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  Recall Petitions Will Be Costly for San Angelo Taxpayers

  SAN ANGELO, TX — San Angelo taxpayers could face bills of up to $150,000 or more if active recall petitions against Mayor Tom Thompson and Councilman Harry Thomas force special elections.

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  Texas Dream Act Goes to Court to Restore In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

  The law allowed students who attended and graduated from high school in Texas to pay in-state tuition, even if they lacked legal immigration status.

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  Pfluger Pushes Posthumous Medal of Honor for Vietnam Pilot Who Died Protecting Secrets

  Rep. August Pfluger introduced legislation to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Maj. Bob Lodge, who deliberately rode his crippled jet to his death in 1972 to protect classified U.S. intelligence during the Vietnam War.
  

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  San Angelo May End Up With a Data Center It Can’t Regulate

  AUSTIN, TX — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Board of Directors voted Monday and Tuesday to approve the long-awaited Batch Zero framework for large-load interconnection studies, a move that could accelerate some data center projects while leaving others behind.

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  Rep. Pfluger Calls for Airpower Prioritization in NDAA

  Congressman August Pfluger has been an outspoken leader for airpower prioritization in this year's National Defense Authorization Act.

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  Bo French Defeats Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright in GOP Primary Runoff

  The race for the typically under-the-radar office emerged on Tuesday as one of the closest contests of the night.

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  Middleton Defeats Roy for Texas Attorney General GOP Nomination

  Galveston state Sen. Mayes Middleton is the GOP nominee for attorney general, after defeating U.S. Rep. Chip Roy in a runoff Tuesday.

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  Ken Paxton Defeats John Cornyn for U.S. Senate GOP Nomination

  Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, ending over three decades of Sen. John Cornyn’s electoral dominance in what amounts to a watershed moment for GOP politics in Texas.

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  Here's How Tom Green County Voted in Primary Runoff

  Voters gave Ken Paxton a decisive win while several other key Republican races stayed competitive.

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  Tom Green County Strongly Backs Paxton in Senate Runoff

  First unofficial results show Tom Green County voters strongly backing Ken Paxton over John Cornyn in the GOP U.S. Senate runoff. Other races tight.
  

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  College Admin Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post Gets $225,000 in Settlement

  A former Ball State administrator who was fired over a Facebook post about Charlie Kirk will receive $225,000 under a legal settlement

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  Texas’ Raucous Primary Runoffs End Today; Here’s What to Watch

  Texans are returning to the polls Tuesday to pick their party’s nominees in an array of runoffs, capping one of the liveliest primary seasons in the state’s recent political history.

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