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Texas Sets New Hate Crimes Record, DPS Data Show

Data from the Department of Public Safety shows that bias incidents against queer people occur at more than four times the rate of all hate crimes.

by Steven Monacelli

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Wearing a white suit jacket over a dark sweater, Angela Paxton sits in a chair in the Texas senate with a pensive expression.

Inside this month's print issue

The Rise of Ma and Pa Paxton?

If history repeats itself, the attorney general's wife could prosper even if he goes down in an impeachment trial.

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