Attorney General Ken Paxton has won his biggest legal victory yet since securities fraud allegations surfaced more than a year ago.
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Execution of Man Who Killed Neighbors is State’s First in Months
Barney Fuller’s execution Wednesday for the 2003 shooting deaths in rural East Texas ended Texas’ longest gap between executions since 2008.
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Lack of Money Hinders Effort to ID Remains of Migrants Near the Border
The Texas Forensic Science Commission discussed the progress it has made in identifying the hundreds of remains found in border counties since 2010.
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U.S. Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Death Case Appeal
A psychologist testified at Duane Buck’s trial that blacks are more dangerous than whites. Buck wants a new sentencing trial.
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Texas Officials to Revisit Issue of ID’ing Remains of Migrants Near the Border
The Texas Forensic Science Commission will discuss an issue tied directly to the hot-button issue of illegal immigration.
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Texas Death Row Appeal Hinges on Racial Testimony
The U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday will hear an appeal from death row inmate Duane Buck, whose trial included racially discriminatory testimony.
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Texas Troopers, Austin Police Will Make Complaining Easier
The two law enforcement agencies say they will start adding information on filing complaints to the citations they issue.
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Texas Senator: Schools Should Teach Teens How to Handle Police Stops
Could the police-civilian divide be healed with new civics lessons and traffic stop guidelines from the state?
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Help Wanted to Investigate Student-Teacher Relationships
Faced with growing state attention on improper student-teacher relationships, the Texas Education Agency is asking lawmakers for hundreds of thousands of additional dollars to help investigate them — plus new legislation.
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Paxton Loses Last-Minute Bid to Stop Federal Internet Transition
Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday lost his last-minute bid for a court injunction to prevent the federal government from transferring its oversight of internet registrations to an international body.
