The audit says the Texas Department of Public Safety lacks the controls to ensure necessary documents are collected and retained.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Texas school finance panel approves final report to lawmakers
The Texas Commission on Public School Finance — created last year to scrutinize the way the state funds K-12 education — finalized a report on Wednesday that includes more than 30 recommended improvements.
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Dis-Integration
Watch Texas Tribune reporters discuss their project on school segregation
Watch as the Tribune’s Alexa Ura and Aliyya Swaby discuss their reporting for the “Dis-Integration” series that examines the challenges school communities have faced in integrating their schools.
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Immigration
Federal judge overturns White House policy on asylum seekers fleeing domestic or gang violence
A Washington D.C.-based judge ruled the policy, which was implemented by former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in June, went against standards set forth in the Immigration and Naturalization Act.
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Health care
By gutting Obamacare, Judge Reed O’Connor handed Texas a win. It wasn’t the first time.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office has made a habit of filing lawsuits against the federal government that land in O’Connor’s court.
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Texas Legislature 2019
Dennis Bonnen has spent half his life in the Texas House. Is he ready to run it?
Twenty-two years after joining the Texas House as its youngest member, state Rep. Dennis Bonnen is poised to take over the chamber’s reins on Jan. 8.
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Texas Legislature 2019
TribCast: Lewd texts and school finance scuttlebutt
On this week’s TribCast, Emily talks to Ross, Emma and Patrick about the pre-session school finance scuttlebutt, a big Obamacare ruling out of Texas and a state senator facing allegations he sent lewd texts.
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Criminal Justice
Texas court throws out 1987 murder conviction; declares North Texas man “actually innocent”
The Court of Criminal Appeals said Steven Mark Chaney’s conviction was based partly on faulty science.
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Texas Legislature 2019
In the Texas Legislature, bills filed on marijuana, daylight saving are all fair game
Watch the first episode of our mini-documentary series, “Under the Dome,” chronicling the cast of characters passing laws in the Texas State Capitol.
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Guides
What’s the point of Texas’ rainy day fund?
Texas’ Economic Stabilization Fund holds more than $11 billion and is the largest in the country. There’s a lot of disagreement over how and when to spend the money.
