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George W. Bush, who Slater covered on the campaign trail, gave the reporter the nickname 'Wayner'

2021 Big Tex Choice Awards Food Competition Semi-Finalists Named The State Fair of Texas is back in 2021.  September 24 - October 17, you can make your plans and buy your tickets to be part of one of the most time-honored traditions in the Lone State State. There are so many attractions every year at the State Fair of Texas, but food is definitely one of the cornerstones. The concessionaires always bring tasty and sometimes very unique creations to fair attendees. With that being said, the con...

Tucker Carlson Lashes Out At NSA “Lies” As Intel Agency Denies Spying On Fox News Host Deadline 5 hrs ago © AP The National Security Agency has given Tucker Carlson a lesson in spycraft and fake news. One which looks certain to crank up the volume in the now war of words, real and imagined. In a rare social media rebuke, the agency shot down the Fox News Channel host’s recent self-described “shocking claim” that he and his primetime show were caught in an intelligence web. More fr...

J. Scott Applewhite / AP Originally published on June 15, 2021 4:58 pm A group of Democratic Texas state lawmakers is in Washington, D.C., this week meeting with congressional Democrats and Vice President Harris as part of a broader effort to pressure those in their party to pass far-reaching voting rights and election reform legislation. The Texas lawmakers met Tuesday with staff of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key opponent of the bill, called the For the People Act. Manchin himself did ...

J. Scott Applewhite/AP toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is flanked by Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer left, and Texas Sen. Carol Alvarado of Houston, right, as he meets with Texas Democratic lawmakers to discuss voting rights Tuesday on Capitol Hill. J. Scott Applewhite/AP A group of Democratic Texas state lawmakers is in Washington, D.C., this week meeting with congressional Democrats and Vice President...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Sunday retweeted a message about a shooting that took place in Austin that left a man wounded, and which was allegedly impacted by the citys cuts to the police.

The chair and four other board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the embattled Texas regulator known as ERCOT, who live outside the state announced plans to resign.

Five Board Members, Including the Chair, Resign from Embattled Texas Regulator ERCOT Following Outages Adam Klasfeld © Provided by Law & Crime The chair and four other board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the embattled Texas regulator known as ERCOT, announced plans to resign, as an entity once obscure outside of the Lone State State has become a lightning rod for criticism following last week’s devastating blackouts. Announced on Tuesday, their resign...