Secretary of State John Scott made clear that his call to resign from office just before the start of the 2023 legislative session was a strategic decision.
More info on Inside Texas Politics: Why the Secretary of State is stepping down
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Two Houston Democrats face off in back-to-back elections for John Whitmire’s open state Senate seat
State Rep. Jarvis Johnson and emergency room nurse Molly Cook are duking it out in a sleepy special election to briefly occupy the seat vacated when Whitmire was elected mayor.
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What happens to Texas weed after the Biden Justice Department loosens federal pot rules?
In Texas, where the substance is still illegal, advocates for pot were cautiously optimistic. “I’ve heard it so many times, I try not to get too hyped up until it happens,” said Peyton Merrell, US ...
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‘Leave-it-to-the-states’ won’t work: Why we need a federal abortion law
Rather, it returned the power to protect the unborn to the voters, who can exercise this power through both their state and federal elected officials ... life-protective laws since the decision came ...
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Republicans threaten to strike back at UT faculty amid protest response backlash
It also says Hartzell "capitulated to political pressure" in shutting down the Division of Campus and Community Engagement in the wake of a state law ordering public universities to shutter offices ...
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With more than 50 overdoses and 8 killed, Texas capital seeing ‘unusually deadly’ string of opioid incidents
Austin, Texas, saw an "unusually deadly" surge of more than 50 opioid overdoses between Monday and Tuesday, resulting in eight people dying and several others being rescued with Narcan, according to ...
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Texas Rancher Wants Greg Abbott to Pay Him a 'Premium' for Border Wall
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who's long been at the forefront of the illegal immigration issue in response to what he has claimed as the dereliction of duty by the Biden administration, said on April ...
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Texas sues Biden administration over Title IX rule expanding protections against discrimination based on sex, pregnancy
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and the Biden administration in Amarillo Federal Court against an expansion of Title IX referred to as the “Final ...
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former Republican Secretary of State and Trump lawyer Scott Gessler, has also baselessly questioned the 2020 election results. Related Articles Politics | Colorado’s 3rd District prepares for ...
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NH Secretary of State testifies about AI and elections on Capitol Hill
EARLIER THIS MONTH THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE SENATE PASSED ONE OF THOSE BILLS. IT WILL SOON REACH THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. NEW HAMPSHIRE SECRETARY OF STATE DAVID SCANLAN APPEARED ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY ...
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Nevada Secretary of State announces 'no evidence of widespread voter fraud' after review of 2020-2024
The report was done to ensure the integrity of the state's election system. The office of Nevada's Secretary of State announced in a new report Monday that there was "no evidence of widespread ...
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Nevada Secretary of State’s Office investigates 146 cases of double-voting
email [email protected] or call the Secretary of State’s office at 775-684-5708. To update or cancel your Nevada voter registration, visit vote.nv.gov. Mark Robison is the state politics ...
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Inside the Manhattan Courtroom at the Center of American Politics
Protesters railed outside, media and security swarmed the area, and inside the ... at both the state and the federal levels, into matters related to his business and political careers.