BREAKING: Nearly all eligible voters in Travis County are registered to vote this year.
A record 97% of the county’s estimated 850,000 eligible voters are registered atxne.ws/3lHQ1xv
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- As polls show the Texas governor election tightening, Beto O'Rourke outraises Greg Abbott, funded by teachers more than any other occupation.
- Texas' largest Teamsters union has endorsed Harris ahead of her Houston rally, despite the international union withholding endorsement.
- Texas country legend Willie Nelson will perform at an event Sunday for Democrat Beto O'Rourke in Austin. It's billed as the "Vote 'Em Out" rally in O'Rourke's effort to deny Republican Gov. Greg Abbott a third term in the Nov. 8 election. statesman.com/story/news/loc…
- Opinion: Endorsement: Colin Allred is the right choice for Texas in the U.S. Senate
- BREAKING: Texas Attorney Ken Paxton took bribes, abused office, executives in his office say atxne.ws/3jtklvd
- Abbott said Wednesday that Texas would consider challenging a 1982 Supreme Court decision requiring states to offer free public education to all children, including those of undocumented immigrants.
- BREAKING: All University of Texas in-state students with families that make less than $65,000 a year will be given full scholarships beginning in fall 2020 atxne.ws/2G3GzlV
- BREAKING: Gov. Abbott said Texas won’t participate in the refugee resettlement program, citing concerns about border security atxne.ws/3a2NKbt
- BREAKING: Matthew McConaughey joins University of Texas faculty
- SANTA FE SHOOTING: Chief Acevedo says elected officials should ask God’s forgiveness for their inaction atxne.ws/2LckW3E
- “We need to stay home if you can. This is not the time to relax... We may have to close things down if we are not careful," @MayorAdler told residents in a Facebook video last month. At the time Adler was vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 1/ atxne.ws/36wOo0Y
- Hundreds of Austin students walked out of class for about an hour on Thursday in support of abortion rights.
