Recap: Trump, Hurricane Harvey and other key topics of #TribFest17
Highlights from more than 60 panel discussions on education, climate change, President Donald Trump, the role of media in 2017 and much more. Full Story
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![Tribune CEO Evan Smith leads a political roundtable for the closing session of The Texas Tribune Festival on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. From left: Smith; Chris Cillizza of CNN; Ben Domenech of The Federalist; Virginia Heffernan of Slate's Trumpcast; Indira Lakshmanan of The Boston Globe and the Poynter Institute; and Charles P. Pierce of Esquire Magazine.]()
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Federal appeals court to hear arguments on Texas "sanctuary cities" law
The stage is set for a Friday court battle in New Orleans between the state's attorneys and local governments over Texas' immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4. Full Story
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![People demonstrating against Senate Bill 4, the "sanctuary cities" ban, march near the Riverwalk in San Antonio on June 26, 2017.]()
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Texas teens to be trained next year on police interactions
High schoolers, new drivers and police will all need to receive training on police interactions under a new law — but not until next fall. Full Story
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![An Austin police officer pulls over a vehicle on August 28, 2017.]()
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Hundreds of Harvey prison evacuees start transfer to cooler Texas facilities
A federal judge's order that some prison inmates relocated amid Hurricane Harvey's flooding be moved into air-conditioned units is prompting a big prisoner shakeup. Full Story
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![Stringfellow evacuees arriving at the LeBlanc Unit after leaving the Pack Unit, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017.]()
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Report: Indicted state Rep. Dawnna Dukes spent $51k on online psychic
State Rep. Dawnna Dukes failed to turn over a cell phone to investigators and spent more than $51,000 on an online psychic, the Austin American-Statesman reported Wednesday. Full Story
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![Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, on the House floor Aug. 2, 2017.]()
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How some see Texas as the "gold standard" against wrongful convictions
This year, Texas legislators continued efforts to prevent wrongful convictions by passing a law focused on fixing unreliable jailhouse informants, unfair police station lineups and coerced confessions. Full Story
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![Christopher Scott, wrongfully convicted of murder, tells his story next to a photo of fellow exonerees in a Dallas office in July 2017.]()
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New law aims to help elderly Texans fooled by scammers
A new Texas law gives financial institutions greater authority to stop transactions that they suspect are aimed at defrauding elderly or disabled clients. Full Story
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![Julie Krawczyk, Director of the Elder Financial Safety Center, at the organization's Dallas office on July 17, 2017.]()
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New law lets Texas drivers help tackle the state's rape kit testing backlog
Driver's license applications will soon ask Texans whether they'd like to donate $1 or more for sexual assault kit testing. It's the state's latest effort to reduce a backlog that has swelled for years. Full Story
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![Jenny Black, executive director/coordinator at Austin/Travis County Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, shows a sexual assault evidence collection kit at St. David's Medical Center in Austin on July 29, 2013.]()
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As a result of Hurricane Harvey, 600 more Texas prisoners getting AC
As Hurricane Harvey approached Texas, state prison officials moved thousands of inmates to higher ground. But now that the storm has passed, about 600 of the evacuees gained protection from hot conditions in their cells thanks to an ongoing federal lawsuit. Full Story
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![Here's a look at an aerial view of flooding from Hurricane Harvey at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Terrell and Stringfellow units in Brazoria County on Aug. 30, 2017.]()
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Trooper fired for Sandra Bland stop: "My safety was in jeopardy."
Former Texas Department of Safety Trooper Brian Encinia says he feared for his personal safety after pulling over Sandra Bland in Waller County on July 21, 2015. Full Story
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Felony charges against Dukes reportedly on hold
Travis County prosecutors are setting aside felony charges against state Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, at least temporarily, the Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday. Full Story
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![State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, in the House chamber as they adjourn on August 1, 2017. Dukes will apparently face trial on corruption charges Oct. 16th as she failed to accept a resignation offer by the Travis County District Attorney's office.]()
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Undocumented Texans grapple with DACA's end while they wait for court's SB 4 decision
Texans who benefit from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program learned this week that the popular program will be phased out. And they have a second worry: the fate of the state's new immigration enforcement law. Full Story
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![Texans protest in front of the attorney general's office after the White House announced it would phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.]()
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Paxton: Tuesday deadline for Trump to decide on DACA still stands
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office said on Thursday that his office was sticking with a Tuesday deadline set by officials from Texas and nine other states for President Donald Trump to rescind a popular Obama-era program. Full Story
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"Sanctuary cities" opponent: Community shouldn't fear police inquiries after ruling
After a federal judge declined to block provisions of a Texas law that allow local law enforcement to ask about a person's immigration status during a detention, lead plaintiffs say that will not result in a major change. Full Story
![People demonstrating against Senate Bill 4, the "sanctuary cities" ban, march near the Riverwalk in San Antonio on June 26, 2017.]()
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Texas "sanctuary cities" law set to go into effect Friday unless court blocks it
A decision on whether Texas' state-based immigration enforcement, Senate Bill 4, will be put on hold could come later this week. But even if it's temporarily halted, the matter is far from over. Full Story
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![On the last day of the 85th legislative session, protesters opposed to Senate Bill 4 — the "sanctuary cities" law — fill up the rotunda of the state Capitol in Austin on May 29, 2017.]()
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Two more Texas prisons evacuated as Hurricane Harvey flooding continues
Two more Houston-area prisons have been evacuated as flooding continues, bringing the total to five prisons and almost 6,000 inmates shipped off to drier facilities in the region. Full Story
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![Two photos provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice show inmates from units around Rosharon, south of Houston, being evacuated Saturday because of Hurricane Harvey.]()
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How a "perfect storm" of problems has shrunk Texas' largest city police forces
Texas' two biggest city police departments are losing officers because of troubled pension funds and low pay. The shrinking ranks have paired with rising violent crime rates, longer call response times and fewer solved crimes. Full Story
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![Dallas police academy recruits line up in formation. They’ll complete a nine-month training course before going out on patrol.]()
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Court halts execution of convicted child killer who claims intellectual disability
A man convicted in the sexual assault and murder of an 11-year-old girl was set to die next Wednesday. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped his execution amid claims of intellectual disability. Full Story
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![Steven Long was sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 2005.]()
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Texas has more than 180 public symbols of the Confederacy. Explore them here.
Texas has more than 180 public symbols of the Confederacy, with dozens of monuments dedicated during or after the Civil Rights era. Full Story
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![The Confederate Soldiers' Monument on the south lawn of the state Capitol in Austin.]()
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Gov. Greg Abbott weighs in on Confederate monument debate
In the Roundup: In the wake of the white nationalist rally in Virginia, Abbott weighs in on the removal of confederate statues, and Texas A&M blocks a similar rally from happening on campus. Full Story
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