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Bob Garrett
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Austin Bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News
Austin, Texas USA
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    Bob Garrett
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    Mar 2, 2021
    Effective 3/10, Texas is reopening all businesses, rescinding its #COVID19 restrictions such as a statewide mask mandate, @GregAbbott_TX announces Using matrix he used last fall, if a region's COVID hosp'ns top 15% of hospital beds for 7 days, county judge may restrict reopening
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    Bob Garrett
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    Oct 25, 2018
    Big, big crowd for @BetoORourke at Tyler's Liberty Missionary Baptist Church. Parking lots overflowing. Had to park 3 blocks away. #TXSen #txlege
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    Bob Garrett
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    Mar 30, 2022
    BREAKING: Judge asks feds to probe possible child porn production at Bastrop home for sexually abused girls. Also, @dallasnews has learned The Refuge has enjoyed high-level support from state government, including by @GregAbbott_TX and his wife. #txlege
    Judge asks feds to probe possible child porn production at Bastrop home for sexually abused girls
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    Bob Garrett
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    Jul 12, 2020
    Joe Biden builds lead over Donald Trump in reliably red Texas, as voters sour on handling of virus #2020 Elections #COVID19 #txlege 1/9
    Joe Biden builds 5-point lead over Donald Trump in red Texas as some voters sour on handling of...
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    Bob Garrett
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    Jan 24, 2023
    .⁦@jamestalarico⁩ unveils bill to give all Texas teachers a $15k/yr pay raise. School support staff would get 25% pay bumps. Noting state’s huge carryover cash balance, he says, ‘Hoarding this surplus while educators and children are suffering is immoral.’ #txed #txlege
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    Bob Garrett
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    Jul 10, 2020
    BREAKING: As Texas sets 3 more single-day records on coronavirus, @GovAbbott predicts next week will ‘look worse’ Wearing masks is 'only strategy we have left to avoid having our economy shut down again,’ he pleads. #COVID19 #txlege
    As Texas sets 3 more single-day records on coronavirus, Gov. Greg Abbott predicts next week will...
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    Bob Garrett
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    Jul 29, 2021
    Willie Nelson, denouncing election law changes as ‘unAmerican,’ to play at Beto O’Rourke/William J Barber II ‘March for Democracy’ rally. #txlege #Elections
    Willie Nelson, denouncing election law changes, to play at 'March for Democracy' rally
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    Bob Garrett
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    Aug 20, 2018
    A San Antonio supporter named Bryan, in his late 20s or early 30s, gave his Land Yachts skateboard to @BetoORourke. After long days, O'Rourke said, "you need a little, like, moment. So this going to be our zen. Right here. This skateboard." #txsen #txlege x.com/jbillinson/sta…
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    Bob Garrett
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    Oct 12, 2018
    Ted Cruz responds to Beto O’Rourke record haul of $38.1M last quarter: “Liberal, left-wing activists are flooding Texas with cash. .. But at the end of the day, you can’t buy Texas.” #TXSen #txlege
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    Bob Garrett
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    Sep 30, 2022
    One by one, parents of kids fatally shot at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary speak of their loss and their disappointment ⁦@GregAbbott_TX⁩ won’t call a special session to raise age for buying assault-style weapons. It’s a ⁦@BetoORourke⁩ pre-debate presser in Hidalgo County.
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    Bob Garrett
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    Nov 19, 2021
    BREAKING: Using emergency budget powers when lawmakers aren’t in session, @GovAbbott, GOP leaders take $4M from prisons, give it to county election audits done by the Texas secretary of state for 'election integrity.' Trump's been hounding Abbott for a 2020 audit. Story to come
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    Bob Garrett
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    Jul 29, 2022
    NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stayed at fundraiser for hours after Uvalde shooting, records show. #Uvalde #2022Elections #TXGOV
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stayed at fundraiser for hours after Uvalde shooting, records show
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    Bob Garrett
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    Feb 13, 2021
    Longtime McConnell watchers know this, but House #impeachment manager Joe Neguse is appealing to Mitch’s better angels by mentioning John Sherman Cooper’s vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the override of Reagan’s veto of sanctions against South Africa over apartheid.
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    Bob Garrett
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    Oct 18, 2020
    I can attest Cornyn now is singing a different tune. He told me 2/20/20, 'I support the efforts to accomplish that secure border,' referring to Trump’s siphoning of more defense dollars for the wall. See: dallasnews.com/news/politics/… #TxSen #txlege #2020Elections 1/4
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    Todd J. Gillman
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    Oct 18, 2020
    .@JohnCornyn defended Trump for siphoning Pentagon budget to pay for #borderwall, but now claims he was against it #TXSen dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
    John Cornyn opposes legal pot, says marijuana use may harm kids, pregnant women
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