These Texas Lawmakers Have More Cash on Hand Than Donald Trump
Nearly a dozen-and-a-half Texans have more cash in the bank than Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Full Story
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T-Squared: “God and Governing” Wins a National Murrow Award
We were already proud of “God and Governing,” our five-part documentary series on how Texas legislators’ faith drives their decision-making. Now we have a terrific honor to back it up. Full Story
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T-Squared: We're Crowdfunding a Series on Police Shootings
While several high-profile cases have fueled a national debate on police shootings, there is no comprehensive data on such shootings in Texas. With reader support, we hope to introduce a new layer of transparency here. Full Story
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Anti-Overdose Drug Becoming Easily Available
Starting Tuesday morning, Texans will be able to obtain naloxone, which can help prevent a drug overdose from being fatal, without a prescription at any of 715 Walgreens pharmacies in the state. Full Story
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![Miles McEntee died on June 2, 2015 of a heroin overdose in the apartment he shared with his sister, Taylor, right. Their mother wonders whether naloxone might have saved his life.]()
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Boats off the Water Little Help in Border Security
Boats are one of the most effective ways to patrol the 300 miles of river and lakes under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Border Patrol's Rio Grande Station. But the boats aren't in the water around the clock. Full Story
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New in Trib+Health: Gun Violence Called Health Risk
In this week's edition of the Trib+Health newsletter: The American Medical Association calls gun violence a health risk, Walgreen Co. severs ties to blood-testing firm Theranos and an interview with Elmer Bernstam of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Full Story
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Platforms Reveal Texas Republicans, Democrats Actually Agree on Stuff
Though they disagree on almost every policy issue, from education funding to abortion to immigration, Texas Republicans and Democrats seem to have common ground on a few things, according to their newly approved platforms. Full Story
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The Brief: Senate Votes Down Gun Control
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's measure aimed at curtailing gun sales to people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list was one of several items considered today in the aftermath of the recent mass shooting in Orlando. Full Story
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Cornyn Gun Measure Fails in U.S. Senate
A week after the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history, the U.S. Senate voted down four gun control measures, including one put forward by Sen. John Cornyn seeking to ban the sale of weapons to people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list. Full Story
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Analysis: Texas Democrats, in Their Own Words
The Texas Democrats have taken their crack at how the world ought to look, packing their version into a 44-page platform at last weekend’s biennial state party convention. Full Story
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The Brief: Trump Meets Opposition from Texas Democrats, and a Donor
Donald Trump made headlines in Texas this weekend for two reasons — his own two-day fundraising swing here and the attention Texas Democrats paid him at their state convention in San Antonio. Full Story
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Scenes From the Texas Democratic Convention
Scenes from the Texas Democratic Party's convention in San Antonio. Full Story
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At A&M, Diversity Increases Without Affirmative Action
Texas A&M University sparked outrage when it decided in 2003 not to use affirmative action in its admissions process. But since then, the school's black and Hispanic population has grown faster than that of the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story
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Analysis: The Republican Who’s Keeping Texas Democrats Together
Donald Trump starred this weekend as the minority party’s engine, a source of Texas Democratic Party delegates’ enthusiasm and of their hope that someday, perhaps even someday soon, voters will elect a Democrat to statewide office. Full Story
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Summit Highlights Momentum on Mexican American Studies
Spurred by frustration at a proposed Mexican American Studies textbook that has been called racist and inaccurate, over 200 educators, scholars and activists gathered for a statewide meeting on Mexican American Studies in public schools. Full Story
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Texas Democrats Seek to Bring Sanders' Supporters into the Fold (Video)
As Donald Trump crisscrossed the state fundraising and rallying supporters this week, Texas Democrats gathered to unite thousands of delegates behind their party’s presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton, to help ensure Trump’s defeat. But some delegates aren’t quite ready to abandon Bernie Sanders. Full Story
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Scenes from Trump's Texas Campaign Swing
Here's a slideshow from our photographers at the Trump rallies in Dallas and The Woodlands. Full Story
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At San Antonio Fundraiser, Trump Is Prodded On Immigration, Trade
As Donald Trump scrambles to build a fundraising network, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been relying on a number of people in Texas who do not see eye-to-eye with him on many of his signature policy Proposals. On Friday, he got an earful from at least one of them. Full Story
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Federal Rules Could Tame "Wild West" of Texas Payday Lending
Proposed federal regulations on payday lending could have an especially significant effect in Texas, where 8 percent of people have used payday loans, compared to 5.5 percent nationally, and fees are among the highest in the country. Full Story
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Seeking Unity, Texas Democrats Set Sights on Trump as Common Enemy
Texas Democrats are pinning their hopes on Trump’s divisiveness among Republicans to propel themselves to an unlikely November victory. Full Story
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