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Why some Texas House Republicans felt forced to back Gov. Greg Abbott's school vouchers plan
Pearland Republican Jeff Barry has long been skeptical of school vouchers, but on Thursday morning he voted to create what ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott sets date for special election in Houston area congressional district
(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)(Ben Curtis / AP) WASHINGTON — A congressional seat in a heavily Democratic Houston-area district will ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott sets Nov. 4 special election to fill U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner’s seat
The decision to wait until November means a narrowly divided Congress will be down a Democratic representative for most of ...
Do Houston's private schools have the space to take students on vouchers? Some say yes.
As details are sorted out in the voucher bill expected to go before the Texas House early this week, some of Houston's ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets November special election for deep-blue House seat
Democrats had accused Abbott of delaying calling a special election for the seat after Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died ...
Gov. Abbott sets special election for Turner's seat in November
Gov. Greg Abbott called a November special election to fill Texas' 18th Congressional District seat, which was left vacant ...
Gov. Greg Abbott sets date for special election to replace Sylvester Turner in Congress
A special election to replace U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner in Congress will take place Nov. 4, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office ...