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Gov Abbott Calls 3rd Special Session

The 3rd special legislative session began on Oct. 9, to consider Abbott’s school vouchers bill.  The proposal would give families who exit the state’s public education system $8,000 of taxpayer money each year to pay for their children’s private schooling.

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Democrats Reintroduce the Freedom to Vote Act

On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Democratic members of Congress reintroduced the Freedom to Vote Act, a comprehensive voting rights bill that would establish national voting standards, end partisan gerrymandering, tackle felony disenfranchisement, require the disclosure of top donors and create

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Volunteer Deputy Registrar Training

Are you interested in serving the community by registering voters? Volunteer Deputy Registrars are entrusted with the responsibility of officially registering voters. Please call the Grayson County Elections office for information: 903-893-8663

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Property Tax Cut

After a monthslong standoff among Texas’ top Republicans, state GOP lawmakers finally struck a deal on how to cut Texans’ property taxes. The $18 billion compromise between the Texas House and Senate — which includes more than $5 billion approved

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Get Dark Money Out of Politics

There’s too much money in politics.American Promise has a solution. End the flood of money drowning out our voices in our own elections. Special guest speaker, Ann Drumm, of American Promise North Texas. American Promise is a national, non-profit, non-partisan,

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Miss Texas takes on the state

An unlikely provocateur, Miss Texas, takes on the state’s GOP leaders. The fact that Averie Bishop has professed her liberal views on race, abortion, immigration, voting, same-sex marriage, school shootings and comprehensive sex education — which Texas public schools don’t require

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Kristen Washington for State Rep

A Special Election has been called for November 7, 2023, to fill the vacancy created by scandalized former Texas House District 2 Representative Bryan Slaton. The Democratic candidate is Kristen Washington. There are multiple Republican candidates, and there will be

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Bidenomics

President Biden’s plan to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up marks a fundamental break with trickle-down economics — a failed theory that has failed the middle class. “Folks, let me say as clearly as I can,

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Biden Brings Rural Broadband to Texas

Thanks to President Biden’s leadership, countless Texans – especially rural Texans and Texas’ ranching and farming families – will soon be able to access the reliable, affordable broadband they need to run their businesses, do their homework, and stay connected

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Texas 2023 ballot measures

Fourteen amendments to the Texas state constitution were certified to appear on the ballot in Texas on Nov 7, 2023.  Recommendations from Bexar County Democratic Party Official Sec. of State explanatory statements. Find out even more at Ballotpedia

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