The probe into Sandra Bland’s hanging death inside a Texas jail — which a medical examiner ruled a suicide last week — now includes the possibility of murder.
Sophia Bollag
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Preacher: Sandra Bland Did Not Attack Trooper
A Baltimore pastor on Monday said video taken from a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper’s dashboard camera shows Sandra Bland did not attack the officer.
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Sandra Bland Mourned From Illinois to Texas
On both ends of the path that marked Sandra Bland’s 28-year life — the western suburbs of Chicago where she grew up, and the Texas town where she died — family, friends and supporters Sunday took time to remember, honor and demand answers.
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Abbott Lets National Guard Carry Arms on Base
Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday authorized the Texas National Guard to be armed on base following the shooting at military facilities in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Locals Hold Vigil, Grapple With Sandra Bland’s Death
While social media has been flooded with questions from across the country about Sandra Bland’s death, students and residents in Waller County are turning out in person to protest, raise questions and honor her memory.
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Higher Education
Waller County DA: Bland’s Death Won’t Be “Swept Under the Rug”
As Waller County authorities vowed on Friday to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Sandra Bland, who was found hanged at the county jail, the Texas Department of Public Safety moved forward on a separate inquiry into how arrest procedures were violated in the case.
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Health care
Texas Needs Federal Money for Uninsured, HHSC Told
Hospitals that serve large uninsured populations stand to lose critical funding if Texas can’t convince the federal government to continue helping the state pay, doctors and health advocates told the state health department Thursday.
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State Education Board to Seek GED Alternatives
Texas residents seeking to earn high school equivalency certificates may soon have less expensive, more flexible testing options.
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New Test Causing Fewer Texans to Get GEDs
For millions of Texans without high school diplomas, the test to earn a high school equivalency certificate has become harder and more expensive, the State Board of Education was told Tuesday.
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In Letter, Lawyers Threaten to File Complaint Against Paxton
Roughly 150 Texas attorneys have signed on to a letter threatening to file a complaint with the State Bar of Texas against Attorney General Ken Paxton for his response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage.
