The court ruled Nov. 21 that six-figure payments for the prosecutors’ work were outside legal limits.
2018
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Dis-Integration
San Antonio ISD is innovating to integrate its schools. Is it leaving some behind in the process?
To stem the exodus of students to private and charter schools, San Antonio ISD is redesigning dozens of schools that now offer popular educational programs. Families and educators at those schools are thrilled, but people at other schools feel left out.
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Politics
Dennis Bonnen, presumptive next Texas House speaker, backs removal of Confederate plaque
After Gov. Greg Abbott announced a Jan. 11 gathering of the State Preservation Board, which oversees the Capitol grounds, the likely next Texas House speaker applauded a “meeting to begin the process of removing” the controversial plaque.
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Politics
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott closes state agencies Wednesday to mourn George H.W. Bush
In his order, Abbott encouraged Texans to gather and pay their respects to the 41st president.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Meet our two newest hires
The latest additions to the Texas Tribune team — a photographer and an engineer, both with deep Texas ties — will help us enhance our visual storytelling.
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Criminal Justice
Trump administration looks to Texas as it pushes a criminal justice reform bill
Prominent Texans in Washington are pushing for a criminal justice reform bill, and lawmakers are looking to the state as an example of how reform works.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Analysis: A tight-fisted Texas Legislature with expensive ambitions
State lawmakers are loath to raise taxes, but they need to find money somewhere if they want to give local school property taxpayers a break — a primary goal for many of the state’s top leaders.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Jeff Leach resigns from the hardline Texas House Freedom Caucus, urging GOP unity
The Plano Republican told members of the Tea Party-aligned caucus that he was leaving the group because he thinks that his “time, talent and treasure is best devoted to fighting for those things within the Republican Caucus.”
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Politics
Texas officials pay tribute to President George H.W. Bush
The 41st president of the United States died Friday at the age of 94.
Posted inState Government
Ahead of 2020, Texas GOP chair gets a salary
The State Republican Executive Committee approved a budget Friday that includes a $150,000 salary for Texas GOP Chairman James Dickey.
