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Woman injured by towel dispenser door inside restroom at Magnolia Silos files $1 million lawsuit 6 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 3277
How gerrymandered is the Texas House? 1 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 888
The DOJ has sued the State of Texas 8 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Aug 2023 6 2443
A redistricting case in Galveston County, Texas is going to trial 0 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1491
How the Texas AG's office became a pipeline for conservative federal judges 0 douglas9 Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1794
President Biden welcomes the Houston Astros to the White House to celebrate their 2022 World Series 8 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 2340
Can The TDP's New Executive Director Lead Us To Flipping The State? 4 Shell_Seas Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 1332
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is taking leave of absence due to clinical depression 2 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 3108
Denying Healthcare: Kolkhorst, Harless, And The Blood On Their Hands 0 Shell_Seas Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 818
U.S. Capitol Police to open Texas field office, citing rising threats against members of Congress 1 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 2837
Two Baytown Teachers Fired for Attending a Drag Show 4 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Aug 2023 10 1466
Ken Paxton moves one step closer to trial on long-delayed securities fraud charges 1 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2380
Sycophants To The Very End 2 Shell_Seas Aug 2023 Aug 2023 38 2205
U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson "briefly detained" by officers at rodeo near Amarillo 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 2706
Astros Land Justin Verlander in Trade with Mets 2 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1168
The One-Mile Rule: Texas' Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complai 0 douglas9 Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 2105
When Fiction Becomes Reality: Texas GOP Desperate To Save Fossil Fuels 2 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 1875
Small wasp 6x lifesize 8 AndyS Jul 2023 Jul 2023 14 2038
Buc-ee's responds to unofficial 'Buk-ii's' store in Matamoros, MX 7 LeftInTX Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 3524
Gentrification's Grip In Cameron County And The Role of SpaceX 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1013
Texas A&M suspends professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture 7 douglas9 Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 2525
Paxton lawyers seek to disqualify 3 Democratic senators as impeachment jurors (and fail) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 2564
Greg Abbott's Very Bad Month 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 17 1964
Oil Oligarchs' Grip on Texas: How Their Influence Blocked Energy Reform 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1843
Court OK'd delay in election ethics case against AG Ken Paxton until after his impeachment trial 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1677
Ken Paxton's impeachment trial is getting fun. Gag order issued and now a lawsuit on gag order 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2406
Texas Spent Billions on Border Security. It's Not Working 4 douglas9 Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1142
DOJ says it will sue Texas over buoy wall barrier in Rio Grande 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2513
Combatting Cameron County's False Narrative on Elon Musk 0 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1045
Why Are West Texas Billionaires Trying To Buy Paxton's Acquittal? 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 3108

Texas Continued...

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Who Owns Texas? Top 10 Most Influential Oligarchs. 4 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 1875
Texas heat wave has inmates' families worried about lack of air conditioning in state's prisons 6 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2440
Women denied abortions in Texas ask court for clarity over state's exceptions to ban 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 4173
Hearing at Travis County Court on Tx abortion lawsuit 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 815
Austin-area homeowners among thousands across country having issues with bankrupt solar energy firm 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 4690
Justice Harriet O'Neill, a Republican, joined the "team of prosecutors" pursuing Paxton impeachment 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1527
Mexico files border boundaries complaint over Texas' floating barrier plan on Rio Grande 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1472
True Texas Project: The New Red Scare 2 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 1617
Christian Nationalist Billionaires Want to Take Over Houston 8 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 14 2594
GOP Pac To Target Conservative Hispanic Democrats In The Texas House 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2535
Texas Republicans Plot Path Toward Segregation 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 10 2392
Houston has a new holiday-713 Day 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 996
Texas tumbles out of CNBC's top five states for business for first time in ranking history 6 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 16 3811
Abbott's Plan To Drown Refugees As A Deterrent For Seeking Asylum 7 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 1888
Inmates are dying in stifling Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as a cause of de 7 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 3280
Texas Republicans divide over impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1855
Why Texas Democrats Must Focus On An Urban First Strategy And Embrace Progressivism 0 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2442
Has North Texas Forgotten About The Monstrous Acts Of Beth Van Duyne? 3 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2513
Abbott Touts Texas' Economic Success Amidst 13.7% Food Insecurity Rate 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 1132
Ken Paxton will not testify at impeachment trial, defense attorney says 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 2311
Texas Democrat (Castro) on rare cancer diagnosis: 'Wondered how much longer' 2 question everything Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 5845
The GOP's Regressive Plans To Push Whiteness In Texas Colleges And Universities 1 Shell_Seas Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 2073
Teen who went missing in 2015 while walking dogs in north Houston found alive 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 2817
'Outside' report? Law firm that wrote it to defend Ken Paxton was paid $500K by Texas AG 1 white cloud Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 6318
Texas Supreme Court says Gov. Greg Abbott's COVID ban on local mask rules was lawful 9 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2957
ERCOT voted to give themselves substantial raises 8 Mersky Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1714
Impeachment Investigators Look Into Texas Attorney General's Real-Estate Sp 1 douglas9 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2842
Republicans' Complicity In Cooking Prisoners To Death In TDCJ 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 12 1192
Texas Tango Recap: The Absurd 88th Legislature's Special Session 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1910
Nurses walk out of Austin's Ascension Seton in historic strike 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2040

Texas Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
As demand for skilled workers rises in Texas, work-based educational ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 2683
Mitchell Jordan Makes History: Palestine, Texas Elects First-Ever Black Mayor 4 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1319
Texas Senate does the right thing sidelining Paxton's wife in his impeachment (Editorial) 2 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 2114
Rescued tower tech is showing some improvement but needs industry's prayers and financial support 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 3868
New polling shows impeachment drama points to a summer of sweating for Ken Paxton 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1480
Three SAPD officers charged with murder after gunning down woman in apartment, Chief McManus says 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 3130
Pervez Agwan: A Progressive Voice For Texas' Future 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1801
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not receive his $153,750 salary during suspension 3 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 2652
Southwestern's Class of 2023 Achieves 100 Percent Medical School Acceptance 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1560
Texas Senate bars Angela Paxton from voting in husband AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2599
Rules for Ken Paxton impeachment trial were announced tonight 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1771
The Impeachment Games 0 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 943
Half of Texas voters believe the impeachment of Ken Paxton was justified, poll finds 1 Wonder Why Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 2009
Elon Musk, Joe Rogan and RFK, Jr are going after Nobel Prize nominated physician Dr. Peter Hotez 7 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 5884
Texas calls for energy conservation as extreme heat spikes electricity demand 9 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 2468
Angela Paxton Refuses To Recuse After Singing Husband's Praises 2 Shell_Seas Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1760
Bob Lemmons in Carrizo Springs, 1936, as taken by Dorothea Lange. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1726
Texas Democrats aim for unity ahead of expected primary to take on U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz 0 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2240
As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullifie 15 douglas9 Jun 2023 Jun 2023 16 2958
Tarrant County picks deputy county clerk to run elections, eschewing GOP activist 1 LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1150
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