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Texas' Prison System Could Run Out of Beds for Those Incarcerated by Late 2025, New Report Says

Moreover, some prisons in the state are operating with up to 70% of prison guard positions unfilled as shortages continue

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How a school voucher supporter won in a Texas House district with almost no private schools

Gov. Greg Abbott said the primary showed Texans want vouchers. In House District 18, an ad blitz and immigration fears may have played a larger role.

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Bernie Sanders tells Texas progressives to back Harris, says Allred win would “make all the difference”

Joining Sanders as he campaigns up and down the I-35 corridor are Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Greg Casar, and former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke.

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A battered child care industry’s latest challenge? Competing for 4-year-olds.

A 2019 state law requiring schools to offer full-day pre-K is capturing child care’s most profitable customer base: 3- and 4-year-olds.

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Texas lawmakers, farmers and ranchers sound alarm over languishing farm bill

Millions of Texans would lose food subsidies and farm insurance if Congress doesn’t act before the end of the year.

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Texas maternal mortality committee asks to review abortion-related deaths

The panel wants to review those cases, which have been excluded from state data for years, and other reforms amid a report that shows a spike in maternal deaths.

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Senate Democrats Commit Multimillion-Dollar Investment to Boost Colin Allred's Bid Against Ted Cruz

As Democrats intensify their focus on Texas, Republicans are matching their efforts

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Why a conservative Texas mayor defied his peers and put the brakes on an abortion “travel ban”

Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley calls himself “pro-life.” But the proposal to police the streets for women traveling out of state to get an abortion is overreach, he said.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton targets El Paso nonprofit that offers legal services to migrants

Attorney General Ken Paxton has investigated at least five organizations this year that do immigration-related work.

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Free speech or political intimidation? A jury says this Trump Train organizer crossed the line.

Eliazar Cisneros was accused of organizing and participating in a Trump Train that used harassment and intimidation to prevent others from exercising their support for a candidate.

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Takeaways from the Texas Tribune-Associated Press report on 24 hours along the Texas-Mexico border

Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.

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One day along the Texas-Mexico border shows that realities shift more rapidly than rhetoric

The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press spent 24 hours in five cities on Texas’ border with Mexico to measure the impact of a dramatic drop in migrant crossings

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Many Americans say immigration is out of control, but 24 hours on the Texas-Mexico border showed a new reality. Will it last?

The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.

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Latest effort to block school ratings cracks Texas districts’ once-united front

Dozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own.

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Republicans who want to oust Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan unanimously back state Rep. David Cook

Four GOP state representatives suspended their bids to challenge Phelan and 48 Republicans backed Cook, which could threaten Phelan’s shot at a third term.

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Republicans feature 9/11 conspiracy theorist in South Texas ads

The small business owner featured in the ad previously shared memes calling 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic inside jobs and mocking U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw.

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Texas Counties are Resorting to Teenagers to Solve Prison and Jail Guard Shortages

Smith County and Randall County officials have partnered with local high schools to house training programs that allows students to become correctional officers

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Texas prisons and jails are recruiting more teenagers to shore up guard shortage

Two counties house training programs in local high schools as officials pitch corrections jobs as gateways to criminal justice careers.

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At this South Texas political convention, everyone has a voice, regardless of legal status

Inspired by the work of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, the biennial “cumbre” helps South Texans organize for political change.

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Tarrant County GOP sought an election advantage with failed effort to shutter college voting locations

In a resolution signed Friday, the party blasted two Republicans who voted against the measure and accused them of undermining its electoral chances.

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Republicans pour money into attacking Texas Democrats on LGBTQ+ issues ahead of Election Day

In his largest ad buy to date, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz attacks U.S. Rep. Colin Allred for his support of the Equality Act. It would have prohibited gender discrimination in public places.

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Dozens of Texas school districts press state to suspend new student data reporting system

The superintendents said they haven’t received enough support from the state or time to fix errors the system generated.

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UT-Austin tightens automatic admission threshold to 5% of Texas’ top high schoolers

The current threshold is 6%. The change comes after the university received a record-breaking 73,000 undergraduate applications for this fall.

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Judge tosses Ken Paxton’s lawsuit targeting Bexar County’s voter registration effort

The county told a state district court judge that the applications were already mailed out and any ruling would be moot.

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Texas GOP investing in South Texas races as some Republicans worry about party's performance in November

Several local party officials have signed an open letter warning that “grave and deteriorating” fundraising and voter outreach efforts could leave some candidates vulnerable.

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