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Texas senators hope to ban youth from changing sex on birth certificate: Opponents of the bill call it a “power play aimed at making the lives of transgender ...
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Texas senators hope to ban youth from changing sex on birth certificate
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Education savings account bill moves to the full Senate for a vote: Education savings accounts, which are similar to vouchers, are a priority of Gov ...
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Education savings account bill moves to the full Senate for a vote
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Texas Senate approves restrictions on transgender athletes in college: After final Senate approval, the bill will head to the Texas House where enough lawmakers ...
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Texas Senate approves restrictions on transgender athletes in college
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Homeland Security Chief Mayorkas calls Ted Cruz’s comments “revolting”: “You’re willing to let children be raped to follow political orders,” Cruz told Sec ...
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Homeland Security Chief Mayorkas calls Ted Cruz’s comments “revolting”
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Bill eliminating tampon, diaper sales taxes OK’d by Texas House: The proposal removes sales tax on diapers, baby wipes and bottles; feminine hygiene products ...
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Bill eliminating tampon, diaper sales taxes OK’d by Texas House
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Republicans aim to rein in local prosecutors: Some local district and county attorneys have said they will not pursue abortion-related cases ...
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Republicans aim to rein in local prosecutors
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Texas may be about to scrap a voting security system it can’t replace: It took years to build the multi-state system known as ERIC, which weeds out duplicate ...
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Texas may be about to scrap a voting security system it can’t replace
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At least 39 dead in fire at migrant center in Mexico: There were a total of 68 men in the facility, 29 of whom were injured and transported to four local ...
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At least 39 dead in fire at migrant center in Mexico
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Texas lawmakers, medical groups clash on transition-related health care: In 2021, a bill that would block transgender kids’ access to transition-related care ...
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Texas lawmakers, medical groups clash on transition-related health care
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Texas DPS will help Austin with police patrols amid officer shortage: Austin officials view the partnership as a stopgap measure as they try to fill the city’s ...
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Texas DPS will help Austin with police patrols amid officer shortage
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Texas Senate budget writers pitch billions for property tax cuts, schools: The Senate Finance Committee’s proposals won’t be voted on and sent to the full ...
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Texas Senate budget writers pitch billions for property tax cuts, schools
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Texas Observer editors fight closing of 68-year-old magazine: Journalists at the progressive publication, which has deep financial problems ...
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Texas Observer editors fight closing of 68-year-old magazine
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Dallas civil rights attorney Lee Merritt arrested at protest in McKinney: The protest was in memory of Marvin Scott III, who died in Collin County Jail custody ...
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Dallas civil rights attorney Lee Merritt arrested at protest in McKinney
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is running for Houston mayor: Jackson Lee enters a mayoral contest that is already well underway. The early frontrunner is state Sen ...
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is running for Houston mayor
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Houston GOP official knew of abuse claims against Southern Baptist leader: Under oath, outspoken anti-gay activist Jared Woodfill said he was told in 2004 that ...
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Houston GOP official knew of abuse claims against Southern Baptist leader
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Former president Donald Trump used his nearly 90-minute speech to frame himself as a victim of politicized legal investigations and to focus on his ... Show more

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Trump rallying in Waco on Saturday amid potential indictment: Trump’s rally, which begins at 5 p.m. at Waco Regional Airport, comes days after he said he was to ...
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Trump rallying in Waco on Saturday amid potential indictment
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Two dead among migrant group “suffocating” inside train car: Uvalde officials said U.S. Border Patrol responded to a 911 call alerting them about a group of ...
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Two dead among migrant group “suffocating” inside train car
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Texas abortion funds resume paying for out-of-state procedures: A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in February, blocking a limited number of ...
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Texas abortion funds resume paying for out-of-state procedures
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TribCast: Police officers’ fear of the AR-15 in Robb Elementary: In this week’s episode, we discuss the weapon used by the school shooter in Uvalde and new ...
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TribCast: Police officers’ fear of the AR-15 in Robb Elementary
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What transition-related care is available to transgender Texas kids?: Some Republicans want to block transgender kids’ access to puberty blockers and hormone ...
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What transition-related care is available to transgender Texas kids?
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West Texas A&M University president sued after canceling student drag show: The lawsuit comes after protests each day this week, calling for university president ...
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West Texas A&M University president sued after canceling student drag show
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Pandemic SNAP benefits have ended: During the pandemic, Texans received extra money on their Lone Star cards through the federal Supplemental Nutrition ...
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Pandemic SNAP benefits have ended
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Drag performers and allies opposing restrictions testify in Senate: Proposed legislation from Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, would criminalize explicit ...
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Drag performers and allies opposing restrictions testify in Senate
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Texas bill expands restrictions on lessons about sexuality, gender identity: Senate Bill 8 supporters say the legislation protects the rights of parents who ...
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Texas bill expands restrictions on lessons about sexuality ...
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DFPS special investigations director resigns, citing “untenable” agency: Sharon Fonvielle-Baughman said leadership has failed to support the special ...
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DFPS special investigations director resigns, citing “untenable” agency
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Join us at the Tribune’s Studio 919 in Austin and online at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 13, for a conversation and book signing featuring Texas Tribune reporter ... Show more

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Report: Texas isn’t holding polluters accountable for unexpected emissions: A new report found that companies in Texas have had 21,000 unexpected pollution ...
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Report: Texas isn’t holding polluters accountable for unexpected emissions
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Texas House budget panel set to advance two-year spending plan: The proposal recommends spending billions on programs including property tax cuts ...
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Texas House budget panel set to advance two-year spending plan
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Bills call for Texas teachers to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to students
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Bills call for Texas teachers to administer lifesaving overdose drugs to ...
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Texas House committee considers sports betting, casino legalization bills: House Bill 1942, written by Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, would permit regulated sports ...
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Texas House committee considers sports betting, casino legalization bills
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Texas Senate approves $16.5 billion for property tax cuts: The proposals target the taxes homeowners pay and require school districts to lower their tax rates.
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Texas Senate approves $16.5 billion for property tax cuts
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Join us for a virtual event, “Safer Schools: Students, Educators & Mental Health One Year After the Uvalde Shooting,” happening at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 23 ... Show more

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How an antiquated software results in delays in care for Texas foster kids: Caseworkers and foster care providers often get incomplete and inaccurate information ...
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How an antiquated software results in delays in care for Texas foster kids
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Houston ISD parents angry over impending TEA takeover: The Texas Education Agency announced on March 15 that it would replace the current superintendent and its ...
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Houston ISD parents angry over impending TEA takeover
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Gov. Greg Abbott organizes “school choice” rally at the Capitol: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has embraced Senate Bill 8, which will get its first committee hearing ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott organizes “school choice” rally at the Capitol
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Biden designates Castner Range in El Paso a national monument: At a Tuesday summit, the president also declared Avi Kwa Ame, 500,000 acres of land in Nevada ...
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Biden designates Castner Range in El Paso a national monument
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West Texas A&M University cancels student drag show: Students and First Amendment lawyers say President Walter Wendler’s portrayal of drag shows is off base and ...
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West Texas A&M University cancels student drag show
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Texas bill would prohibit bans on dreadlocks and other hairstyles: Texas lawmakers could prohibit race-based hair discrimination at schools and workplaces ...
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Texas bill would prohibit bans on dreadlocks and other hairstyles
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Proposed rule to limit pollution may force Texas to limit emissions: Federal limits on particulate matter commonly known as soot could mean cleaner ...
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Proposed rule to limit pollution may force Texas to limit emissions
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Texas water legislation clears key Senate committee: Voters would have the final say on whether the state sets aside billions of dollars to acquire new water ...
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Texas water legislation clears key Senate committee
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Texas bill blocking trans kids’ access to puberty blockers heads to Senate: Senate Bill 14 would ban doctors from providing kids with transition-related ...
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Texas bill blocking trans kids’ access to puberty blockers heads to Senate
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TribCast: Will the Texas Legislature pay Ken Paxton’s legal settlement?: In this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with James about lawmakers’ reluctance to spend ...
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TribCast: Will the Texas Legislature pay Ken Paxton’s legal settlement?
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Comstock Act revived in FDA abortion drug case: Anti-abortion advocates are trying to revive the long-dormant 1873 Comstock Act, which banned mailing of anything ...
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Comstock Act revived in FDA abortion drug case
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“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15: In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told ...
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“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15
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Texas Legislature looks for ways to ease housing crisis: Housing advocates, builders and real estate experts agree that the state simply isn’t building enough ...
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Texas Legislature looks for ways to ease housing crisis
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Donald Trump will host first 2024 presidential rally in Waco: In his third consecutive bid for the White House, the former president hopes “Trump Country” ...
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Donald Trump will host first 2024 presidential rally in Waco
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PUC set power prices too high during Winter Storm Uri, court rules: The actions by the Public Utility Commission led to billions of dollars of overcharges ...
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PUC set power prices too high during Winter Storm Uri, court rules
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EPA regional leaders tour North Texas’ Barnett Shale: The agency’s regional administrator toured the area with the head of a local nonprofit ...
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EPA regional leaders tour North Texas’ Barnett Shale
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Military groups urge Texas to give National Guard troops death benefits: Law enforcement officers who serve on Operation Lone Star get a $500 ...
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Military groups urge Texas to give National Guard troops death benefits
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T-Squared: Read The Texas Tribune’s annual report: In 2022, we went to extraordinary lengths to tell the stories of Texans. See the work we accomplished on ...
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T-Squared: Read The Texas Tribune’s annual report
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Rural Texans must travel long distances for basic health care needs: Bigger cities like Lubbock can unintentionally suck health care resources and professionals ...
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Rural Texans must travel long distances for basic health care needs
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In rural Texas, law puts low-income defendants at a disadvantage: A two-tiered system gives less populated counties more time to provide court-appointed lawyers ...
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In rural Texas, law puts low-income defendants at a disadvantage
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Texas legislation would curb cities’ ability to regulate labor: Lawmakers say their bills are needed to provide small businesses with consistent regulations and ...
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Texas legislation would curb cities’ ability to regulate labor
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Houston language activists work against Texas Capitol bedlam: Woori Juntos began the legislative session hoping to win over a majority of legislators to their ...
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Houston language activists work against Texas Capitol bedlam
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Houston ISD families worry how TEA takeover will affect district: Parents and students of the Houston Independent School District decried the state’s decision to ...
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Houston ISD families worry how TEA takeover will affect district
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Texas Republicans’ property tax cut proposals, explained: Cuts to school property tax bills. Bigger tax benefits for homeowners. A controversial idea to limit ...
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Texas Republicans’ property tax cut proposals, explained
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West Texas town spends four years without safe drinking water: Some Toyah residents say state regulators at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality were ...
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West Texas town spends four years without safe drinking water
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Senate taps $4 billion to lower bills from 2021 storm: The allocation is part of a plan to add $12 billion to the current budget. It hasn’t been approved yet by ...
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Senate taps $4 billion to lower bills from 2021 storm
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Judge hears challenge to FDA approval of abortion drug: U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk said he would rule “as soon as possible” on the request for a ...
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Judge hears challenge to FDA approval of abortion drug
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TexasChip Roy says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should be president: The Austin Republican is the staunch conservative who led 19 House members in blocking Kevin ...
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Texas’ Chip Roy says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should be president
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Texas Senate confirms Jane Nelson as secretary of state: Nelson’s former colleagues in the Senate gave her resounding approval, avoiding another embarrassment ...
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Texas Senate confirms Jane Nelson as secretary of state
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Uvalde families ask to join lawsuit pressing DPS to release public records: The lawyers for some of the Uvalde families say there is “a compelling need” for ...
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Uvalde families ask to join lawsuit pressing DPS to release public records
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Meet the judge in Amarillo at center of FDA abortion drug case: U.S. District Matthew Kacsmaryk was once deputy counsel for the First Liberty Institute ...
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Meet the judge in Amarillo at center of FDA abortion drug case
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Texas Education Agency will take control of Houston ISD: The announcement comes almost four years after the agency first moved to take the district over.
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Texas Education Agency will take control of Houston ISD
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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s election crime cases face dismissal after ruling: Many of the illegal voting cases the Texas attorney general has boasted about are ...
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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s election crime cases face dismissal after ruling
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Texas education agency is ready to take over Houston ISD, documents show: Texas’ education agency first moved to take over the district in 2019 after years of ...
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Texas education agency is ready to take over Houston ISD, documents show
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Texas has long removed Black kids from their homes, sometimes with tragic results
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Texas has long removed Black kids from their homes, sometimes with tragic ...
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Texas news desert expands after Canadian Record stops publishing: The end of The Canadian Record’s print edition — even if temporary — is another indication of ...
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Texas news desert expands after Canadian Record stops publishing
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Texas Senate gives OK to make illegal voting a felony: The priority bill, backed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, reverses a change the Legislature made two years ago ...
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Texas Senate gives OK to make illegal voting a felony
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Fairfield Lake State Park opens again: State officials plan to offer free day access to the property as they consider how to acquire the land before its sale.
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Fairfield Lake State Park opens again
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National Republicans say they plan to oust Rep. Vicente Gonzalez: Congressional Republicans’ campaign arm will make another effort to unseat the South Texas ...
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National Republicans say they plan to oust Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
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Texas lawmakers hesitant to fund Ken Paxton’s whistleblower settlement: A lack of lawmaker support jeopardizes the attorney general’s $3.3 million settlement ...
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Texas lawmakers hesitant to fund Ken Paxton’s whistleblower settlement
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How could Texas spend its record $32.7 billion budget surplus?: If Texas’ budget surplus were distributed directly to Texans, it could pay for 12 years of school ...
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How could Texas spend its record $32.7 billion budget surplus?
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Venezuelan migrants block bridge linking El Paso and Juárez: Migrants rushed through the toll booths on the Juárez side of the bridge Sunday afternoon after ...
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Venezuelan migrants block bridge linking El Paso and Juárez
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Texas bills on higher ed would end tenure, diversity policies: The bills are part of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s list of priorities and, if passed as filed ...
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Texas bills on higher ed would end tenure, diversity policies
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Texas House bill would give state power to “repel,” return migrants: House Bill 20 by state Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would test the boundaries of the state’s ...
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Texas House bill would give state power to “repel,” return migrants
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Gender lesson ban, private school tuition in Texas Senate bill: The bill, which has the blessing of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, will create new rules on how gender and ...
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Gender lesson ban, private school tuition in Texas Senate bill
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Join us and the Texas Indigent Defense Commission in person or online for a half-day symposium on Friday, March 17, discussing public defense with public ... Show more

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Glenn Beck buys Roe v. Wade attorney Linda Coffee’s archive: Coffee, the last living member of the legal team that argued the landmark abortion case ...
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Glenn Beck buys Roe v. Wade attorney Linda Coffee’s archive