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Michael Karlis

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Michael Karlis

    Tejano singer and South Texas congressional hopeful Bobby Pulido surges past GOP rival in poll (opens the original)

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    Tejano singer-turned-Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido is surging in the polls, the latest of which shows him leading the GOP incumbent in South Texas’ 15th Congressional District by 13 points. A survey released Thursday by the House Majority PAC, a political action committee that works to help Democrats get elected, shows the Latin Grammy winner leading Republican U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz 54% to 41%. “The polls confirm what we already know and have felt on the ground since we l

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Michael Karlis

    Analysis: San Antonio's next bond issue may be smaller, but it's likely to have big implications (opens the original)

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    On Wednesday, San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh debriefed City Council on a proposed $442 million bond package for fiscal years 2027-2032. The proposed package, which prioritizes infrastructure projects around San Antonio, is the smallest in more than two decades, but its implications for Project Marvel, property taxes and downtown development are big. Here are five takeaways from Walsh’s presentation: 1.) The public vote on the bond could be a stumbling block for Project Marvel The public wil

  3. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Michael Karlis

    Ken Paxton's office struck plea deals in three other sex abuse cases beyond one facing scrutiny (opens the original)

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    U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who currently serves as Texas Attorney General, is fighting accusations that his office extended a generous plea deal to Waco attorney Adam Hoffman, who was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy. However, the Current’s examination of cases handled by the Texas Attorney General’s Office during Republican candidate’s time at the top shows that Hoffman’s case wasn’t the only time it offered light sentences to people accused of sexual abuse. Indeed, t

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Michael Karlis

    Cook Political Report shifts Democrat Bobby Pulido's House race to 'tossup' 5 weeks from Election Day (opens the original)

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    Tejano singer-turned-congressional candidate Bobby Pulido got big news this week after the Cook Political Report shifted its forecast in the race for Texas’ 15th Congressional District one more notch in his direction. The nonpartisan newsletter that analyzes federal elections, and political trends changed its forecast in the race from “leans Republican” to “tossup” after new polling found Pulido and Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz in a virtual tie. Some polls even have Pulido in

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Michael Karlis

    Woman banned from Austin FC games after wearing anti-ICE T-shirt on Hispanic Heritage night (opens the original)

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    A woman says she was thrown out of an Austin FC game during Hispanic Heritage Night and received a 12-month ban from Q2 Stadium for attending a game wearing an “Abolish ICE” T-shirt. The incident, which the woman, Daniela Silva, chronicled in a now-viral Instagram video, comes amid heightened tensions in Texas, and especially Austin, in the wake of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s shooting of Venezuelan migrant Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez last week. Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) tr

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