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4The COVID-19 Disaster Has Made a Mess of Texas’ Open Government Rules

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4In Migrants Camps Along the Texas-Mexico Border, Close Quarters and Closing Borders Raise Concerns

5U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Trump Administration on ‘Remain in Mexico’

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Most Recent in Criminal Justice:

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Most Recent in Education:

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5The Creature of Martin Creek Lake Won’t Die

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Most Recent in Health Care:

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4In Rural Texas, COVID-19 Contact Tracing is Largely Up to Local Officials, If It Happens at All

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3What’s a Bookstore for?

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5Parallel Planes

Dateline Houston

State Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas

Lege May Finally Lift Hiring Policies That Hurt Ex-Cons

Mon, Feb 9, 2015 |

If Eric Johnson's clever bill passes, Texans with criminal records—including for writing a bad check—won't fear they'll never be hired again....Read More

police body cameras

The Eyes of Texas: Are Police Body Cameras Inevitable?

Fri, Jan 16, 2015 |

Texas is well on its way to having cops in its major cities equipped with body cameras—but doesn't yet have unified policy on when to turn them on....Read More

A hydroponic garden growing medical marijuana.

Houston Investors Hope the Legal Marijuana Industry Will Make Them High Rollers

Wed, Oct 22, 2014 |

Houston-based investors took to the Marijuana investment Conference hoping to see high returns from the legal Marijuana industry. ...Read More

WTF Friday: I’m Sure It’s Nothing

Fri, Oct 17, 2014 |

This week's nutball roundup includes sermon subpoenas, Ebola hysteria, and Jim Hogan asking the big questions, which involve watermelon....Read More

WTF Friday: November Is Coming

Fri, Sep 26, 2014 |

This week's WTF Friday, our look at the dialectical excellence of Texas politics, focuses on Rick Perry, Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz, but also has gifs, which help...Read More

Houston Police Dept. Plagued By Fresh Scandal, Old Denial

Fri, Sep 26, 2014 |

HPD has plenty of problems--sexual harassment, forged tickets, neglected homicides--but the overarching one is denial....Read More

More Prisoners, More Problems: Mass Incarceration Climbs Again

Wed, Sep 17, 2014 |

The biggest, best, and newest studies agree that the U.S. needs to incarcerate fewer people. So why are the numbers climbing? Texas is one reason....Read More

Houston Cops Always Justified in Shootings. Always.

Thu, Aug 28, 2014 |

Houston police kill an average of one person every three weeks. According to all evaluating groups, they also never make mistakes....Read More

WTF Friday: The Usual Suspects

Fri, Aug 8, 2014 |

Dear ones, we have a problem. WTF Friday is in a rut. Every week, we set out to bring you the best in absurdity from this state we all love and/or are stuck wit...Read More

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