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Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders are backing federal efforts to grow the semiconductor industry.

As companies like Samsung and Texas Instruments expand their operations in the state, Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders are backing federal efforts to grow the industry.

Protesters packed the lawn of an east Houston Senior Living Community Saturday that was recently purchased by a state representative. They claim residents are being pushed out by raising rent in an effort to bring in new tenants.

Former congressional candidate Julie Oliver canvasses on behalf of Homes Not Handcuffs' "No on Prop B" campaign in March (Photo by David Brendan Hall) In June 2019, after many years of pressure from justice advocates, Austin's increasingly left-leaning City Council voted to roll back the city's 20-year-old ordinances that banned camping, sitting or lying down, and panhandling in many public spaces. These moves to decriminalize the experience of homelessness, and to acknowledge that the growing presence and needs of Austin's unsheltered poor could not solely be handled by law...