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Movement accelerating: Texas Senate rushes to advance school finance bill

By Aliyya Swaby The Texas Tribune texastribune.org The Senate Education Committee held a hastily arranged hearing Wednesday morning to ...

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Texas lawmakers want to make clear guns allowed in churches

  AUSTIN — Some Texas legislators want to make it clearer in state law that licensed handgun holders ...

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Senate won’t pass bill to lower penalties for marijuana

  By Alex Samuels The Texas Tribune texastribune.org Less than 24 hours after the Texas House gave preliminary approval to a ...

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Execution stopped for Dexter Johnson, convicted in Harris County rape and murder

  By Jolie Mccullough The Texas Tribune texastribune.org The execution of Dexter Johnson, set for Thursday, was canceled by ...

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Dallas officer tells 911: ‘I thought it was my apartment’

DALLAS — The former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own home ...

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Texas House OKs removing jail time for small amounts of pot

AUSTIN — Having small amounts of marijuana in Texas would mean a fine and no jail time under ...

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TEXAS ROUNDUP: Autopsy: Student in fight died from brain tumor

  HOUSTON — Officials say a 13-year-old girl who died days after being involved in a fight while ...

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Beto O’Rourke unveils plan to fight climate change

By Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune texastribune.org Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to ...

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Texas Senate passes school safety bill intended to prevent mass shootings

By Alex Samuels The Texas Tribune texastribune.org In the first legislative session after the deadly mass shooting at Santa ...

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“Be aware, there’s rats”: Workers in a state office building describe a constant pest infestation

By Catherine Marfin The Texas Tribune texastribune.org On Jan. 16, an employee at the Texas Department of Insurance noticed ...

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