Daily Headlines

-Democrat Senfronia Thompson Says She Has Votes to Become Texas House Speaker -Texas’ Incoming Chief Justice Hopes to Remove Religious Freedom Protections for Judges -Honduran Caravan Heads for US Border Following Midterm Elections

-Hinojosa Begins Transition, Moves to Replace Abbott's Education Chief -Lockheed Martin Agrees To Pay $29.5 Million for Alleged Employment Discrimination Violations -Regulators Extend Time To Consider Rehearing Motions on Southern 765-kV Transmission Line

-Senfronia Thompson Launches Speaker Bid as Democrats Seize Texas House -League City Voters Reject Flock Cameras, Triggering Their Removal -Austin Voters Shoot Down Independent Municipal Audit

-Exclusive: Inside the RNC’s All-Out Push to Keep Texas Red -US Attorney Announces Deep Ellum Crime Crackdown in Dallas -Report: School Districts Understate Superintendent Pay Disclosed to TEA 

-Election Day Is Almost Here -Report Calls for More Data on Immigration’s Costs to Texas -Paxton Announces Arrests of Convicted Felons Accused of Illegal Voting

-ICE Arrests More Than 4,000 Illegal Aliens in 10-Day ‘Lone Star Mission’ -Why the Former Libertarian Party Chair Is Voting for Ken Paxton -Gina Hinojosa Denies Defending Police Defunding Before Being Read Her Own Words

-Comptroller Bars Entities With Financial Ties to Convicted Human Traffickers From Agency Contracts, Grants -Poll: Texans Overwhelmingly Support Data Centers Paying Their Own Infrastructure Costs -Trump Administration Announces LNG Regulatory Overhaul, New Texas Export Facility

-Poll: Texas Voters Support Election Integrity Reforms -Talarico Blames Paxton for Prosecution He Didn't Bring in New Ad -Galveston County Secures Millions for ICE Enforcement Operations

-Talarico Confronted Over Oil and Gas Flip-Flop in Undercover Video -Land Commissioner Buckingham Confirms Texas’ Ownership of Nine Border Islands -Huffines Announces Transparency Dashboard for Texas Education Freedom Accounts

-JD Vance Heads Back to Texas as Election Day Nears -Feds Charge Teacher With Lying About Sexual Messages to Students -Texas A&M Tops, UNT Dallas Trails in July Bar Exam Results

-Paxton Sues OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman Over ChatGPT Safety -Illegal Alien Convicted of Stealing Deceased Infant’s Identity -Fifth Circuit Rules Federal Switchblade Restrictions Violate Second Amendment

-Terrorist Organization Backs Texas Democrats -Trump to Hold Corpus Christi Rally in Final Week Before Election Day -UT-Austin President Touts Thousands of Faculty Applications Following Reforms

-Talarico Claimed ‘No Possible Way’ For Illegal Aliens to Vote, Records Show Otherwise -Former ‘RINO Hunter’ Sid Miller Turns on Republicans, Praises Bernie Sanders Ally -Dallas ISD To Pay $1 Million for ‘Passing the Trash’

-Trump Plans Two Texas Rallies in Final Stretch of Midterm Campaign -Austin Officials Have Approved More Than $500 Million in Debt Without Voter Consent -Italian Court Says Harris County Murder Suspect Cannot Face Life Without Parole

-Comptroller Huffines Launches Whistleblower Portal for Reports of Fraud, Tax Evasion -Socialist Bernie Sanders Campaigns in Texas Ahead of Midterms -Cuban National Sentenced to 17 Years for Trafficking Women

-Former Texas Lottery Director Gary Grief Returns to Court, Given $10,000 Bond -Comptroller Huffines Bars Taxpayer Funding for Discriminatory DEI Programs -Plano ISD To Contribute Up to $250 Million Toward Dallas Stars Arena

-Paxton Demands Water Usage Reports From 156 Texas Data Centers
-Abbott Signs Vance Pledge to Crack Down on Government Benefits Fraud -Austinites to Vote on Increased Fiscal Transparency

-Comptroller Huffines Bans Grant Funds for Flock Cameras, License Plate Readers -AG Paxton Sues Gerber and Nestlé Over Heavy Metals in Baby Food -FBI Disrupts North Korean Remote-Work Scheme at More Than 40 Texas Homes

-Speaker Mike Johnson Returning to South Texas as Battle for House Majority Intensifies -Gonzalez Claims He Never Supported Child Gender Mutilation Despite Past Votes -Business Court Weakens Lawsuit Against Boeing for Downplaying Dangers of Aircraft

-Trump Questions Talarico's Absence as Paxton Demands 'Proof of Life' -Rosenthal Backed Satanists, Wiccans Leading Prayers in Texas Legislature -Honduran National Sentenced to 72 months in Federal Prison For Smuggling 188 Illegal Aliens

-Paxton Campaign Launches 'Tala-Freak-Out Tip Line' to Find Missing Talarico -JD Vance Returning to Texas for Midterm Rally in Tyler -Report: Texas Schools May Have an Islamist Problem

-Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Border -Poll: Nearly Half of America’s Youngest Voters View Sharia Law Positively -Border Security Expert Warns Drug Cartel Is Exploiting Horse Trade

-Trump Returning to Texas for San Antonio Midterm Rally -Former Texas Southern University Professor Sentenced in Student Aid Fraud Scheme -Paxton Investigates UnitedHealth Over Alleged Denial of Medically Necessary Care

-Huffines Targets ‘Hidden Tax’ on Electronic Medical Records -President Trump Authorizes Firing Squad Execution for Fort Hood Shooter -AG Paxton Investigates Children’s Clothing Companies for Possible Toxic Chemicals in Material

-Abbott Says $7.5 Billion Border Reimbursement Could Help Fund Property Tax Relief -University of North Texas Paid Third Parties to ‘Recruit’ International Students -Mystic Alerts Act Heads to Trump’s Desk After Unanimous Senate Approval