

Kayla Guo | The Texas Tribune, Zach Despart | The Texas Tribune, ProPublica

After hitting his GOP foe for voting under an address where he no longer lived, the Tribune and ProPublica found the Democratic Senate candidate also appears to have done so.