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    Jan 2

    The next session of the Texas Legislature starts in less than a week. Follow reporters and editors for the latest so you never miss a single thing.

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    The court issued the stay based on changes to bitemark forensic science and law regarding intellectual disability and the death penalty.

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  3. 7 minutes ago

    Domestic abusers can trap their victims with financial debt. This Texas bill seeks to provide a way out.

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  4. 7 minutes ago

    Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers went on strike today. Texas teachers can't do that. In Texas, striking could result in having teaching certificates and retirement benefits permanently revoked.

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    See the launch of the session in our Under the Dome video series. didn’t even hate it so you know it’s got to be pretty good:

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    Breaking: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the state's first execution of the year, for Blaine Milam, per his lawyers. Updates to follow.

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    Detail from this piece on treatment of migrants in Mexico: Hours after a Piedras Negras hotel rented Root, a U.S. citizen, a room, it kicked out a Honduran family. “Every hotel has its rules. The rule says we don’t rent to foreigners. Only Mexicans,” the manager said.

    This is a story Mexican politicians and diplomats, often critical of increasingly harsh U.S. policies toward migrants, don’t like to talk about. Unless migrants pay a human smuggler, they are almost certain to endure abuse in Mexico.
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  8. 42 minutes ago

    has started. Here's an inside look at day one.

    Under the Dome: Episode 3
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  9. 1 hour ago

    This is a story Mexican politicians and diplomats, often critical of increasingly harsh U.S. policies toward migrants, don’t like to talk about. Unless migrants pay a human smuggler, they are almost certain to endure abuse in Mexico.

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  10. 2 hours ago

    Why don’t more migrants come into the U.S. “the right way”? Because they’re taking advice from (and forking over thousands of dollars to) unscrupulous smugglers.

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    "There are no frontrunners that are born here, but I always believed with big dreams and hard work, anything is possible in this country." — in San Antonio this weekend.

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  12. 3 hours ago

    Three Texas public universities now effectively have two head football coaches each on their payrolls.

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    3 hours ago

    It’s easy to get rid of losing football coaches. All you gotta do is keep paying them. Good work if you can get it.

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    3 hours ago

    News: The State Preservation board will meet Jan. 25 to discuss — and possibly determine — the final location of the "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque

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  15. 3 hours ago

    In the Rio Grande Valley, the "cowboy priest" is trying to keep his church from becoming cut off from the local town because of a border wall.

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  16. 4 hours ago

    Donald Trump last week suggested letting Texas build a border wall. But the last time the federal government dropped a bunch of border fence money in Texas and walked away, one man got very rich.

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    4 hours ago

    "My dog Roosticus could be a judge if she picked the right party," writes in :

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  18. 4 hours ago

    The 71st Texas Legislature had four special sessions in 1990...three of them to work on school finance.

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    5 hours ago

    Alright y’all, is underway and there’s a lot I’ll be watching on the health and human services front. Here’s a quick primer I wrote for on the big things I’m following (this is obviously a short, non-exhaustive list).

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  20. 5 hours ago

    Coming later today: Episode 3 of Under the Dome, our docuseries about . Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see it there first.

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  21. 5 hours ago

    After disappointing football seasons led to swift firings, three Texas public universities now effectively have two head football coaches each on their payrolls.

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