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El Paso Matters – When will Texas election results come in? Here’s how the process unfolds.
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Texas Monthly – How Undemocratic Is Gerrymandering? Look at How Blue Texas Could Be if Democrats Drew the Maps.
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Standing in Black Gold’s pit room about a week before the Austin restaurant’s opening day on November 9, Mems Davila rests his hand on the handle of Stevie Ray, one of two…
El Paso News El Paso City Council Election Campaign Funding Over $1 Million By The Numbers
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KTSM News – Harris and Trump make their final pitches to voters
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Texas Monthly – Electoral misinformation in Texas: What you should know to avoid it.
Disinformation spikes during major U.S. elections. Experts urge verifying sources, fact-checking and careful content sharing. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas sued New Mexico over Rio Grande water. Now the states are fighting the federal government.
After the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the long-running water dispute, the states — which had finally worked out a water-sharing agreement — are back to the drawing…