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Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas banned 10 financial firms from doing business with the state after Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Wednesday that they did not support the oil and gas industry. Hegar, a Republican running for reelection in November, […]

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