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Texas Attorney General Paxton s office defers to US Supreme Court on gay marriage question

AUSTIN The Texas attorney general's office won't weigh in on whether the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing gay marriage applies to private citizens.

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Texas House candidate Justin Berry among Austin officers indicted

The Austin police officer is one of four Republicans seeking their party’s nomination for Texas House District 19, west of Austin.

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A tale of two capital cities: Texas Democrats continue fight for voting rights in Washington as Republicans push them to return

A tale of two capital cities: Texas Democrats continue fight for voting rights in Washington as Republicans push them to return Texas Tribune Published: Updated: July 28, 2021 5:35 pm State Rep. Cecil Bell Jr, R-Magnolia, sits on the House floor on July 19, 2021. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Outside of the Texas House chamber, state Rep. Briscoe Cain is setting traps for Democrats. The first was a case of Miller Lite placed under a brown shipping box propped open with a stick, a nod to the now-viral photograph of House Democrats smiling on a bus with a 12-pack visible in one of the seats as they left the state earlier this month to prevent passage of a GOP election bill at the Texas Legislature.

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Texas Democrats, Republicans feud from afar over legislative session

Texas Democrats, Republicans feud from afar over legislative session
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Leadership tensions loom at end of Texas legislative session

Credit: The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The 2021 Texas legislative session is heading into its final weekend fraught with uncertainty and tension between the two chambers that could lead to a special session. After three of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities effectively died Tuesday night in the House, the Senate presiding officer called for a special session to pass them, jolting the final several days of a session that was already on track to be the most conservative in recent memory. The last day of the session is Monday, and procedural deadlines have been increasingly cutting off opportunities to hash out key issues.

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