The Texan
According to its website, "The Texan, founded in 2019 by former state Senator Konni Burton, is dedicated to providing information that you need to know about issues in politics and policy that impact your life." In July 2019, Columbia Journalism Review" published a piece describing The Texan's goal to be unbiased. Ultimately, CJR concluded that The Texan leans to the right.
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The Texan/Daniel Friend
For an hour in a largely empty room, Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke locked horns over Texas’ most contentious issues in the first and last debate of the governor’s race.
There was no live audience to witness the two fire shots at one another over their accused failings, occasionally speaking over their time limits — and one another.
It was the first time the candidates met in person since O’Rourke stormed the governor’s press conference after the tragic Uvalde elementary school shooting.
The candidates grappled over border security, gun laws, school safety, abortion, police funding, lax bail policies, the power grid, and education.