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As new Texas Hispanic caucus leader, Romero prepares for fierce battle over immigration
Ramón Romero Jr.’s path took him from poverty in Polytechnic Heights to a career in politics, becoming the only Latino to ...
Bayer backs broadened effort to shield popular weedkiller from claims it failed to warn of cancer
A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller ...
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Texas Colleges Rolled Over for Anti-DEI Bill. Now They Face a Broader Attack.
Schools that overcomplied with state bills targeting DEI initiatives are now vulnerable to attacks on curriculum, too.
Opponents of death penalty ask CT lawmakers for ban on sale of lethal injection drugs
Connecticut companies would be banned from selling drugs used in capital punishment under bill opposed by state hospitals.
Little to no relief from high borrowing costs expected as Fed Chair Powell heads to the Hill
The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more ...
Look inside the modern new structure on the Capitol Campus: Irving R. Newhouse Building
Irving R. Newhouse Building, that is. The former 25,084-square-foot Newhouse building that housed offices for state senators ...
A US Congressman, his enslaved half-brothers and the history of an Austin log farmstead
Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...
From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
Will the feds pick up the tab for Texas’ $11 billion border crackdown? Republicans are pushing it
Gov. Greg Abbott, who has urged congressional leaders to pay the state, is set to visit Capitol Hill Wednesday.