The Texas Department of Transportation will decide soon whether to grant a new stretch of toll road the fastest speed limit in the country. More than just bragging rights are at stake.
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Davis to Law Enforcement: Report Rape Kit Backlog
State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, and the Department of Public Safety are sending a reminder message to Texas law enforcement agencies: They must follow a new state law requiring them to report their backlog of untested rape kits.
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Demographics
DPS Renews Warning Against Spring Break Trips to Mexico
UPDATED: The Texas Department of Public Safety today renewed a warning that cautions Texas students against traveling to Mexico. The break begins next week for most of the state’s schools.
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Concerns Raised Over “Limited Term” Licenses
Some say that the Texas Department of Public Safety is going against its own policy with its “limited term” designations for driver’s licenses and identification cards.
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Perry’s Taxpayer-Funded Security Costs Rise
Though Gov. Rick Perry’s political fortunes on the presidential campaign trail have plummeted, the bills for his omnipresent security detail continue, costing Texas taxpayers as much as $400,000 a month.
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Criminal Justice
El Paso is Tops Again on Low-Crime Cities List
El Paso has the lowest crime rate of American cities with populations over 500,000, according to rankings assembled by the CQ Press and released earlier today. This is the second year in a row the border city has topped the list.
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Demographics
31 Days, 31 Ways: Despite State Budget Cuts, Border Security Funding Increases
DAY 30 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: During a legislative session where hardly any services were spared the budget ax, funding for border security actually increased.
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State Government
Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa: The TT Interview
The state senator from McAllen sat down with the Tribune to talk border security, how Democrats move forward after voter ID and what he thinks the upper chamber will look like in 2013.
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31 Days, 31 Ways: Driver’s License Policy Becomes Law
DAY 12 of our month-long series on the effects of new state laws and budget cuts: applicants for driver’s licenses and IDs must furnish proof of legal status.
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On the Border, Selling the High Price of Security
It’s not a sales pitch heard too often in the Rio Grande Valley, but farmers and ranchers here have a new, tax-deductible option for improving their businesses — and the company offering it promises to take a bullet for its client.
