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An East Texas man could soon become the nation's first person killed by the state based on the controversial hypothesis.
Educators are calling for more funding, support, and a system that protects them. Removing the DOE would only perpetuate the ...
Texas' biggest popular vote on abortion post-"Roe" pits local advocates against an abortion travel ban that's part of a ...
Limited water, changing weather, skyrocketing costs, and land losses are causing the state's rice farms to slowly disappear.
The state’s ruling conservative class stands to gain bigly, while everyone else will face the fallout of a radical second ...
After many months of fruitless efforts to get Jessica help, our case was finally moving, and for a couple days we were ...
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A version of this story ran in the September / October 2024 issue. East Davis Street in Luling is lined with low-slung brick mom-and-pop shops. One, a cafe, is actually called “Mom’s Front ...
Everything is bigger in Texas—including state police contracts for surveillance tech. In June, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) signed an acquisition plan for a 5-year, nearly $5.3 ...
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