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George Soros [a] HonFBA (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) [1] [2] is a Hungarian-American [b] businessman, investor, and philanthropist. [7] [8] As of October 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion, [9] [10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, [11] of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune.
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas.It is a member of the University of Texas System.UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American student population (about 80%) after the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. [7]
Texas was the third-narrowest of Trump's state victories, behind only Florida and North Carolina, and the ninth-closest state overall. The election was also the first time Texas placed in the top ten closest states since 1968, and the first time since 1976 that Texas voted to the left of Ohio. [5] [6]
Organized Judaism in Texas began in Galveston with the establishment of Texas' first Jewish cemetery in 1852. By 1856 the first organized Jewish services were being held in the home of Galveston resident Isadore Dyer. These services would eventually lead to the founding of Texas' first and oldest Reform Jewish congregation, Temple B'nai Israel ...
Texas is a majority Republican state with Republicans controlling every statewide office. [1] Texas Republicans have majorities in the State House and Senate, an entirely Republican Texas Supreme Court, control of both Senate seats in the US Congress. Texas is America's most-populous Republican state. [2]
Spring is in District 150 of the Texas House of Representatives. As of 2023 Valoree Swanson represents the district. [44] It is in District 4 of the Texas Senate; as of 2023, Brandon Creighton represents the district in the Texas Senate. [45] Spring is in Texas's 2nd congressional district; as of 2023 Dan Crenshaw is the representative. [46]
There is a controversy about how to count an executive's use of signing statements. [5]One complexity centers on what counts as a relevant signing statement. A counting of the total number of bill signing statements by any particular president that included purely rhetorical and political messages about legislation would result in a misleading number for the purpose of a discussion about ...
Jane Y. McCallum served as Secretary of State of Texas from 1927 to 1933, the longest term of office. The following is a list of secretaries of state of Texas for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas. [1]