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Fanning The Flames

by | Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 13:13 CST
The same conservation efforts that saved Texas from the Dust Bowl may have opened the door to a new man-made disaster.
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Out of Reach

Forgotten by East Texas courts, a woman is left in the care of a husband her family says is abusive.
Mon, Apr 3, 2017 |

Forgotten by East Texas courts, a woman is left in the care of a husband her family says is abusive....Read More

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Lining Up a Conviction

A suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new trial in time?
Thu, Feb 16, 2017 |

A suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new trial in time?...Read More

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Fare Game

Lessons I learned from hustling for a living in the brave new ‘gig economy’.
Tue, Jan 17, 2017 |

What one ridehailing driver learned after Austin voters gave Uber and Lyft the boot. Tips are still lousy and passengers are still, well......Read More

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Barging In

How a felon with a fake name convinced a federal agency and the Texas General Land Office to fast-track a controversial project in Port Aransas.
Thu, Jan 5, 2017 |

BARGING IN How a felon with a fake name convinced a federal agency and the Texas General Land Office to fast-track a controversial project in Port Aransas. When...Read More

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Call Them Refugees

As political leaders argue over the crisis at the Texas-Mexico border, local communities and nonprofits carry the weight.
Fri, Oct 28, 2016 |

Busy obsessing over border security, Texas have ignored the humanitarian crisis in the Rio Grande Valley, leaving cash-strapped charities to do the work....Read More

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Mine Games

With little more than a promise, the Texas Railroad Commission is trusting a struggling coal industry to pay for the cost of cleaning up old mines.
Thu, Aug 18, 2016 |

In mid-2014, Texas’ biggest utility, Energy Future Holdings, was about to file for bankruptcy, and Texas regulators suddenly had a big problem on their hands...Read More

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The Last Days of Tent City

As authorities prepared to evict its residents, a reporter spent six weeks in Dallas’ biggest homeless camp.
Mon, Aug 8, 2016 |

As Dallas authorities prepared to evict Tent City's residents, a reporter spent six weeks living among those who are being shuffled from one camp to the next....Read More

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