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NEW: A TX school board member pored through her district’s curriculum for signs of indoctrination, but found nothing. The hardliners who asked her to run dismissed the news. 'It didn't fit the narrative they were trying to push.' propublica.org/article/texas-…

El Paso residents rally to protect a Rio Grande wetland from possible highway project

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A barge hit a bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island on Wednesday around 9:30 a.m., spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to the small island, officials said.

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Texas State University was set to be the first university in Texas to host a presidential debate, but both candidates for president are going rogue. Two new debate dates will be hosted by CNN and ABC News, slated to take place on June 27 and Sept. 10.

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What began as a Denton divorce has grown into a larger battle over whether a frozen embryo should be defined as a person or property. The court has not yet said whether it will take up the case, which centers on three frozen embryos.

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“I took part in it myself. I refuse to participate in it any longer. It’s not serving our party. We have to do better.”

A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum.

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A third person with ties to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s bribery case has pleaded guilty, according to a recently unsealed plea agreement, after the South Texas Democrat was accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank.

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Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on after finding no evidence that students were being indoctrinated by the district’s curriculum.

Her defiance has brought her backlash.

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“We appealed to his sense of intellect, but also his sense of morality.'
- U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul of Austin tells Sejal Govindarao about how he ultimately helped convince Speaker Mike Johnson to advance Ukraine aid.

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A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum. texastribune.org/2024/05/15/tex… via Texas Tribune

This Texas school bd member ran on far-right platform to stop schools from indoctrinating kids.

Then she read the curriculum, finding there was no such evidence. Now she's disavowing the groups that launched her. via Jeremy Schwartz

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An ABSOLUTE must read: She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.
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