A man entered Sen. Dan Patrick’s office, then fired shots outside the Capitol. No injuries have been reported.
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Criminal Justice
TribBlog: Abbott launches trafficking task force
Twenty percent of the nation’s 17,000 human trafficking victims each year come through Texas, and Attorney General Greg Abbott said today the state should take the lead in collaboration among agencies to fight the scourge of modern-day slavery.
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Sharon Keller Might Walk
The Chief Justice of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals should not be reprimanded for actions that led to the execution of a death row inmate in 2007: That’s the opinion of the judge who presided over her ethics trial last year. Ben Philpott, reporting for KUT News and the Tribune, filed this story.
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Health care
The Abortion Answer
As she demonstrated in last week’s debate, Kay Bailey Hutchison still struggles with how to describe her position on an issue that many Republicans consider sacrosanct.
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Hutchison and Hutchison on Abortion
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison answers questions on Roe v. Wade during debates in 1993 and 2010.
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Brian McCall on Craddick vs. Straus
The retiring Republican state representative from Plano reviews House Speaker Joe Straus’ first year on the job.
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Ready to Runoff
Let’s say, thanks to Debra Medina, neither Rick Perry nor Kay Bailey Hutchison cracks 50 percent in the Republican gubernatorial primary. What exactly happens next? When? And which of the two top finishers will have the edge?
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Health care
Abuse of Power: One Family’s Fight
With each day that passes, David Nicholson fears that the man who killed his profoundly disabled brother will join the ranks of state school workers who are never convicted for their heinous acts.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 12
In this week’s skirmish, TribCasters mull over the Massachusetts Senate race result and its effect on Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison’s stance on abortion and Debra Medina’s post-debate surge.