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Elon Musk’s super PAC starts spending to boost Ken Paxton in Texas

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By Will Hammann, The Texas Tribune September 4, 2026 WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s America PAC waded into Texas’ U.S. Senate race for the first time in recent days, dropping almost $250,000 to boost Attorney General Ken Paxton and attack his Democratic foe, state Rep. James Talarico. The spending, disclosed this week to the Federal Election…

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AG Ken Paxton hasn’t challenged the Trump administration over Texas’ $10-billion Medicaid cut even though he sued Biden

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By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune September 4, 2026 As Texas hospitals learned this week that the Trump administration was currently holding up their $10 billion in Medicaid payments, the state’s attorney general and U.S. Senate hopeful Ken Paxton was noticeably silent. Three years ago, Paxton’s office was quick to come to the state’s defense…

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After rescoring STAAR exams, 11 Texas districts seeing A-F grades improve

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By Megan Menchaca, The Texas Tribune September 4, 2026 About a dozen districts will see a bump in school accountability ratings on Tuesday after a manual rescoring of thousands of STAAR tests improved some results. Texas Education Agency officials said Friday about 27,200 students received additional credit for their text responses to some questions on…

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Gilmer 54, Chapel Hill 31

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Buckeyes Break Through: Gilmer Dominates Chapel Hill 54-31 to Reclaim Rivalry CHAPEL HILL — In a game that felt like a statement, the Gilmer Buckeyes announced their return to form with a resounding 54-31 victory over the Tyler Chapel Hill Bulldogs on Friday night. For a program that had watched its rival seize control of…

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Diesel Prices Reach New All-Time High, Surpassing 2022 Record

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(September 4, 2026, DALLAS) – GasBuddy, North America’s trusted fuel savings platform for more than 25 years, today announced that the national average price of diesel has reached a new all-time record high of $5.85 per gallon, continuing to climb and surpassing the previous record of $5.82 per gallon set in June 2022. While gasoline…

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