Kay Bailey Hutchison says Texas government should be more transparent. Rick Perry says it already is. Let the sniping begin.
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Data App: Governor’s Race Cash
Search more than $35 million in campaign donations and loans collected by the top candidates in the governor’s race. You can also explore how they spent the money.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Hi(gh) Again
A recent juvenile justice report finds drug-addicted TYC inmates who didn’t participate in the agency’s drug treatment program were less likely to reoffend than those who did.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Perry Indicates He’ll Pardon Timothy Cole
Gov. Rick Perry appears willing to sign a posthumous pardon for the exonerated Timothy Cole after Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today issued an opinion that said the governor could grant one.
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TribBlog: AG Says Posthumous Pardons Possible
A posthumous pardon is possible after all, according to an opinion from Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office. This clears the way for the possible post-death pardon of Tim Cole, who was exonerated of a sexual assault conviction in a Travis County court last year, but had died in prison many years prior.
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Sexual Abuse in State Lock-ups
Three years after a sexual abuse scandal rocked the Texas Youth Commission, one in five juvenile offenders in Texas youth lock-ups report being forced into sexual acts.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: Spending Search
We have 10 years and more than $350 million in Texas campaign expenditures available for search and download. Find your own stories.
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Criminal Justice
Big Border Business
For the last year and a half, Tom Barry visited immigrant detention centers in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Here’s what he found.