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July 15, 2026 2:08 PM
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July 15, 2026 10:44 AM
The request from the Big 3 comes in a letter to agency heads; the exception to the 3 percent cut is for public education and school vouchers
Subscribers
can download a copy of the letter from the Big 3.
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July 14, 2026 3:43 PM
After ICE agents shot two citizens in Minnesota, Abbott had said ICE needed to "recalibrate" what the agency is doing. Quorum Report Publisher Harvey Kronberg told Spectrum News in Austin that Abbott's silence after the shooting of an undocumented Houston resident is telling
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July 14, 2026 3:42 PM
The New
York Times has details:
The Trump
administration has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to halt
most vehicle stops while carrying out operations across the country, according
to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly
about the directive. The order comes after ICE officers killed two people over
the past week in Houston and the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, amid a
recent surge in immigration arrests. Both were shot after agents tried to stop
their vehicles, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The pause on vehicle stops could hamper the agency’s ability to
increase arrests as it faces increasing pressure to deliver on the president’s
promise of mass deportations. But it comes as some influential lawmakers and state officials have demanded answers about
the latest shootings.
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July 10, 2026 11:35 AM
Campaign pros, lobby moves, and agency news
It’s not
just that silly season comes earlier now.
It’s that
it never ends.
Here we
are suffering through not only triple-digit temperatures but also a version of what we used to call “mudslinging,” which back in the day featured often exaggerated but somewhat reality-based claims about candidates but now mostly
consists of silly nicknames and fitness challenges. What? Oh, Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick said on Fox News that Rep. James Talarico is “a
90-pound weakling” who “couldn’t lift a ten-pound weight in a gym if he helped
it.”
Yeah, that
quote seems a bit garbled but it is what Patrick said.
Bottom
line: This is why one political professional recently said “yes, we care about
the politics, but we’ll really care later.”
Meantime,
there are substantial career moves to share across campaigns, advocacy, and
Texas government. To let the entire Texas Capitol community know
about a new gig or venture, you know the drill. Send it to ksbraddock@gmail.com and use POTM in the
subject line. Please and thank you.
Here’s a red-hot
summer edition of People on the Move.
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July 8, 2026 7:00 PM
Professors point to what they consider startling examples of censorship, including banning Plato’s Republic in a philosophy course and the omission of race in teaching of the Dred Scott decision; the University System argues its operating within the law
A lawsuit
filed in federal court against Texas Tech University System Chancellor
Brandon Creighton and the Board of Regents alleges the
violation of professors’ and students’ First Amendment rights by
preventing teaching about issues related to race, ethnicity, gender and sexual
orientation. The lawsuit was brought by the American Association of
University Professors and its Texas chapter. They are represented by Lambda
Legal, the Legal Defense Fund and Davis Wright
Tremaine LLP.
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By James Russell
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July 8, 2026 6:56 PM
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July 8, 2026 2:08 PM
“These numbers reflect what we see on the campaign trail every day: Texans are energized to send a proven conservative fighter to the United States Senate,” said a spokesperson. “Ken Paxton is building a movement to defend the Lone Star State by uniting every Republican across the country to defeat James Talarico, the most radical and well-funded Democrat running in Texas history"
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