For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about predictions on turnout in Texas for the presidential election.
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1 Suspect Dead, 1 in Custody after 11 Dallas Officers Shot, at Least 5 Killed
Dallas Police Chief David Brown has confirmed 11 police officers were shot and at least five were killed in an attack by two snipers in downtown Dallas at a protest of officer-involved shootings across the country.
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Appeals Court Tells Texas Foster Care Reforms Must Continue
Texas must continue drafting court-ordered plans to fix its broken foster care system, according to a new order from the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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New in TribTalk: Sen. Nelson on Emergency Leave
Public employees are paid with hard-earned tax dollars, and we should expect those dollars to lead to actual work while an employee is on the public clock, writes Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound.
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Texas Tries to Quietly Enact New Abortion Rules (Video)
In the Roundup: Texas leaders look to quietly enact a new requirement of abortion providers, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn calls for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to lose her security clearance and Texas and New York battle it out over businesses.
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The Brief: Texas Quietly Moves to Further Regulate Abortion
As opponents to abortion rights regroup after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Texas’ House Bill 2, the state’s health agency pushes to regulate the practice further.
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Divided Anti-Abortion Groups Map New Strategies
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out their greatest legislative victory — the House Bill 2 abortion restrictions — Texas abortion opponents are trying to decide what comes next.
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The Q&A: Keffrelyn Brown
In this week’s Q&A, we interview Keffrelyn Brown, an associate professor in the curriculum and instruction department at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Mississippi Schools Look to Save Energy
Mississippi’s Yazoo County School District has entered into an energy savings performance contract with a global energy company that guarantees energy upgrades to schools will decrease cripplingly high maintenance costs.
