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AUSTIN — Democrats have leaned into gun policy as the Nov. 8 midterm election approaches, using families of victims of the Uvalde school shooting to argue GOP leaders won’t make classrooms safe because they’re beholden to the National Rifle Association. In the home stretch of the Texas governor’s race, Beto O’Rourke is trying to tap into outrage over mass shootings, like many …

DENTON — Democrat Beto O’Rourke and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday pounded each other’s position on abortion rights, an issue that continues to erupt as a flash point in the contentious campaign for Texas governor. At a rally in Denton, O’Rourke said Abbott was potentially killing women by signing Texas abortion law that bans nearly all abortions and shuts …

AUSTIN — Abortion is moving to center stage as Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke and other Democrats move to gain politically from the possible overturning of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. In contrast, Gov. Greg Abbott so far has remained somewhat muted on the subject, isolating his remarks to conservative talk radio. And even in those settings, …

Confederate icons not relevant Re: “Emotional debate over monuments — Bill toughening criteria to remove Confederate icons advances in Senate,” Wednesday Metro & Business story. This issue is still being debated? The process is taking too long. In this present time, I consider Confederate icons to be obscenities. Stated in the article, Texas joined the Confederacy solely on the basis of …