Months after spending a turbulent 37-day stint as Corpus Christi mayor and then resigning, Dan McQueen is trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz – and hoping an "essay and rib" contest will both fund his bid and unload some property. Full Story
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House Speaker Joe Straus prevailed in the legislative skirmishes over bathroom regulations; now he's got a fast-track House committee looking at "economic competitiveness." That could reframe the bathroom issue for 2018's elections. Full Story
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A federal judge ruled Gov. Greg Abbott violated a group's freedom of speech by removing a mock Nativity scene from the Texas Capitol two years ago. Full Story
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has moved to unwind several Obama-era regulations designed to slash air pollution, protect the quality of major waterways and spur cities to reduce ozone. Full Story
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Hurricane Harvey took the lives of at least 88 Texans, according to preliminary numbers released Friday morning by the Department of State Health Services. Full Story
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Robert Pruett spent the last 15 years of his life insisting he was innocent of the murder of prison guard Daniel Nagle. On Thursday night, he was executed. Full Story
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Landowners didn't want to make a big deal out of building homes in Harris County's big reservoirs and government officials were afraid of property rights lawsuits. Then Hurricane Harvey flooded the reservoirs. Full Story
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Jim Dunnam counts 26 Baylor University degrees in his family — and he worked for years on its behalf in the Texas Legislature. Now, he's suing the school on behalf of 14 women who were sexually assaulted while students. Full Story
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Amid ongoing turmoil at the State Department, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison supported her boss, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in an interview Thursday night. Full Story
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The man convicted in a 1999 prison guard's murder always said he was framed by corrupt guards and inmates. After rounds of DNA testing that were deemed inconclusive, he was executed Thursday night. Full Story
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Ahead of Thursday's vote in the U.S. House was more than a day of frustration and second-guessing as some in the Texas delegation questioned whether their state's continued needs were being neglected. Full Story
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At a House Public Education Committee hearing Thursday, superintendents rattled off long lists of unexpected costs they incurred after Hurricane Harvey swept through the Texas coast. Full Story
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In the wake of the "bathroom bill" fight that generated strong business backlash, House Speaker Joe Straus is putting together a committee to make sure Texas doesn't make the same kind of mistakes as it chases new companies. Full Story
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More than 5,000 Houston homes that flooded during Hurricane Harvey were inside a pair of reservoirs on the west side of the city. So why didn't homeowners there know that could happen? Full Story
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Watch some Houston homeowners recount the floods they experienced after Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Full Story
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Payday loans have been criticized as a debt trap for middle and low-income Texans. With new rules from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, borrowers may be armed with new protections. Full Story
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Doug Killian, the current superintendent of Pflugerville ISD, was recently named to the Texas Legislature's interim commission to study school finance. Read what he had to say about the challenges facing the commission. Full Story
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Building in the reservoirs led to thousands of flooded homes, increased the risk for surrounding areas and threatened their earthen dams. Full Story
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A federal court has refused to hear the case of a pregnant 17-year-old undocumented immigrant at the center of a legal dispute over whether unaccompanied immigrant minors have the right to an abortion in the United States. Full Story
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