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Laws have changed around parking for disabled Texans over the years. Here's how it looks today. 18 TexasTowelie Jan 2024 Jun 2025 19 7808
Election 2024 voting information 2 Lithos Jan 2024 Mar 2025 5 3906
Supreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms 3 LetMyPeopleVote 4 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 2 318
Trump pardons sports executive charged by his Justice Department 5 douglas9 16 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 8 509
Texas exodus underscores the state's fading relevance in the House GOP 3 douglas9 16 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 10 589
He's an Unapologetic Fascist Who 'Despises' Democracy. He Still Wants You to Vote for Him. 1 douglas9 Yesterday Yesterday 15 583
Texas removes women and minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contracts 0 TexasTowelie Tuesday Tuesday 10 601
Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proven their citizenship 0 douglas9 Tuesday Tuesday 3 335
Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds 3 douglas9 Tuesday Tuesday 4 377
Tarrant board keeps chief appraiser after vote error that skewed 2024 election 0 RandySF Tuesday Tuesday 3 291
Early voting begins for December runoff election. Everything you need to know 0 RandySF Tuesday Tuesday 3 238
Man arrested, accused of posting video saying he was building bomb targeting Fort Worth 0 TexasTowelie Sunday Sunday 9 809
Efforts to save Monarch butterflies show progress as Trump administration moves to rollback rules - KXAN 0 TexasTowelie Saturday Saturday 11 652
My asshole congresscritter, Troy Nehls, is not running for re-election 7 LetMyPeopleVote Saturday Saturday 8 863
Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat 1 douglas9 Nov 26 Nov 26 9 504
State investigates Harris County for allegedly registering P.O. boxes as voter addresses 0 RandySF Nov 26 Nov 26 1 213
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asks City Council to move municipal elections to November 0 RandySF Nov 26 Nov 26 0 182
Governor Of Texas PANICS After Banks REJECT Thousands Of Mortgage Applications! 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 25 Nov 25 14 1242
Special Frisco City Council election draws former fire chief, insurance business owner 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 1 244
Bexar County secures $4 million to enhance election operations 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 0 174
A fifth North Texas city to consider election to pull out of DART 0 RandySF Nov 25 Nov 25 0 296
Webb County judge (D) disputes allegation that he violated federal law to dodge Texas' resign-to-run rule 0 RandySF Nov 24 Nov 24 2 241
Abbott's Moves to Restrict Muslims Leave Some Concerned and Puzzled 7 douglas9 Nov 22 Nov 22 10 666
U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restores Texas GOP's congressional map 4 douglas9 Nov 22 Nov 22 6 513
Texas rodeo events canceled due to equine virus outbreak, as PRCA monitors situation 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 21 Nov 22 7 685
Greg Abbott vows to spend mightily to turn Harris County red 2 RandySF Nov 21 Nov 21 6 550
Texas Republicans in some counties are pushing to count ballots by hand in next year's primary 5 douglas9 Nov 19 Nov 20 1 373
Trump Judge Who Blocked Texas Redistricting Had Won GOP Praise 0 douglas9 Nov 20 Nov 20 10 567
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 RandySF Nov 20 Nov 20 0 82
Judge blocks Texas from using new congressional map for 2026 elections 5 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 18 Nov 19 6 413

Texas Continued...

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The Texas redistricting ruling is going to affect a good number of upcoming Texas races. 0 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 18 Nov 18 4 438
Abbott sets Jan. 31 runoff for special election to replace U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner 0 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 17 Nov 17 2 242
Why Kamala Harris congratulated a Cy-Fair ISD school board winner for breaking a conservative majority 0 RandySF Nov 14 Nov 14 5 464
AG Paxton sues Texas higher education agency over work-study programs, alleging religious discrimination 1 TexasTowelie Nov 14 Nov 14 4 386
Tiny GOP Counties Get Big Litigation in Paxton's Texas 3 douglas9 Nov 14 Nov 14 2 476
Texas judge blocks Ken Paxton's request to muzzle Tylenol maker on drug's safety 0 TexasTowelie Nov 14 Nov 14 3 297
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 TexasTowelie Nov 14 Nov 14 0 98
TX-AG: Meet the candidates vying to be Texas attorney general in the post-Paxton era 1 RandySF Nov 14 Nov 14 1 267
Texas GOP regret 'their overconfidence' as Trump-led effort 'may end up backfiring' 4 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 Nov 14 14 605
Mike Collier to challenge Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick again -- as an independent 1 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 Nov 13 1 299
Texas gerrymandering may backfire 5 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 Nov 13 19 572
Former state Rep. Chris Paddie fined $105,500 for violating revolving door lobbying law 0 TexasTowelie Nov 13 Nov 13 2 244
Preliminary Injunction Hearing in Texas Redistricting Cases set for October 1-10 1 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 Nov 13 4 589
Once a Rising Star, a Top Texas Democrat Won't Seek Re-election 4 RandySF Sep 16 Nov 13 3 1286
Hawkins City Council Election Overturned 0 RandySF Nov 13 Nov 13 2 304
San Antonio U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales to make first media appearance since staffer's puzzling death 0 douglas9 Nov 13 Nov 13 3 554
Dallas to move city council elections to November 0 RandySF Nov 12 Nov 12 3 321
The number of whooping cough cases in Texas is the highest it's been in 11 years 4 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 12 Nov 12 7 396
Jolt Initiative hits back at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in fight over voter registration 1 RandySF Nov 12 Nov 12 4 383
More than a dozen families sue Camp Mystic - NBC News 0 TexasTowelie Nov 11 Nov 11 5 337
Teen sentenced in crash that killed Alpharetta GA family of 6 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 11 Nov 11 8 614
Texas AG sues group over claims of illegally registering voters 4 RandySF Nov 11 Nov 11 7 361
TX-SD09: Democrat Rehmet, Republican Wambsganss head to runoff in special election for North Texas Senate seat 1 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 9 3 277
Almost 3 million votes cast in constitutional amendments election, most in recent history 2 RandySF Nov 8 Nov 8 1 311
New councilman elected, local results mirror statewide in constitutional amendment election 0 RandySF Nov 8 Nov 8 4 387
Paxton makes "extraordinary request" to block Tylenol maker from paying shareholders 4 TexasTowelie Nov 6 Nov 7 9 568
Texas Turns Its Sprawling State Police Force Into Immigration Agents for Trump 5 douglas9 Nov 6 Nov 6 6 573
Texas Congressman Al Green is changing districts due to the new Texas gerrymandered map 2 LetMyPeopleVote Nov 6 Nov 6 7 427
Well, shoot. Looks like all the texas constitutional amendments passed. 15 mwmisses4289 Nov 5 Nov 6 18 1311
I heard that Democrats/progressives had a good election night in Harris County. 1 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 3 459

Texas Continued...

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Democratic-Backed Candidates Flip 3 Texas School Board Seats 2 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 10 482
Brad Heppner, founder of Dallas-based Beneficient, arrested on fraud charges 1 TexasTowelie Nov 6 Nov 6 5 517
Houston voters deal another political blow to HISD Superintendent Mike Miles 0 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 4 415
Results: Runoff likely for Houston City Council At-large Position 4 race with Boykins and Salinas leading 0 RandySF Nov 6 Nov 6 0 260
A near upset in North Texas Senate race jolts frayed Democratic hopes ahead of 2026 1 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 13 529
Plano leaders vote to hold DART withdrawal election next spring 0 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 1 214
North Texas community votes against forming a city to regulate a noisy Bitcoin mine 1 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 4 334
All 17 Texas Constitutional amendments pass 0 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 3 420
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 RandySF Nov 5 Nov 5 0 139
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson fights Republican lawsuit seeking closed primaries 1 RandySF Oct 31 Nov 5 2 244
'There's other options': Irving City Council to discuss potential DART pullout election 1 RandySF Nov 1 Nov 5 1 348
How did Austin's Proposition Q do? 2 TexasTowelie Nov 5 Nov 5 4 458
Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards appear headed for District 18 special election runoff 0 TexasTowelie Nov 5 Nov 5 4 278
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Election 0 cloudbase Nov 4 Nov 4 4 276
Trump administration plans to build border wall in Laredo, mayor says 1 TexasTowelie Nov 4 Nov 4 6 414
Two voters to decide $580 million bond election for Waco riverway subdivision development 1 RandySF Nov 4 Nov 4 2 469
Leader planning Texas county 'takeover' faces renewed injunction 6 douglas9 Nov 1 Nov 1 9 682
"A devastating disease": Texas voters to decide on $3B state-run dementia fund in upcoming election 0 RandySF Nov 1 Nov 1 4 315
Texas ACA insurers hike monthly premiums by 35% on average 0 TexasTowelie Nov 1 Nov 1 2 310
Texas counties look into 'potential noncitizens' on voter rolls. Here's what they're finding. 1 RandySF Nov 1 Nov 1 3 435
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