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Harris County Set a 67-Cent Tax Rate. The Costs It Blamed Were Written in Austin and Washington.
Harris County set its 2027 rate at 67 cents per $100, up 7.6 percent, with a $3.1 billion budget.
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ERCOT Set Its Pay on Washington’s Scale
ERCOT's board approved a contract worth $6.47 million to its chief executive for 2027 and voted itself a 30 percent raise.
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Washington Will Repay Texas $7.5 Billion for Holding the Border. Texas Spent More Than $11 Billion Doing It.
Washington will send Texas $7.5 billion for border security, 14 months after Congress authorized it.
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Seven Charged With Noncitizen Voting in North Texas
Federal prosecutors charged seven noncitizens with voting in North Texas as the Secretary of State referred 117 more cases.
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Texas House Sets September 30 Hearing on Admitting New Mexico Counties
The House Select Committee on Governmental Oversight will take invited and public testimony on September 30 on adding one or more contiguous New Mexico counties to Texas, including every state and federal...
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New Mexico Picked a Fight Over the Map. Four of Its Counties Would Rather Be Texan.
The New Mexico Ranger posted a map of New Mexico swallowing West Texas.
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Gold and Silver Are Now Legal Tender in Texas
Gold and silver became legal tender in Texas on September 1 under House Bill 1056.
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Washington Waived Texas Law to Bulldoze Big Bend
A June 9 federal order waived Texas's own laws to send bulldozers into Big Bend National Park for border barriers and patrol roads.
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Texas First Pledge Signer Rhonda Ward Named Texas GOP Political Director
Rhonda Ward, who signed the Texas First Pledge in 2024, will oversee the Republican Party of Texas's statewide political operations.
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Washington Releases Its Election-Security Files
Washington declassified four sets of records confirming U.S. elections are penetrable and its own agencies cannot promptly secure them.
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A Federal Reserve Study Ties Washington’s Immigration Surge to the Housing Crunch
The Dallas Fed found federal immigration policy drove nearly a third of the home-price surge.
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TNM Names Chris Breaux Director of Legislative Engagement
A former member of the Republican Party of Texas governing board takes charge of the movement’s work at the Capitol ahead of the 2027 legislative session.
