Laura Burke
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The Burden of Proof
It was an unusual beginning to a love story. James Legate was five years into a life sentence for murder. Yolanda Garcia, a 59-year-old [...] Full Story -
Freedom’s Just a Word
Photos by Lance Rosenfield/Prime Former inmates board buses to Dallas and Houston after being released from the Walls Unit in Huntsville. Every morning at [...] Full Story -
UT’s Dirty Investments
While many universities have stopped investing in companies that do business in Sudan, the University of Texas still invests millions of dollars in the [...] Full Story -
Fate of Juvenile Offenders in the Spotlight
The wrangling over what the state of Texas should do with its juvenile offenders continued Thursday in a packed room at the Capitol. The [...] Full Story -
A Threat To Society
Hear Laura Burke’s interview with Texas Public Radio KSTX 98.1. Off of a dead-end street in the lush woodlands of East Texas, Chris Cain [...] Full Story
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Ted and Betty Dotts
Lubbock is not gay-friendly. A few years ago, when some straight high school kids tried to support some gay kids by forming a Gay-Straight [...] Full Story -
Blood and Treasure
Texans have paid dearly for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The highest cost is tallied in casualties. As this issue went to press, [...] Full Story -
What Did He Die For?
Men in work boots laid their cowboy hats on the floor and snuggled beside prim women and impeccably suited Marines at the First Baptist [...] Full Story