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Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers

Daily Press 06 Sep 2024
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel traveled to Austin, Texas, to tour an IRS campus and announce the latest milestone in tax collections as Republicans warn of big ...
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Officials encourage voter participation in Austin, across Texas despite AG Ken Paxton push

Austin American-Statesman 05 Sep 2024
... to limit voter participation have failed, including a 2019 lawsuit that successfully fought a voter purge effort and contributed to the resignation of then-Texas Secretary of State David Whitley.
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Are you still on Texas voter rolls? Do you need to register? Here's how to check | Grumet

Austin American-Statesman 04 Sep 2024
The easiest way to check is through the Texas secretary of state’s voter portal ... If you’re already registered to vote in Texas, you can update your mailing address online with the Texas secretary of state’s office.
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House Foreign Affairs chair subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan withdrawal

Israel Hayom 04 Sep 2024
Michael McCaul (R-Texas), has issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, demanding his testimony on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan ... US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he ...
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State GOP Officials Attempt To Limit Voter Registration Outreach

Houston Press 04 Sep 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton continues to forge ... Political experts say that the removals were part of routine maintenance of voter rolls by the Texas Secretary of State and county voter registrars.
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New voter outreach proposal sparks another fight with Texas Republicans

Raw Story 03 Sep 2024
When voter registrars receive voter registration applications, they send them to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, where they are checked for eligibility against Department of Public Safety and Social Security Administration data.
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Bexar County will mail voter registration forms, defying Ken Paxton’s threat to sue

Odessa American 03 Sep 2024
When voter registrars receive applications, they send them to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office, where they are checked for eligibility against Department of Public Safety and Social Security Administration data.
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Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election

Chicago Tribune 03 Sep 2024
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said this past week that more than 6,500 potential noncitizens have been removed from Texas voter rolls since 2021, ... Texas has almost 18 million registered voters.
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Politics and Hollywood collide at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival

The Los Angeles Times 03 Sep 2024
Former Secretary of State Clinton and her daughter Chelsea were in attendance as producers of the documentary 'Zurawski v Texas,' which centers on a recent lawsuit over abortion access in the Lone Star State ... Wade ... W ... 'That's my real passion about this.
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