While social media has been flooded with questions from across the country about Sandra Bland’s death, students and residents in Waller County are turning out in person to protest, raise questions and honor her memory.
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No Campaign Dollars for Paxton Legal Defense — For Now
Attorney General Ken Paxton, dogged by a cloud of legal uncertainty since taking office in January, is not using taxpayer dollars to pay his lawyers, according to aides, who left it less clear whether he plans to tap his campaign account.
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Texas Rangers Investigating Death of Woman in Police Custody
The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old woman found dead in the Waller County Jail on Monday. An autopsy classified her death as suicide by hanging.
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TDCJ Correctional Officer Beaten With “Pry Tool”
A Texas correctional officer killed while escorting a prisoner to his cell was beaten to death with a two-foot pry bar, a tool guards carry to unlock the small meal tray openings in a cell door, the Tribune has confirmed.
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Upgrade of AG’s Child Support System Faces Lingering Problems
Started during Greg Abbott’s tenure as attorney general, a project to upgrade the technology for the state’s antiquated child support enforcement system is years behind schedule. The AG’s office, now under the leadership of Ken Paxton, is hoping to restructure the project.
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Perry’s Legal Defense Bill Now Tops $2 Million
Former Gov. Rick Perry has now spent more than $2 million in state campaign cash fighting the abuse-of-power indictment against him.
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Rookie Prison Guard is Killed Escorting Violent Inmate
A rookie Texas Department of Criminal Justice guard was beaten to death Wednesday at a northeast Texas prison as he was escorting an inmate, one with an extensive history of attempted escapes and previous beatings of prison personnel, from a day room to a cell.
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Operation Jade Helm 15 Gets Underway in Texas
Operation Jade Helm 15, the military training exercise that sparked an international frenzy earlier this year, gets underway Wednesday in Texas.
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McCaul: “Absurd” to Think Guzmán Fled Without Inside Help
The Texan who is the U.S. House’s top Republican on homeland security issued a scathing indictment of Mexican officials on Tuesday for letting Joaquin Guzmán, the world’s most notorious drug lord, tunnel out of a maximum-security prison.
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U.S. Rep: Guzmán’s Prison Escape an Insult to U.S. Law Enforcement
The prison escape of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán is an affront to U.S. law enforcement, which has worked for years to build a case against the kingpin, a member of Texas’ congressional delegation said Sunday.
