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Nueces and Wood Counties Go Active as Field Teams Gain Ground
Corpus Christi has a County Coordinator, and Nueces and Wood counties went Active the same week, the latest gains in a busy stretch for TNM county teams.
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- Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Texans vote today after more than 7.7 million early ballots, the Supreme Court turns away the Justice Department on California mail ballots, and Alberta releases a contested new riding map.
- Texas News
Emails Show Border Agency Paused Big Bend Wall Work Before Court Order
Emails show CBP paused 56 miles of Big Bend border wall on September 24 over land access and a contractor's price, a week before a judge halted the work.
- North America
Alberta Refuses Election Chief’s Request to Delay 2027 Vote or Keep Current Map
Alberta's justice minister refused the chief electoral officer's request to delay the 2027 election or keep the current map, giving the agency about 11 months.
- TNM News
Election-Eve Column in Washington Examiner Calls for a Red-Blue ‘Divorce’
A Washington Examiner column says the union needs a red-blue divorce. TNM's Daniel Miller rejects the term: the union is made of states, not parties.
- Texas News
League City Voters Become First in Texas to Decide Flock Cameras’ Fate
League City voters decide Tuesday whether police keep 55 Flock cameras. The ballot calls the question nonbinding, but the council has already ordered removal if voters say no.
- Secession Speakeasy
Secession Speakeasy #203: Illinois Separation Votes Head to Twelve Counties on November 3
Professor Wall and the Secession Minstrel preview the Illinois separation referendums in 12 counties and argue that a non-binding vote still lays groundwork for what comes after.
- Texas News
Texas Opens Polls Tuesday After 7.7 Million Early Ballots
Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday after 7.7 million Texans, 40.5 percent of registered voters, cast early ballots. Here is when polls close and where to follow the count.
- Africa
UN Ends Western Sahara Mission After 35 Years With No Referendum Held
The UN began closing its Western Sahara mission Sunday, 35 years after creating it for a referendum that was never held. It says Sahrawi rights survive.
- Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: Monday, November 2, 2026
Texans vote Tuesday after more than 7.7 million early ballots, emails show Customs and Border Protection paused part of the Big Bend wall before a judge did, and Alberta’s justice minister refuses...
- Texas News
Screenshot Shows Dallas County Lawmaker’s Reply: ‘Never Voting for Texas Independence’
A screenshot posted Saturday shows a reply under Rep. Cassandra Garcia Hernandez's name: never voting for Texas independence. The Texian Partisan has not confirmed the full exchange.
- Texas News
Parks Department Asks Attorney General to Block Draft Agenda on Boca Chica Land
Texas Parks and Wildlife asked the Attorney General's Office to withhold a draft agenda listing a closed-door discussion of Cameron County land.
- Texas News
Huffines Bars Contractors Tied to Convicted Traffickers From Comptroller Contracts and Grants
The order writes a human trafficking certification into all future comptroller contracts and grants, extending a bar that state law applied only to contracts.
- Texas News
Comptroller Huffines Brings AI Into $12.5 Billion Unclaimed Property Program
The comptroller says artificial intelligence and new software will speed claims on more than $12.5 billion the state holds for its owners.
- Culture
Stephen Fuller Austin Built Texas Self-Government Before He Fought for It
Stephen F. Austin was born November 3, 1793. Before the Texas Revolution, he gave his colonists elected local judges, a written code, an appeals court and a bound land record.
- North America
United Conservative Party Expels Rath as Alberta Independence Leaders Regroup
The United Conservative Party revoked Jeffrey Rath's membership and now requires a pledge against separation. Cameron Davies quit as Republican Party of Alberta leader.
- Texas News
Mexico Says Treaty, Not Texas, Decides Status of Nine Rio Grande Islands
Mexico says the 1970 treaty and a two-government commission, not Texas, decide which side of the boundary nine Rio Grande islands fall on.
- Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: Sunday, November 1, 2026
The Texas Attorney General’s Office arrests people accused of voting on parole, Washington licenses an $8.2 billion gas port off Matagorda, and the United Nations begins closing its Western Sahara mission.
- Texas News
Texans Cast More Than 7.4 Million Early Ballots as Turnout Reaches 39 Percent
More than 7.4 million Texans voted early, about 39 percent of registered voters, a midterm record. The count is preliminary and mail ballots are still coming in.
- This Month @ The TNM
This Month @ The TNM: New Management, Same Address
The November 2026 episode looks past the winners and losers of the election cycle and asks who should be making the decisions that shape Texas's future.
- Texas News
Rick Perry Loses Board Seat at Fermi, Amarillo Data Center Company He Co-Founded
The former governor lost reelection at Fermi's annual meeting, according to a transcript obtained by The Texas Tribune. The vote totals have not been filed.
- Texas News
Texas Rural Health Grant Plans Reach $224.6 Million as State Adds $87 Million
A new $87.2 million round brings the state's first-year grant plans to $224.6 million, all of it federal money, with most of the five-year total still an estimate.
- Texas News
Potter County Republicans Sue to Hand Count Every Texas Ballot Before Certification
The county party asks a federal court in Amarillo to bar certification of Texas federal races until every paper ballot in every precinct is counted by hand.
- Texas News
Federal Prosecutors Charge Five Noncitizens in Texas Illegal Voting Cases
The US Attorney's Office in Houston says five noncitizens from three countries face charges in cases tied to voting in federal elections.
