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Prosecutors in Phoenix asked jurors during closing arguments on Friday to convict the defendant who is accused of planning terrorist attacks at the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland, Texas, last May.

Election integrity and voters’ rights organization True the Vote announced that it successfully worked with officials in Ohio to remove duplicate voter registrations prior to the Ohio primary. These registrations were originally submitted by left-leaning and Democrat organizations, one of them being ACORN.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office was accused of delaying a call for medical assistance for a local man who had passed out by the Houston area CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations) in a press release and news conference. A press release by the sheriff’s office shot down CAIR’s allegation with a factual timeline of the incident.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the appointment of a new first assistant in what appears to be an office shake-up. Paxton appointed Jeff Mateer to be the new first assistant. He replaces former First Assistant Chip Roy who served in that capacity since the beginning of Paxton’s administration.

“If the Republican Party wasn’t just doing damage-control at the national level this week, a number of local elections also threw-up terrifying results. Just look at Texas,” cracked John Oliver on Last Week Tonight. Oliver then pinpoints to the vulgar, newly-elected Travis County, Texas, GOP chair who calls himself “Donald Trump on Steroids.”

After a fight to get a polling place on campus, students turned out at Sandra Bland’s alma mater and voted out two incumbents in the prominently white area. The recent election in Texas highlights the power of university students being allowed to vote in local area elections.

A newly-elected Texas Republican Party chair is making headlines for making outrageous comments that would probably make even Donald Trump cringe. He correctly notes on Twitter, “Driving them up the f**king wall, Master Troll style. Do not try this at home.”

One of the defendant’s in a controversial gang injunction lawsuit has been murdered. He was killed in the Houston neighborhood where court action has been taken in an effort to reduce crime there.

A woman was sentenced to fourteen years in federal prison on Thursday for embezzling over $141,000 in benefits from veterans.

A second daycare worker has been convicted for turning her classroom (nicknamed “The Monkey Room”) into a “baby fight club” by making the toddlers in her care fight and for abusing them in other ways.

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) and his lieutenants staved off tea party and far right-wing challengers in the Republican Party primary election.

Republican presidential candidate and Texas Senator Ted Cruz greeted 1,200 excited followers in his hometown and told them, “Donald Trump does not get to exploit the immigration laws and take advantage of American workers, and then pretend he is going to be a champion for American workers.”

The primary election is on Tuesday in Texas and a researcher at Sam Houston State University says that ballot order can make a big difference for some candidates.

Republican presidential hopeful and Texas Ted Cruz is “cruzzz’in” through the Lone Star State with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and former Governor Rick Perry on Monday. Both have endorsed their fellow Texan.

Republican candidates in the Texas House District 128 race are trading political hits over whether the incumbent, Rep. Wayne Smith (R-Baytown) is in favor of tolling the Fred Hartman Bridge. Challenger Briscoe Cain says Smith’s record suggests he wouldn’t be opposed to the idea.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greeted over 7,000 supporters in Oklahoma and asked them to get out and vote on Tuesday saying, “I promise we will start winning again.”

The latest presidential primary polls predict sizable wins for Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton in Texas for Tuesday.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said next Tuesday’s Republican primary will be “Super Cruzday.” His comment came during his “cruz” through the spin room after the Republican presidential debate on Thursday night.

GOP presidential candidate and Texas Ted Cruz spoke to a packed house at the Harris County Lincoln-Reagan dinner. There were more than 1,200 Republicans gathered to hear their fellow Houstonian.

In an apparent hit at President Obama, Republican presidential candidate, Dr. Ben Carson, told Republicans gathered at the Harris County GOP Lincoln-Reagan dinner that if “you wanted to destroy America, you would do it from inside.”

Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz delighted hundreds of fired-up supporters by taking time to attend a rally in his hometown of Houston on Wednesday.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was greeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and hundreds of enthusiastic supporters today at a rally in Houston.

The highest criminal court in the Lone Star State has dismissed the second and final felony charge against former Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Three of Texas’ seven U.S. House committee chairman are facing primary challenges from the right wing of the Republican Party. Other Texas Republican House Members are also facing serious challengers.

A new poll has Ted Cruz leading in Texas with a sizable 37 percent according to a new University of Texas and Texas Tribune poll. With only a week before the March 1 Super Tuesday primary, which includes the primary in Texas, Senator Cruz is 8 points over Donald Trump.

A Democrat Chair has been caught red-handed in promoting Democrats to vote in the Republican party primary in order to influence Republican election outcomes.

The First Amendment and religious liberty has been under assault in Texas, and the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee held a hearing and took testimony to begin to look at potential solutions to propose during the 2017 legislative session.

Pope Francis I celebrated Mass on the Mexican side of the Texas-Mexican border, made the sign of the cross, and blessed the people gathered there in Ciudad Juarez. He then called for governments and others to have “open hearts” to the “tragedy that is forced migration.”

A man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for filming animal crush videos. These videos were made to satisfy sexual fetishes and included cutting off the limbs of a puppy and kitten and urinating on them in what was intended to be a sexually charged atmosphere.

Hillary Clinton is in Chicago on Wednesday to court the minority vote and use the suicide of a young black woman in a Texas jail to do so. The mother of Sandra Bland is expected to join her at the rally in a Bronzeville, Illinois, neighborhood.

A Vatican Radio message on the fourth day of Pope Francis’ trip to Mexico, acknowledges the “escalating number of ‘desparacidos’” in the country but does not mention their manner of death, and the network of ovens operated in the state of Coahuila.

Pope Francis will be in Morelia, the capital of the state of Michoacan today speaking to citizens and young people who have lived in a country hit hard by drugs, drug smuggling, and trafficking by violent drug cartels. He begins his fourth day of his Apostolic Journey to Mexico.

Early voting in the Texas primary election begins on Tuesday, February 16. Presidential, Congressional, Texas statewide, and local races are on the ballot along with some propositions.

The first day of early voting in the primary election begins in Texas on Tuesday, February 16, and Texans always have questions on how and where to participate. Participating in this primary and general election has never been more important.

Two hours prior to hearing about the death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday, the Republican leadership in Texas passed a resolution calling for the U.S. Senate to block the confirmation of anyone nominated by President Obama. The only exception would be for positions crucial to national security.

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia will have an immediate impact on a Texas case scheduled for oral argument March 2nd at the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is set to hear a lawsuit claiming that a Texas law unconstitutionally limits access to abortions in the state.