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Just in: Hillary Clinton is launching an ad-buy in Texas. The ad will highlight The Dallas Morning News' recent endorsement of Clinton.

Hillary Clinton' campaign is going on the air in solid-red Texas, a remarkable move by a Democratic presidential nominee as her Republican rival, Donald Trump, struggles across the country.
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Texas Democrats have pined for years for a candidate who could turn their luck around. Will Donald J. Trump answer their prayers?

Will a Republican will answer Texas Democrats' prayers?
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When this newspaper editor published a map detailing which of San Salvador’s neighborhoods are controlled by the country’s powerful streets gangs, his own government fought to silence him.

Jorge Beltran, a newspaper editor in the murder capital of the world, had to move his own family to keep them safe from gang violence.
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Some Republicans worry because many in their own party dislike Donald J. Trump.

Demographic shifts are leading to Democratic gains in areas such as Houston's north side.
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Many Texas Republicans are still supporting Donald J. Trump.

The surfacing of a 2005 clip showing Donald Trump speaking lewdly about women has caused many Republicans to drop their support for their party's presidential nominee. Here's how the controversy is unfolding in Texas.
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Ken Paxton is likely headed to trial.

The highest criminal court in Texas said Wednesday it will not hear Ken Paxton's appeal of securities fraud charges, putting the attorney general on the path to a trial in the coming months. 
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“We also will not tolerate inferior residential foster care operations,” the state leaders wrote in the letter.

The governor's office has put the Department of Family and Protective Services on notice to come up with a plan to help foster children find home placements faster and seek out those facing abuse.
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You have lots of options on the ballot this November.

What's an anti-Trump Republican in Texas to do on Election Day? Aside from leaving the top of your ballot blank, here are your options.
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“We’re running out of room,” says Forensic anthropologist Saul Quijada. “Sooner or later, we’re going to need to expand.”

The bodies are found in abandoned fields, along river banks and in hastily dug graves. They end up in the central morgue's Department of Forensic Anthropology, a wrenching testament to the human toll of decades of violence. 
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A year ago, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to take away $3.1 million in Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. He made headlines, and he used the move to fundraise. But a year later, Planned Parenthood is still receiving Medicaid funding.

Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials are largely silent on why they haven't fulfilled their vow to cut off funds to women's health programs offered to poor Texas women by Planned Parenthood.
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Will voter turnout follow? Tell us if you're planning to vote.

This number exceeds the state's registration numbers in 2012 by more than a million voters.
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Donald J. Trump accused Speaker Paul Ryan of "total disloyalty to the party."

At a San Antonio fundraiser, Donald Trump said some of his GOP colleagues "forgot there was an election," specifically calling out U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan.
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More Central Americans are seeking refuge from the terror and chaos of their home countries. This is their journey to the U.S. Border.

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Experts recently determined that more Mexicans now are leaving the United States than entering. Migration from three small but violent and impoverished countries in Central America, however, has exploded.

The challenge of securing the southern U.S. border is changing dramatically as fewer Mexicans cross illegally, but more Central Americans arrive seeking refuge from the terror and chaos of their home countries.
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Only seven primary states had lower turnout than Texas in the major-party primaries held earlier this year.

Texas ranked eighth-to-last in voter turnout for the presidential primaries.
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“Clearly, Brownsville is raising taxes on its citizens through this unlawful bag fee,” Ken Paxton said in a statement.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Brownsville, calling its $1 bag fee an “illegal sales tax.”  
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Texas’ legal defense of the restrictions has already cost taxpayers $1 million.

Following their win at the U.S. Supreme Court, the attorneys that brought a lawsuit against Texas' 2013 abortion restrictions are asking the state for more than $4.5 million in legal fees.
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