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  Early Voting for Important May Elections Starts Monday

  The Tom Green County Elections Office is administering all elections in the county including the races for San Angelo City Council Single Member District 3 and Trustees for the Grape Creek and Wall School Districts along with a Proposition on the San Angelo Police Chief and an election for a Director on the Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District board.

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  Fiery Pfluger Forces a Mayorkas Apology

  During a congressional committee hearing on Wednesday, April 19, Rep. August Pfluger asked the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Myorkas to apologize to the Tambunga family whose grandmother and granddaughter were killed in a high-speed crash involving human trafficking and an illegal coyote.

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  Texas Democrats Rally to Keep Guns from Law Abiding Americans

  Let’s get this damn law passed before another Uvalde happens on our watch. The law would ban 'assault rifles' defined by Democrats as a semiautomatic rifle that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine and that has a caliber greater than .22

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  Texas AG Sues Biden Administration Over Attempt to Take Billions from Medicaid Patients

  Since 2013 and with authorization, Texas has allowed local governments to administer Local Provider Participation Funds (“LPPFs”). Biden attempted to rescind authorization of Texas Medicaid’s use of LPPFs in 2021, but the court issued a preliminary injunction against this effort. 

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  ‘Lots Along the River’

  The candidates for San Angelo City Council squared off Tuesday night at the Visitors Center at the San Angelo Chamber of Commerce. Chamber President Walk Koenig served as the moderator and asked the questions. The election will be held May 6, 2023.

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  GOP Senator Tim Scott Explores Presidential Bid

  South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott has formed an exploratory committee for a possible run for President in 2024. 

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  Democrats Pick Chicago for '24 National Convention

  “Chicago is a great choice to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention,”said President Joe Biden.

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  State Senator Perry: Historic Funding for West Texas Water This Session

  These two pieces of legislation are the culmination of the past eight years as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs. SB 28 and SJR 75 establish the Texas Water Fund and the New Water Supply Fund to be administered by the Texas Water Development Board.

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  Trump Responds

  "I never thought anything like this could happen in America. I never thought it could happen," Trump said Tuesday night. "The only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defending our nation from those who seek to destroy it."

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  August Pfluger: No Appetite Remains for More Ukraine Aid

  Rep. August Pfluger (TX-11) addressed the war in the Ukraine at his town hall in San Angelo on Monday. Pfluger has been criticized by some constituents for his initial vote in favor of the $40.1 billion package that was passed under the Democrat-control Congress last year. Pfluger has more recently cooled on sending more aid as major problems inside the borders of the United States have continued unabated and unaddressed.

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  Former President Enters Not Guilty Plea

  The indictment was unsealed in court during Trump's arraignment Tuesday before Judge Juan Merchan, the trial judge presiding over the case.

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  All of Aggieland Sued Over Drag Queens

  San Angolan Randy Brooks ‘86, who sits on the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, was sued late last month, along with the eight other regents because West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler would not allow a drag queen show to proceed on the campus in Canyon. West Texas A&M (WT) is part of the Texas A&M University System.

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