Watch: A conversation on health care and Texas' 86th Legislature
We're livestreaming our conversation in El Paso on the health care agenda heading into the 86th legislative session. Full Story
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Is “revenge porn” protected free speech? Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to weigh in.
A state appeals court ruled Texas' "revenge porn" law unconstitutional. Now, the state's highest criminal court will decide. Full Story
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Analysis: These Texas candidates are about to find out what they’ve really won!
The campaigns were long and hard, and now we know the winners. Let's look at what they're in for once they take office in 2019. Full Story
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Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing people’s property. Not everyone was guilty of a crime.
Law enforcement leaders say civil asset forfeiture is a necessary tool for fighting crime, but several lawmakers see it as a violation of Americans’ civil liberties. Texas legislators are poised to take up the issue once again in 2019. Full Story
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Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos — the state's chief elections officer — stepping down
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Pablos in January 2017. The secretary of state is Texas' chief elections officer and a top adviser to the governor on issues related to the border. Full Story
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturns death sentence for inmate Kenneth Wayne Thomas
Thomas' conviction stands, but he is entitled to a new punishment hearing based on modern standards for assessing intellectual disabilities, the court ruled. Full Story
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Why did the Texas AG get into — and then out of — a controversial lawsuit in his home county?
On Nov. 19, the Texas Attorney General's Office backed Plano in a heated lawsuit over the city's development plan. On Nov. 20, the agency said it had made a mistake. Full Story
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Watch: A conversation with Reps. Doc Anderson and Kyle Kacal
Watch our conversation in Waco with state Reps. Doc Anderson and Kyle Kacal, moderated by the Tribune's Evan Smith. Full Story
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Ken Paxton prosecutors to seek rehearing in pay decision
The court ruled Nov. 21 that six-figure payments for the prosecutors' work were outside legal limits. Full Story
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San Antonio ISD is innovating to integrate its schools. Is it leaving some behind in the process?
To stem the exodus of students to private and charter schools, San Antonio ISD is redesigning dozens of schools that now offer popular educational programs. Families and educators at those schools are thrilled, but people at other schools feel left out. Full Story
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Dennis Bonnen, presumptive next Texas House speaker, backs removal of Confederate plaque
After Gov. Greg Abbott announced a Jan. 11 gathering of the State Preservation Board, which oversees the Capitol grounds, the likely next Texas House speaker applauded a "meeting to begin the process of removing” the controversial plaque. Full Story
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Three weeks after election, Texas Democrat concedes to state Rep. Morgan Meyer in tight race
Joanna Cattanach’s concession comes almost one month after the 2018 midterms. The Democrat had trailed state Rep. Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas, by roughly 200 votes and requested a recount nearly a week after the election. Full Story
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Texas has the highest number of uninsured kids in America, report finds
A Georgetown University Center for Children and Families report released Thursday found that Texas had about 835,000 uninsured children in 2017, an increase of 83,000 kids from the previous year. Full Story
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It took this Texas school district 48 years to desegregate. Now, some fear a return to the past.
Though students of color in Longview ISD still don’t have the same educational opportunities as white students, a federal judge dismissed a longstanding desegregation court order. Will the district succeed without it? Full Story
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TribCast: The Beto O'Rourke 2020 boomlet; will Ken Paxton's prosecutors get paid?
On this week's TribCast, Patrick talks to Aman, Emma and Cassi about the 2020 presidential buzz surrounding Beto O'Rourke, the latest in the securities fraud case against Ken Paxton and the debate over a Confederate plaque at the state Capitol. Full Story
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Analysis: Is ending a tax break easier to swallow than a tax hike?
Lawmakers looking to realign the state's public school finances while also cutting local property taxes can't do both without a lot of money. They don't want to raise taxes, but they have nearly $60 billion in annual tax exemptions that might provide a solution. Full Story
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules against prosecutors in Ken Paxton payment case
The court agreed in December to weigh in on an obstacle to Paxton’s long-running legal drama, a fight over more than a year’s payment for the prosecutors working on the case. Full Story
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Analysis: For Texas politicians, the season of receiving has arrived
The elections are behind the state's politicians. The 86th legislative session is ahead. In between, it's time to raise money. Full Story
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Democrats in the Texas House ponder life with Dennis Bonnen as speaker
Nearly half of the Democrats who will serve in the House next year signed on to support state Rep. Dennis Bonnen's speaker bid. Other members are left wondering what a House with Bonnen at the helm could mean for them — and whether they could get behind it. Full Story
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Section 8 vouchers are supposed to help the poor reach better neighborhoods. Texas law gets in the way.
Under Texas law, landlords cannot be punished for discriminating against families with federal housing vouchers. The impact is clear in Houston, where one in four families who receive housing assistance never gets to use it. Full Story
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![Denise Taylor-McCullough, right, who has a Section 8 housing voucher but has been unsuccessful finding a place to live, continues to search at her realtor Pamela Bank's (left) office in Houston on April 19, 2018.]()
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