Some child care providers expect to shutter after Texas lawmakers leave $2.3 billion proposal off final budget

Tracy Hanson teared up at her dining table last May. The Killeen child care operator had…

LGBTQ+ advocates sue to block Texas’ new law that could criminalize some drag performances

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Texas child welfare agency fails vulnerable teens when they turn 18, whistleblower says

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Ken Paxton’s lawyers seek to dismiss 19 of 20 articles of impeachment

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The “1-mile rule”: Texas’ unwritten, arbitrary policy protects big polluters from citizen complaints

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Political dominoes could fall in Houston as 2 longtime Democrats campaign for mayor

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Texas nixed child ID kits after our investigation. Now a bill to spend taxpayer money on the kits in Pennsylvania is in trouble.

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“Scared out of my mind”: A family scrambles after their disabled 3-year-old loses Medicaid

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One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis shows

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Texans in Congress lead bipartisan efforts to allow fentanyl test strips

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