Senate passes bill opening door for prosecutors to charge fentanyl distributors with murder

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Texas renters got unprecedented help during the pandemic. The Legislature is unlikely to extend it.

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How could Texas spend its record $32.7 billion surplus?

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Legislature has little appetite to fund Ken Paxton’s settlement with whistleblowers

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House unveils bill giving state authority to “repel” and return migrants crossing from Mexico

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Texas Senate’s priority bills on higher ed would end tenure, diversity policies

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SXSW panelists say the only solution to school safety is to address gun policy and mental health, not one or the other

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At a Korean community center in Houston, the struggle immigrant Texans face with language barriers is clear

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Houston ISD braces for possible state takeover

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Texas legislative leaders — Dan Patrick, Dade Phelan — jab each other’s priorities in dueling speeches

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