Gov. Greg Abbott calls for five-year mandatory sentence for human smugglers

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Chronically understaffed Texas prisons set stage for prison bus escape and massacre of family

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Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules

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Feds arrest Texas man charged with threats to Boston doctor who cares for transgender children

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Feds often hand migrants over to state police rather than process immigration claims, complaint says

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To combat opioid overdoses, Gov. Greg Abbott says he supports decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips

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Uvalde officials say local prosecutor impeded investigation into police response to shooting

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Suspect in Vanessa Guillén’s killing pleads guilty

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Facing possible removal for alleged incompetence, El Paso District Attorney Yvonne Rosales resigns

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Amid fallout from the Uvalde shooting, Texas DPS wants $1.2 billion for academy and active-shooter training facility

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