This week, a judge scheduled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s trial on criminal securities fraud for May 1. Use this timeline to to keep up with the legal and political drama.
Lauren Flannery
Lauren Flannery was a 2016 news apps fellow for the Texas Tribune and a graduate of the University of Florida, where she studied journalism and business administration. Lauren has previously worked for the The News-Press of Fort Myers as a breaking news intern and as a intern for The Gainesville Sun covering the affairs of Alachua County.
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Nifty or Shifty: A Campaign Finance Quiz
Politicians like to think of the money in their campaign accounts as their own. It’s not, but sometimes, it seems that way. Below are five actual cases where the Texas Ethics Commission has rendered its official position. Take the test: Given these situations, what do you think they can get away with?
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Criminal Justice
Urban Woes Regularly Spill Onto UT Campus
A review of more than three months of UT-Austin police logs shows campus police routinely dealing with traffic issues, drug crimes and homeless people unrelated to the university.
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Rough Patch
In Texas Drilling Country, Oil Plunge Means Too Many Rooms at the Inn
Cotulla, population 4,000, built 20 hotels during a yearslong oil boom, calling itself the “Hotel Capital” of the Eagle Ford Shale. A plunge in oil prices has prompted questions about whether that was a good idea.
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Politics
Timeline: The Rise and Fall of the Cruz/Trump Bromance
It’s been an emotional rollercoaster for the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. Less than a year ago, Ted Cruz was praising Donald Trump as “terrific.”
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Demographics
Suburban Population Continues to Surge
Texas’ suburban population continues to surge, with growth in some suburban counties outpacing growth in the state’s biggest cities, new U.S. Census Bureau figures show.
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Health care
Texas Case Could Define Extent of Abortion Limits
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the legal challenge to abortion restrictions passed by Texas lawmakers in 2013. The case may help clarify how far states can go in regulating the procedure.
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Criminal Justice
Former Lawmakers Vie to Return to Texas House
Whether they were edged out in 2014 by thin margins or bowed out years ago and had a recent change of heart, several former House members want back under the dome next year.
