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With a Bizarre Assist by Democrats, Police Groups Kill Bill to Limit Arrests for Fine-Only Offenses

A combination of incompetence and sabotage appears to have killed a police reform bill that had passed the House with an overwhelming bipartisan majority.

by Vicky Camarillo

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‘The Penal System Today is Slavery’: Lawmakers Finally Start to Talk About Unpaid Labor in Texas Prisons

by Vicky Camarillo

Texas Prison Reformers Demand Dignity for Incarcerated Women

by Michael Barajas

Texas Supreme Court Justice, House Corrections Chair Want to End ‘Unconstitutional’ Practice of Debtors’ Prison

by Sam DeGrave

covenant marriage Mar 10, 2015

Bad Bill: You, Me and the Lord Makes Three

by Kelsey Jukam

Feb 12, 2015

Texas Legislators Put Forward Plan to Amend U.S. Constitution

by Christopher Hooks

Tea Time

Three freshmen look back at their first session.

by Abby Rapoport

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Inside this month's print issue

Lost Children—A Texas Tragedy

A riveting new book about foster care and adoption exposes just how the state lost six kids to out-of-state mothers who murdered them.

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James White visiting locals during the Lufkin Juneteenth Celebration, 2010 Oct 27, 2010

Who Will Control East Texas?

by Jen Reel

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