It’s a three-way race on the Republican side with a lot of money at stake. Governor Abbott came to Fort Worth to support the man he backed for the job and appointed as acting Comptroller earlier this year, Kelly Hancock. Hancock is running against Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick and former Texas State Senator Don Huffines.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a proclamation declaring the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization.” The

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe, a Republican, said he is preparing a proposal to eliminate the state’s income tax, a change that he described as a “top priority” for 2026. Only nine states in the U.S. do not levy income taxes at all: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.

Sugar Land, Texas — Whether speaking at local government meetings or protesting over the war in Gaza and Islamophobia in public schools, Amina Ishaq counts on the Council on American-Islamic Relations to defend her rights and those of the growing Muslim community in this politically divided Houston suburb.