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  AG Paxton secures $1.167 billion for Texas in global opioid agreement 

  By Staff reports | Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022 @ 11:14am

  MCKINNEY – Attorney General Paxton successfully secured $1.167 billion for Texas out of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen, a press release states.

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  An independent redistricting commission is essential to the preservation of our democracy

  By Nick Lampson and others | Thursday, Apr 22, 2021 @ 9:01am

  After signing the United States Constitution in 1787, as Benjamin Franklin was leaving the building, he was asked, “What have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Without hesitation, Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

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