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Abbott signs agreement with 4th Mexican governor as 4th bus of illegal immigrants arrives in D.C.(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott late Friday signed his fourth memorandum of understanding in three days with another Mexican governor as part of his commitment to secure Texas’… Read More
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Second bus of illegal immigrants arrives at U.S. Capitol from Texas(The Center Square) – A second bus carrying immigrants who illegally crossed the border in Texas arrived near the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. early Thursday. The first… Read More
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NC congressman introduces bill to restart building border wall(The Center Square) – A North Carolina congressman has introduced a bill to require the federal government to restart rebuilding the border wall, which was halted by President Joe… Read More
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States fight Biden’s prison-to-streets pipeline for illegal immigrant convictsThe Biden administration has allowed a more than eleven-fold increase in the number of illegal immigrant offenders let out of Texas prisons and into the general U.S. population, despite… Read More
Public Education
Elementary students told to keep LGBTQIA+ discussions hidden from parents, contrary to lawA Texas school district is celebrating its own “Pride Week,” including small group activities that students – from pre-K through 5th grade – have been told to keep secret. … Read More
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Popular Whataburger franchise plans for more restaurants in Republic, Ozark and SpringfieldThanks to Patrick Mahomes, Missourians will soon see the incredibly popular Whataburger restaurants spread throughout the western and southern portions of the state. In 2018, the NFL all-pro… Read More
National, State Government
Texas and Missouri team up to fight illegal immigration, Biden administration(The Center Square) – The attorneys general of Texas and Missouri have been what some may consider an unlikely pair from non-neighboring states, teaming up on lawsuits against the… Read More
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AG Schmidt: Kansas sees large spikes in fentanyl seizures, drug overdoses(The Center Square) – Record amounts of fentanyl and other drugs are being seized in Kansas after they’ve made their way north from Mexico and the state’s attorney general,… Read More
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Former Border Patrol chief: Texas doing federal government’s job, holding line at U.S. border(The Center Square) – The number of illegal immigrants apprehended at the southern border by the Texas Department of Public Safety in the past year has somewhat mitigated what… Read More
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British authorities apprehend two in connection to Texas hostage situation(The Center Square) – Less than 24 hours after an 11-hour-hour hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, which ended with an armed gunman dead and hostages… Read More
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Abbott debuts Texas border wall construction in Rio Grande City(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott has debuted the construction of a part of the Texas border wall in Rio Grande City six months after he… Read More
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Biden administration loses in court to Texas on immigration, again(The Center Square ) – The Biden administration has lost another court battle to Texas over immigration, this time over its decision to end the Remain in Mexico… Read More
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AG Paxton: Texas will keep winning in court despite Biden administration’s disdain for state(The Center Square) – Attorney General Ken Paxton says it’s clear that the Biden administration dislikes the Lone Star State. He made the comments after the most recent lawsuit filed… Read More
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Border Patrol agents apprehend foreign nationals illegally entering U.S. from multiple countries(The Center Square) – While most Americans were legally traveling to visit relatives and celebrate Thanksgiving enjoying a few days off of work, Border Patrol agents were hard at… Read More
National, State Government
DOJ asks SCOTUS to bar Texas from enforcing new abortion law(The Center Square) – The Department of Justice on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block Texas’s recently-passed law that bans abortions once a heartbeat is detectable. Read More
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GOP governors: Biden ignores meeting request on border crisis, propose own solutions(The Center Square) – Twenty-six U.S. governors requested to meet with President Joe Biden to propose solutions to the ongoing border crisis, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a… Read More
State Government
Federal court weighs motion to lift two-year stay on Missouri’s eight-week abortion ban(The Center Square) – Two years before Texas legislators adopted a law banning abortion at six weeks, the Missouri General Assembly passed a bill criminalizing abortions at eight weeks. Read More
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Abbott announces more funding for Operation Lone Star as hundreds of law enforcement officers descend on Del Rio(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday the state will allocate an additional $100 million to enhance Operation Lone Star border security operations as a surge… Read More
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Republicans call on Biden to fix border crisis in Del Rio(The Center Square) – House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is urging President Joe Biden to deploy the National Guard to help Texas personnel to resolve a humanitarian crisis… Read More
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Texas abortion ban becomes law; U.S. Supreme Court opts not to intervene, for now(The Center Square) – A bill that bans abortion in the state of Texas at about six weeks after conception went into effect on Wednesday. The new law requires… Read More