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Sanchez is part owner of a property leased by Southwest Key Programs, a spokesperson said. It wasn’t disclosed on the company’s tax return because it’s not required.

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At an interview Saturday at the Texas Tribune Festival, the Minnesota Democrat talked about the Supreme Court and the Mueller probe — and carefully skirted questions about her own presidential ambitions.

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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters in Washington, D.C., that the Senate will delay the full confirmation vote by a week while the FBI investigates allegations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh.

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Earlier, Cornyn had declined to directly question Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

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Acker was convicted in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend in East Texas. Her body was found on the side of the road after neighbors said they saw him abduct her.

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Both Texas senators are a part of the Senate Judiciary Committee that will hear the allegations on Thursday.

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Clark was convicted in the Tyler murder of Christina Muse, whose body was found stuffed in a cement-filled barrel months after her death. Death penalty opponents say his conviction rested too heavily on a co-defendant's testimony.

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Students can be excused from the requirement if their parents give written permission. But a lawsuit claims the law violates students' free speech rights.

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The company is "resilient," its new head said Tuesday, and "we have no intention of stopping."

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Although migrant families separated at the border this summer are getting a second chance to make their case for staying in the country, immigration lawyers say the Trump administration is working overtime to upend the nation's asylum process.

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Justin Nelson, a Democrat running for attorney general, is positioning himself as the champion of protections for pre-existing conditions, one of the most popular provisions of the landmark health care law.

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Austin ISD is considering a policy change that would limit rental use of its facilities, including to a church that uses one building for Sunday sermons.

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A U.S. district judge said Dallas could not impose pre-set bail amounts on poor defendants without individual consideration.

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In his new job, Hawkins will fight the state’s most important legal battles in the country’s most important courtrooms.

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With the midterms just weeks away and sexual misconduct allegations swirling around Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the political stakes are high for the junior senator from Texas.

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A federal judge has ruled for Texas in a long-running challenge to the state's system of electing judges to its two highest courts.

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Critics say doing so would risk the coverage of tens of millions.

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The ruling comes after a five-day trial in July at which patients, health providers, state agency officials, bioethicists, cemetery directors and religious leaders got on the witness stand.

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A lawsuit alleges that the county is jailing some of its poorest people without any meaningful inquiry into their ability to pay. In most cases, bail hearings that lead to those people being put behind bars last no more than 15 seconds.

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Texas aims to land several high-profile lawsuits before the high court — and hopes that, with Kavanaugh there, it will win them.

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