May 15, 2024
Finance

Ted Cruz podcast attracts campaign finance complaint

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is facing a formal campaign finance complaint over money sent from the company that syndicates his podcast to a political action committee supporting his reelection bid. The

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Crypto

Crypto miners are shaking Texans down like they’re the Mafia (Opinion)

Cryptocurrency miners should not be rewarded at all by Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas for creating a crisis with our energy grid, a Chronicle letter writer argues.  Dreamstime/TNS Crypto con Regarding “Mega-cartoon: How crypto miners raised Texans’ electric bill (Opinion),” (Dec. 30): Crypto miners are getting a sweetheart deal from the state

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