Mike Segar
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REUTERS
This week on Texas Matters: The big Democratic election wins this week include the Texas State Board of Education. What does the mean for schools' culture wars? What does turning Texas blue mean for turning Texas green? And Elon Musk could be one of the big losers from the election. How activists are celebrating the defeat of big money in Texas politics.
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Johnson will be the first Democratic Texas Attorney General since Dan Morales, who was in office from 1991-1999. -
The six-day pause from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky comes as the administration ramps up efforts to secure an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. -
The city’s $442 million bond is about half the size of the 2022 bond and comes with a smaller list of public projects — but no tax increase. -
Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez wants a study of cannabis legalization’s potential economic impact ahead of the 90th legislative session. -
The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, is out after 18 tumultuous months in charge. -
Republican control of the Texas State Board of Education had steadily increased over the last few cycles, but Democrats doubled their seats on the board this year, taking a narrow majority. -
A majority of justices on the Texas Supreme Court will be women for the first time ever, including the chief justice. -
While Ron Nirenberg’s job may be different, his approach will be the same. The former mayor will lean on collaboration in his new role. -
After sweeping election wins on Tuesday, Texas Democrats are eyeing the upcoming legislative session as a chance to pursue major changes to public education, healthcare and affordability. But a Republican-controlled state Senate could limit how much they accomplish. -
Two years after Donald Trump flipped longtime Democratic strongholds in the Rio Grande Valley, the region swung back toward Democrats in an election that will bring Texas its first Latina governor.
