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Amid extreme temperatures, Texas state parks can be a respite — or a heated hindrance all their own

August 2, 2023
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Texas child welfare agency fails vulnerable teens when they turn 18, whistleblower says

August 1, 2023
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U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson “briefly detained” by officers at rodeo near Amarillo

August 1, 2023
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Ken Paxton’s lawyers seek to dismiss 19 of 20 articles of impeachment

August 1, 2023
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Part 2: Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterpret U.S. Constitution

July 31, 2023
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In November 2008, almost 70 million people turned out to vote for the nation’s first Black…

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Part 1: In 1998, a legal revolution was quietly born in Texas. It would pull America’s courts rightward.

July 31, 2023
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In March, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sat before the next generation of conservative legal warriors and…

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Part 3: Under Trump, Texas’ foot soldiers became federal judges, securing a conservative stronghold in the courts

July 31, 2023
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For decades, an increasingly powerful movement of conservative lawyers, born from the Texas Office of the…

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Texas A&M University System regents name Mark Welsh interim president of flagship campus

July 31, 2023
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The “1-mile rule”: Texas’ unwritten, arbitrary policy protects big polluters from citizen complaints

July 30, 2023
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Texas A&M regents could offer a settlement to the journalism professor at center of hiring controversy

July 29, 2023
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