r/texas

Data centers and long-distance power lines have voters far from major cities turning against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

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But sure, we're in an "economic golden age"....

Why are there so many dogs that come out of Texas and get shipped to other states for fostering/adoption? My state literally gets van fulls of dogs from Texas every day. We can only rehome so many of them. I’m wondering why is this such a problem in Texas? Do people abandon dogs on purpose or are they just uninformed on the work associated with a dog and simply abandon it when they no longer want to? Is anybody in Texas doing anything to mitigate this problem?

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• Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton needs all the help he can get to support his campaign heading into the fall -- and President Donald Trump is set to deliver.
• The president will headline an Aug. 27 fundraiser for Paxton in Houston, a source confirmed to ABC News -- an event that could generate millions of dollars for the cash-strapped Republican nominee, who has trailed Democratic State Rep. James Talarico, his opponent, in fundraising for months.
• With less than three months until the general election, Paxton is trailing where Republican Sen. John Cornyn's fundraising totals were during an equivalent time period by more than $13 million, according to an ABC News analysis of Federal Election Commission reports. Paxton defeated Cornyn in Texas' May runoff.

I am curious about the types of "junk fees" that renters are being assessed in Texas. I have seen everything from valet trash fees to $30 per pet fees to register your pets with private services like PetScreening.com. I've even seen completely illegal fees to access your USPS mailbox, fees for Luxor services, RiskRelease, and more.

How many of you pay "junk fees" annually or monthly as part of your lease? What are the fees you are seeing?

Why am I asking? I work for a legislator, and I am doing research on junk fees and rentals. I thought actually asking people about the junk fees they are paying might elicit some new fees we weren't aware of, and help us understand the prevalence of some of the fees we see. TIA!

The state of Minnesota sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in federal court on Tuesday over a nearly three-month delay in extraditing Christian Castro, the ICE agent accused of shooting Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in north Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge and later lying about it.

Castro has been held in the Cameron County jail near the Mexican border since being arrested on May 29 by the Texas Rangers. On July 30, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty sent a letter to Abbott requesting his signature on the extradition paperwork so Castro could face charges in Minnesota.

Castro was charged by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office on May 18 with four felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime for the chaotic situation that developed in north Minneapolis on Jan. 14 after Castro allegedly shot Sosa-Celis.

A nationwide search warrant was issued the same day he was charged, and in her late-May letter, Moriarty pushed Abbott to return Castro to Minnesota.

“The final step is for you as the Governor to sign the extradition paperwork so that we can proceed with the case in Minnesota,” Moriarty wrote.

The federal lawsuit will seek to force the hand of Abbott, a Republican who is seeking a fourth term as governor in Texas and is locked in a tight race with Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee. The suit, filed in Texas federal court by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, casts the delay of Castro’s extradition as unlawful, unusual and “inconsistent with historical practice.” It names Abbott and Cameron County Sheriff Manuel Trevino as defendants.

When asked about Castro’s extradition on Tuesday, Abbott’s press coordinator Agathe Cirasa said: “The Office of the Governor will not comment on pending extradition matters.”