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Roundup: Planned Parenthood, Cruz-Bush, Death Row

In the Roundup: Planned Parenthood gets the boot from Texas Medicaid, tensions between George W. Bush and Ted Cruz emerge in news reports, and the state is on track to see the lowest number of death sentences handed down in 2015 than it has in decades.

by Alana Rocha and Justin Dehn

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In the Roundup: Planned Parenthood gets the boot from Texas Medicaid, tensions between George W. Bush and Ted Cruz emerge in news reports and the state is on track to see the lowest number of death sentences handed down in 2015 than it has in decades.

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Alana Rocha

Director of News Partnerships

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