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@texastribune covering law, courts and politics. previously: abortion and women’s health. all my exes not in Texas: @kentuckycir @pacrossroads @npr

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I am honestly speechless to be named reporter of the year by Texas Managing Editors. In a difficult year for media nationwide, it’s a privilege to be able to continue to do this work, one I don’t take lightly. texastribune.org/2024/04/20/…
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INBOX: @GregAbbott_TX will be at the opening of the Dr. Ron A. McMurry Mediplex in Jasper, TX In 2023, we wrote about Dr. McMurry and his often Sisphyean fight to deliver babies in East Texas - and later learned he was @HicklandHillary’s father!
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Dr. McMurry passed in January. He was a lovely man and it’s wonderful to see him honored this way. texastribune.org/2023/01/05/…

Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis

Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible.

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NEW: After winning the most expensive attorney general primary in U.S. history, Mayes Middleton is taking a frugal approach to the general. Other than forgiving his own $1m loan, he gave himself no addtl $ this period. Middleton has $2.1m cash; Democrat Nathan Johnson has $1m
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On stage at #TribFest26, @GinaHinojosaTX announces a new ad featuring a “MAGA conservative” who was at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th and now plans to vote for Hinojosa over her opposition to school vouchers. Hinojosa is running neck-and-neck with three-term Gov. Greg Abbott
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Remember all those press releases AG Ken Paxton put out during the Biden administration? We tracked down the outcome and real world impact of all 109 lawsuits Texas filed. Paxton’s relentless Biden-bashing has become his sword and shield as he runs for U.S. Senate
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How more than 100 lawsuits against Biden fueled Ken Paxton’s rise

As attorney general, Paxton threw unprecedented resources into stopping Biden’s agenda. That record is his sword and shield as he runs for U.S. Senate.

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Chip Roy
@chiproytxMay 27
Just a little while ago, I called and congratulated @mayes_middleton for his victory in our race for the Republican nominee for Attorney General. I will have a full statement tomorrow. Onward.
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Renzo Downey@RenzoDowneyMay 27
.@KenPaxtonTX in his #TXSEN victory speech: "We just sent a Texas-sized message to Washington."
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“The last of the gentlemen Republicans”: John Cornyn’s four-decade political career ends with a MAGA uprising, by @kaylaguo_ texastribune.org/2026/05/26/…

John Cornyn’s long political career ends in MAGA uprising

A former state Supreme Court justice, Texas attorney general and a four-term U.S. senator, Cornyn had held on in the Republican Party as it transformed from the party of Bush, to the Tea Party...

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Dallas state Sen. @NathanForTexas is the Democratic nominee for Texas attorney general, per AP. No call yet on the GOP side, but Johnson’s Senate colleague, Mayes Middleton, running ahead of Congressman Chip Roy
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Patrick Svitek
@PatrickSvitekMay 21
Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz is heading to Texas tomorrow to campaign for Mayes Middleton in his AG runoff against Chip Roy, per a source familiar. Trump hasn’t endorsed, but some big Trump allies, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, are ramping up attacks on Roy as anti-MAGA.
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Jasper Scherer@jaspschererMay 19
Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Senate GOP runoff texastribune.org/2026/05/19/… via @birenbomb

Trump endorses Ken Paxton in Senate GOP runoff

The development, coming partway through early voting, is a searing blow for John Cornyn, who finished first in the March runoff but was unable to convince Trump to endorse him.

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Kayla Guo@kaylaguo_May 19
Trump says Cornyn "is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough." "John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency." #txsen
Gabby Birenbaum@birenbombMay 19
BREAKING: Trump endorses KEN PAXTON in the U.S. Senate race in Texas “Ken is a true MAGA warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate”
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First in the @TexasTribune: Alex Fairly, the Amarillo GOP megadonor, has given @chiproytx $2.75 million, a much-needed shot in the arm for the home stretch of his attorney general runoff against Sen. Mayes Middleton texastribune.org/2026/05/18/…

GOP donor gives Chip Roy $2.75 million for attorney general bid

Roy is the only candidate who’s “able and prepared to do the job,” Fairly said. Roy’s opponent, Mayes Middleton, has been criticized for his lack of legal experience.

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@mayes_middleton has given himself another $2.5 million for the runoff, campaign finance reports show. In a reversal from the primary, Roy has outraised Middleton during this period (even including Middleton’s self-funding) and is spending more on ads so far.
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Texas Supreme Court rejects Abbott’s request to remove Democratic Rep. Gene Wu from office over redistricting protest texastribune.org/2026/05/15/… via @eklib & @kaylaguo_

Democrat Gene Wu can keep House seat, Texas Supreme Court rules

More than 50 Democrats, including Wu — the House Democratic leader — left the state last August to shut down the Legislature and stall passage of the GOP’s map.

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Renzo Downey@RenzoDowneyMay 11
President Trump nominates @GregAbbott_TX deputy chief of staff Angela Colmenero as a judge for the Southern District of Texas. #txlege Colmenero served as interim attorney general while Ken Paxton was suspended during his impeachment trial.
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Alito says his dog developed a mental illness and had to go to a specialty vet after moving to D.C. “There is something in the atmosphere of the beltway that drives people crazy and Zeus is a case study proof of this.” (That is the extent of the news from the speech.)
Eleanor Klibanoff@eklibMay 7
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who most recently authored the Louisiana v. Callais decision, is at the Texas House of Representatives for the investiture of his former clerk, Texas Supreme Court Justice Kyle Hawkins, as well as Justice James Sullivan
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who most recently authored the Louisiana v. Callais decision, is at the Texas House of Representatives for the investiture of his former clerk, Texas Supreme Court Justice Kyle Hawkins, as well as Justice James Sullivan
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side note, the House’s AV system is enjoying a well-earned interim break, this is the third mic Abbott has tried #txlege
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