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Texas bans soda and candy purchases with SNAP benefits beginning April 2026, Gov. Abbott says
Texans participating in a federal program that helps low-income individuals and families buy food will no longer be allowed ...
Largest Texas newspaper rebukes Greg Abbott over redistricting "power grab"
"The lives of Texans come second to the desires of President Trump and his loyalists," the Houston Chronicle's editorial ...
Abbott says blue-state gerrymandering ‘distorted’ US politics after Democrats flee Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) defended his state’s controversial redistricting move as necessary, given the Democrats’ own ...
Texas Gov. Abbott orders civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled state to block GOP-drawn congressional map
Texas Republican lawmakers returned to the Capitol without Democrats, who fled to block a vote on a GOP-drawn congressional ...
Gov. Greg Abbott targets El Paso Rep. Vince Perez in Texas redistricting arrest push
Gov. Greg Abbott issued an arrest warrant for a Democratic state representative from El Paso who left the state to block a ...
Abbott threatens Democrats with bribery charges for stalling Texas vote
The governor's threat comes as Democratic legislators flee Texas to stall a vote on a redistricting plan that would favour ...