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Tainted water flowed to these Texans’ homes for three years. No one told them.

A new operator was assigned to fix the well in Midland County, which is still not compliant with state standards.

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Texas woman charged with murder for self-induced abortion sues Starr County district attorney

The Starr County district attorney dropped the improper charges, but the fallout “forever changed the Plaintiff’s life,” a new federal lawsuit says.

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Migrants with disabilities struggle to access the U.S. asylum system, advocates say

The CBP One phone app, which most migrants use to begin the U.S. asylum process, isn’t accessible to those who are blind, deaf, have mobility issues, or have intellectual disabilities, according to a complaint.

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Nearly two years after the Uvalde massacre, here’s who has been reprimanded and where investigations stand

As a grand jury considers whether any law enforcement officers are criminally charged for their inaction during the Robb Elementary shooting, some families say they feel they’ve been let down and betrayed by elected officials.

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In El Paso, apathy, alienation and discontent with candidates drives low voter turnout

Across this border city, which sees some of the state’s lowest voter turnout, many residents either didn’t know there was an election in March or had reasons for avoiding the polls.

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Texas appeals court overturns Crystal Mason’s conviction, 5-year sentence for illegal voting

Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while under supervised release for felony tax fraud. She said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote.

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Texas could require social media influencers to disclose paid political posts

The Tribune reported last year that a company called Influenceable LLC was paid to recruit influencers to defend Attorney General Ken Paxton over his impeachment.

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A woman’s fight to escape the hospital shows Medicaid’s limits for disabled Texans

Staffing shortages and mismanaged care can delay when Texans on some Medicaid programs are discharged from hospitals. This can cost the state more and take a toll on patients and caregivers.

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Taking a cue from the pews, Texas churches expanding mental health services

Many Texas faith groups have offered counseling services in the past. But more of them are expanding their programs, partnering with providers, to help meet the growing need here for mental health services.

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Once the Texas GOP’s “weak link,” Attorney General Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful

With his impeachment and securities fraud case behind him, Paxton’s political stock is on the rise.

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Texas criminal appeals court takes man off death row over intellectual disability

Since Randall Mays was sentenced to death in 2008 for the murder of two sheriff’s deputies, his lawyers have argued his intellectual disability exempts him from execution.

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Republicans’ budding interest in Texas’ housing crisis could create strange political bedfellows

Republican lawmakers may try to force Texas cities to allow greater housing density as the state faces a housing crunch.

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Cows at two Texas dairy farms have bird flu, another blow to Cattle Country following wildfires

Federal officials said the nation’s milk supply should be not at risk after a bird flu outbreak hits dairies in Texas, New Mexico and Kansas.

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As Texas students clash over Israel-Hamas war, Gov. Greg Abbott orders colleges to revise free speech policies

The governor singled out pro-Palestine groups and said they should be subject to discipline.

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Small nuclear reactors may be coming to Texas, boosted by interest from Gov. Abbott

A nuclear power plant hasn’t been built in Texas in decades because of cost and public fears of a major accident. Now the governor wants to find out if smaller reactors could meet the state’s growing need for on-demand power.

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Race to succeed Texas GOP chair Matt Rinaldi has become referendum on his tenure

Some Republicans and candidates are calling for a serious change, warning that the party could be vulnerable in future elections because of the ongoing disunity that has defined Rinaldi’s two terms.

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Montgomery County directs citizen board to review, and potentially remove, library books

The county north of Houston adopted the guidelines amid a growing number of book bans in school districts and a new state law that supporters claim protects children from inappropriate material.

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U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls target of investigation by House ethics committee

It did not specify the focus of the investigation, but Nehls said it was related to his campaign’s finances.

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Texas lawmakers and agency leaders experiment, ponder policies for an AI future

Agencies like the Texas Department of Transportation are using the technology to react to crashes and prepare invoices. More uses and regulations are coming.

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Legal experts say it’s rare to pursue jail time in securities fraud cases like Paxton’s

In 2015, Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted on three securities fraud felony charges. Experts in securities fraud say those charges are rarely pursued.

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Ken Paxton agrees to community service, paying restitution to avoid trial in securities fraud case

Paxton, who will not have to enter a plea under the terms of the agreement, faced the prospect of decades in prison if he had been convicted of fraud.

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U.S. Supreme Court takes up Texas case challenging abortion pill access

A majority of Supreme Court justices seemed open to keeping mifepristone, a common abortion-inducing drug, on the market despite a Texas ruling revoking its FDA approval.

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In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants

Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.

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Feds arrest five men accused of smuggling illegally purchased guns to cartels in Mexico

The men were charged with two criminal offenses, including straw purchasing of firearms, created by the 2022 bipartisan gun safety bill authored by Sen. John Cornyn.

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Gun rights YouTuber Brandon Herrera gains momentum in race against U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales

Gonzales is taking heat from the right for his vote in support of the bipartisan gun safety bill passed after the Uvalde school shooting.

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