In his first public comments since the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting last week, Abbott called the status quo “unacceptable.”
Rishika Dugyala
Rishika Dugyala was a 2018 reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune, where she covered politics and policy through breaking news and enterprise stories. She graduated from Northwestern University, where she studied journalism and political science. Before the Tribune, Rishika covered housing and homelessness for the San Francisco Public Press, criminal justice for the Medill Justice Project and the 2016 election for the Medill News Service. She also worked for The Daily Northwestern.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas AFL-CIO changes decision, endorses U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke for Senate
In a special board meeting, the group overturned its decision not to endorse in the race after O’Rourke failed to appear at the organization’s convention last month.
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Republican state Rep. Sarah Davis on voting for Gov. Greg Abbott: “It’ll be hard to do that.”
After the governor released multiple attack ads against her in her Republican primary race, state Rep. Sarah Davis, R-West University Place, said she might “just not vote” in Gov. Greg Abbott’s race for re-election this year.
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Texas House candidate: Post about “bloody cops” was only targeting “bad cops”
CJ Grisham, a candidate challenging state Rep. Hugh Shine in the Republican primary, wrote Facebook posts suggesting violent responses to excessive force by police. But Grisham told The Texas Tribune he would “take a bullet for good cops.”
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Public Education
More than half of Texas public school students are in districts where teacher certification isn’t required
Districts often say they will only hire uncertified teachers for career and technology courses. But because there are no state restrictions, some experts are concerned that uncertified educators will teach core classes.
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Today is the deadline to register to vote in time for the 2018 primaries
Texas will host the first statewide primaries of 2018 on March 6. Unlike some other states, Texas doesn’t allow voter registration on the day of an election.
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Texas Elections 2018
More LGBTQ Texans than ever are running for office, magazine says
At least 48 openly LGBTQ Texas candidates are running for office, a number roughly three times higher than any previous election cycle, according to OutSmart, a Houston LGBTQ magazine.
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Rep. Dan Huberty’s primary challenger declared ineligible to run
State Rep. Dan Huberty’s only primary challenger was on Friday declared ineligible to run to represent House District 127. Reginald C. Grant’s name will remain on the ballot.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate calls for ending death penalty
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew White on Thursday called for the abolishment of the death penalty.