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  64.      <title>17 statewide propositions are on Texans’ ballots Tuesday. Here’s what voters need to know. </title>
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  82.      <title>Texas ACA insurers hike monthly premiums by 35% on average</title>
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  100.      <title>Republican Texas secretary of state fights GOP’s closed primary lawsuit, calls Paxton filing “brazen”</title>
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  114.      <description><![CDATA[Jane Nelson is fighting a lawsuit from Republicans who say Democrats and independents are voting in GOP primaries, boosting more moderate candidates.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200769.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  122.      <title>DHS asked Texas to hand over driver’s license data for citizenship checks</title>
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  132.      <description><![CDATA[It’s the latest step to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200770.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  139.      <title>Federal appeals court will hear arguments in Texas’ and Louisiana’s Ten Commandments cases in January</title>
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  141.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Jaden Edison, Eleanor Klibanoff and Alejandro Serrano]]></dc:creator>
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  150.        <media:description>Several parents of various religious backgrounds are suing Texas to block a new state law requiring that public schools display the Ten Commandments, as seen on a monument at the state Capitol in Austin, on a poster in classrooms.</media:description>
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  156.      <title>In Waco, food banks are already feeling the heat ahead of SNAP freeze</title>
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  174.      <title>Texas DACA recipients ponder leaving the state amid push to revoke their work permits</title>
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  176.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Uriel J. García]]></dc:creator>
  177.      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  185.        <media:description>Valeria Herrera, a pediatric nurse in Austin, said she would move to Colorado if the Trump administration’s proposal to rescind work permits for Texas’ Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients is approved.</media:description>
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  191.      <title>Texas counties are looking into “potential noncitizens” on voter rolls. Here’s what they’re finding.</title>
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  193.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune ]]></dc:creator>
  194.      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  201.      <description><![CDATA[The voters were flagged after being checked against a federal database. Some officials question its reliability.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200482.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  209.      <title>Texas put its chief financial officer in charge of school vouchers. Here’s what you need to know.</title>
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  220.        <media:description>Gov. Greg Abbott signs legislation authorizing the creation of a school voucher program at the Texas Governor’s Mansion in Austin on May 3, 2025. The law put the Texas comptroller's office in charge of building the program and deciding how to spend its $1 billion budget. </media:description>
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  226.      <title>Texas freezes program to help minority-owned businesses</title>
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  228.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Cobler]]></dc:creator>
  229.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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  231.      <category><![CDATA[Kelly Hancock]]></category>
  232.      <category><![CDATA[Texas Comptroller Of Public Accounts]]></category>
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  234.      <description><![CDATA[The state comptroller’s office said it would stop issuing or renewing certifications under the Historically Underutilized Business program. Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said it was the latest step toward ending DEI in Texas.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200260.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  236.        <media:description>Kelly Hancock on the Senate floor on March 14, 2023. Now the acting comptroller, Hancock this week froze new or renewed certifications under the state's HUB program.</media:description>
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  242.      <title>Dallas attorney Tony Box enters Democratic primary for Texas attorney general</title>
  243.      <link>https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200485/texas-attorney-general-tony-box-democratic-primary-2026</link>
  244.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eleanor Klibanoff]]></dc:creator>
  245.      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  247.      <category><![CDATA[2026 elections]]></category>
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  250.      <category><![CDATA[Nathan Johnson]]></category>
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  252.      <description><![CDATA[Box, a first-time political candidate, is an Army veteran who also worked as an FBI agent and federal prosecutor.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200485.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  254.        <media:description>Tony Box, a Dallas attorney and Army veteran who previously worked as an FBI agent and federal prosecutor, is running in the Democratic primary for Texas attorney general.</media:description>
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  260.      <title>Gov. Greg Abbott under pressure to use emergency funds for looming SNAP crisis</title>
  261.      <link>https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200086/texas-snap-food-assistance-greg-abbott</link>
  262.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Terri Langford, Stephen Simpson and Lindsey Byman, graphic by Dan Keemahill]]></dc:creator>
  263.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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  268.      <category><![CDATA[Rainy Day Fund]]></category>
  269.      <category><![CDATA[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]]></category>
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  272.      <description><![CDATA[Democrats say Abbott has used his authority during COVID-19, the Uvalde shooting and border operations to free up emergency funds. <img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200086.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  274.        <media:description>From left, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hold a bill signing ceremony at the Texas Capitol on April 23, 2025 to create a Texas Department of Government Efficiency.</media:description>
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  280.      <title>Your Halloween pumpkin probably came from this small Texas town</title>
  281.      <link>https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200034/halloween-floydada-texas-pumpkin-industry</link>
  282.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jayme Lozano Carver]]></dc:creator>
  283.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  286.      <category><![CDATA[Floydada]]></category>
  287.      <category><![CDATA[High Plains]]></category>
  288.      <category><![CDATA[Well B Homepage]]></category>
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  291.      <description><![CDATA[In the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the U.S.,” Floydada farmers are exporting pumpkins across Texas and the nation.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200034.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  293.        <media:description>Pallets of pumpkins wait to be loaded on trucks in the Pumpkin Pyle warehouse in Floydada on Oct. 20.</media:description>
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  299.      <title>Hunt calls for debate with Cornyn, Paxton in Senate GOP primary</title>
  300.      <link>https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17199708/texas-senate-gop-primary-debate-hunt-cornyn-paxton</link>
  301.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gabby Birenbaum]]></dc:creator>
  302.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  308.      <category><![CDATA[Ken Paxton]]></category>
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  310.      <category><![CDATA[Wesley Hunt]]></category>
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  312.      <description><![CDATA[The second-term congressman argued that voters should “hear directly from the candidates,” beyond the millions already being poured into paid advertising.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17199708.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  314.        <media:description>U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 15, 2024.</media:description>
  315.        <media:thumbnail url="https://i0.wp.com/www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20240715-Wesley-Hunt-2024-RNC-REUTERS-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1" width="1024" height="683"/>
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  320.      <title>Helping Small Business Dream Bigger in Texas</title>
  321.      <link>https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200821/helping-small-business-dream-bigger-in-texas</link>
  322.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[By]]></dc:creator>
  323.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  324.      <category><![CDATA[Paid Post]]></category>
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  326.      <description><![CDATA[By providing tools, resources, and mentorship, JPMorganChase supports the growth of 783,000 small businesses across the Lone Star State.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17200821.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  328.        <media:description>JPMorganChase</media:description>
  329.        <media:thumbnail url="https://i0.wp.com/www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/LaLaLand_RetouchedImage-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1" width="1024" height="683"/>
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  334.      <title>Fort Worth ISD takeover was largely based on STAAR test, despite plans to replace it</title>
  335.      <link>https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17199642/texas-fort-worth-isd-takeover-staar</link>
  336.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaden Edison]]></dc:creator>
  337.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  339.      <category><![CDATA[Fort Worth]]></category>
  340.      <category><![CDATA[school accountability]]></category>
  341.      <category><![CDATA[STAAR test]]></category>
  342.      <category><![CDATA[Well A Homepage]]></category>
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  344.      <description><![CDATA[Both Republicans and Democrats have said STAAR sets students up for failure, raising questions about basing a state takeover on the test’s results. <img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17199642.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  346.        <media:description>The STAAR test has been broadly criticized and is set to be replaced in the 2027-28 school year, raising questions about using it as a measure of student performance — and as the basis for state interventions. </media:description>
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  352.      <title>Many Texans will pay more for ACA health insurance. Here’s what  to know about open enrollment.</title>
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  354.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Olla Mokhtar, GRAPHIC BY Edison Wu ]]></dc:creator>
  355.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  361.      <category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>
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  365.      <description><![CDATA[The federal marketplace’s health insurance premiums will cost more for many people. Enrollment runs Nov. 1 to Jan. 15.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17199641.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  367.        <media:description>A hospital room in Cedar Park Regional Medical Center in Cedar Park on March 13, 2024.</media:description>
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  373.      <title>Texas judges won’t face sanctions for turning down same-sex weddings on religious grounds</title>
  374.      <link>https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17199484/texas-judges-gay-marriages-rule-supreme-court</link>
  375.      <dc:creator><![CDATA[By Toluwani Osibamowo, KERA News ]]></dc:creator>
  376.      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 02:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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  381.      <category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
  382.      <category><![CDATA[State Commission On Judicial Conduct]]></category>
  383.      <category><![CDATA[Texas Supreme Court]]></category>
  384.      <category><![CDATA[Waco]]></category>
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  386.      <description><![CDATA[Officiating weddings isn’t a requirement for judges or justices of the peace. A new rule will let them perform only opposite-sex marriage ceremonies.<img src="https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17199484.gif" height="1" width="1"/>]]></description>
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  388.        <media:description>The Jasper County Courthouse on May 29, 2023.</media:description>
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