Report: Houston-based pharmacy is supplier of state's execution drugs
Greenpark Compounding Pharmacy has been selling Texas drugs for lethal injections for three and a half years, according to a BuzzFeed News report. Full Story
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Analysis: Is ending a tax break easier to swallow than a tax hike?
Lawmakers looking to realign the state's public school finances while also cutting local property taxes can't do both without a lot of money. They don't want to raise taxes, but they have nearly $60 billion in annual tax exemptions that might provide a solution. Full Story
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![State Comptroller Glenn Hegar presents the Biennial Revenue Estimate to waiting legislators, state officials and the press on January 9, 2017. Hegar predicts a tight budget with falling revenue from Texas oil and gas production and sales taxes.]()
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With Democrats taking over U.S. House, GOP-heavy Texas delegation could see more retirements
Some close watchers of the Texas congressional delegation expect a rash of retirements ahead of the 2020 elections, in part due to GOP members unhappy with their new minority status in the chamber. Full Story
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State lawmaker files bill to require annual football game between UT and Texas A&M
The Longhorns and the Aggies haven't played since 2011. Full Story
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Families are still being separated at the border, months after “zero tolerance” was reversed
Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They’re protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it’s zero tolerance by another name. Full Story
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Amid industrial boom, Corpus Christi officials look to meet growing water demand
As more oil and gas facilities come online in the Coastal Bend, the city and port of Corpus — and a handful of private companies — are planning to build a bevy of seawater desalination plants. Full Story
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Beto O'Rourke no longer ruling out 2020 presidential run
U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, said at a town hall in El Paso Monday that he and his wife had "made a decision not to rule anything out." Full Story
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Advocates say the timing is right for independent oversight of Texas prisons
A bill aiming to detach the ombudsman from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice died in 2017. But news from the past year makes advocates hopeful that 2019 will be different. Full Story
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"Some people play golf. I’m in the Legislature.” Rep. Tom Craddick’s tenure in the Texas House will soon reach 50 years.
Craddick, who is best known for his iron-fisted grip on the gavel during his six years as speaker of the Texas House, has not lost any interest in serving in the Capitol. Full Story
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Deal with Mexico paves way for asylum overhaul at U.S. border
The Trump administration has struck a deal with Mexico's incoming government to remake border policy. Full Story
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Federal report: Hurricane Harvey was a climate change harbinger
A major scientific report released Friday by the Trump administration says Hurricane Harvey and other recent extreme weather events are a sign of things to come as the earth warms. Full Story
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Trump plan would force asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as cases are processed
The plan, called “Remain in Mexico,” amounts to a major break with current screening procedures. Full Story
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Texas AG says board led by Gov. Greg Abbott can remove Confederate plaque in the Capitol
State Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas, renewed his call to take down the plaque, noting that the preservation board had never approved his request to do so. Full Story
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Hidalgo County sues former employee and engineering firm involved in border fence project
The South Texas county filed suit against Godfrey Garza Jr. and the high-profile Houston-based Dannenbaum Engineering on Wednesday. Full Story
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![Godfrey Garza, the former general manager of Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1, made more than $3.5 million in commissions on a South Texas border fence project that was largely bankrolled by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The county is now suing him, claiming he should not have received a commission on the federal money — and that he should have disclosed that project contractors hired his children's company to work on the project.]()
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules against death row inmate Jeff Wood
The court denied relief on Wednesday to Wood, who never killed anyone, granting the state the opportunity to set another execution date for the 1996 murder of a store clerk in Kerrville. Full Story
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules against prosecutors in Ken Paxton payment case
The court agreed in December to weigh in on an obstacle to Paxton’s long-running legal drama, a fight over more than a year’s payment for the prosecutors working on the case. Full Story
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Analysis: For Texas politicians, the season of receiving has arrived
The elections are behind the state's politicians. The 86th legislative session is ahead. In between, it's time to raise money. Full Story
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With federal agents redeployed to manage migrant caravan, Texas border-crossers expect long holiday waits
Keep calm and come on over. That’s the holiday message El Paso city and business officials are sending to their neighbors directly across the Texas-Mexico border. Full Story
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The number of migrant children in Texas shelters rose again in November, reaching a new high under Trump
The number of unaccompanied minor children held in Texas shelters reached a new high in November, months after the administration of President Donald Trump ended its policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border. Full Story
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Watch: Austin & the Legislature, previewing the 86th session
Check out video of our conversation in Austin with state Sens. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, and Kirk Watson, D-Austin. Full Story
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