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Residents of some rural southeastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding along the Brazos River, which... . James Billings, left, and his dog Shadow, stands with Philip McBride, right, as they watch the water rise Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Horseshoe Bend, Texas.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton posed a wild notion in a new interview: She could carry Texas in the fall. In a newly published New York magazine interview with reporter Rebecca Traister, Clinton was asked which traditionally red states she might make a play for against likely GOP nominee, Donald Trump: "Texas!" she exclaimed, eyes wide, as if daring me to question this, which I did.
A union says nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement. It includes 1,300 new call center jobs, nearly 11 percent in raises over four years... A union says nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement.
Eleven states suing the Obama administration claim that a new federal directive about transgender students thrusts "seismic changes" upon 100,000 schools nationwide. But only two districts joined the lawsuit i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2i 1 2 Harrold, a Texas farming town with 100 students and a 2016 graduating class of four, and the Heber-Overgaard Unified School District northeast of Phoenix, a conservative region where summer homes are popular.
When a reporter called him Tuesday night for comment on his unexpected Republican runoff victory over State Board of Education hopeful Mary Lou Bruner, the 45-year-old Lufkin school board president asked whether it was true. "I didn't want to be the one to call it," said the chiropractor and father of three, who declined to criticize Bruner, an East Texas Tea Party activist and retired schoolteacher who drew national attention for bizarre and bigoted social media posts.
Eleven states filed a federal lawsuit against the Obama administration over the directive instructing schools to provide transgender students bathroom and locker room facilities that match their gender identity. The states that filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas are Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
A lack of a compelling statewide race at the top of either ticket kept participation in Tuesday's party primary runoff elections squarely at the lackluster level. The Republican race for a spot on the Railroad Commission drew the most participation with a bit more than 377,000 votes cast.
"It's not like 'none of the above' is a potential option," GOP Texas governor Greg Abbott said on MSNBC's Nevada senator Dean Heller, also a Republican, disagrees. "I vehemently oppose our nominee and some of the comments and issues he brought up during the campaign," he told reporters this month.
In this May 25, 2016, file photo, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces Texas' lawsuit to challenge President Obama's transgender bathroom order during a news conference in Austin, Texas. A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration's directive to U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.