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2Trump Harvests Support in America’s Farmlands

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Most Recent in Environment:

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4The EPA Faces Lawsuit Over Slaughterhouse Pollution in Waterways

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2A Solitary Condition

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3The Cost of Carve-Outs

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Most Recent in Health Care:

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5A Chain Reaction

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5Parallel Planes

Tag Archives: Tarrant County

While the Christian share of the national population has been dropping, the percentage of religiously unaffiliated has risen sharply, especially among younger adults.

by David R. Brockman

In NO God We Trust?

An atheist seminar in Fort Worth drew a capacity crowd, evidence that Texas’ growing nonreligious population is finding its political voice here in the Bible Belt.

Wed, Jul 24, 2019 |

The protester’s T-shirt read “REPENT or PERISH”; his sign said, “There are no atheists in HELL.” He and a few other fundamentalists were gathered at t...Read More

by Michael Barajas

How Tea Partiers Fueled Texas’ Latest ‘Voter Fraud’ Freakout

Election-related crimes are rare, but activists like Aaron Harris have become both a legal and political weapon in Texas Republicans’ war on election fraud.

Wed, Mar 6, 2019 |

by Michael Barajas March 6, 2019 In August, a group of outraged conservative activists sent Governor Greg Abbott a letter that helped spark Texas’ latest vote...Read More

by Michael Barajas

Civil Rights Groups Call Ken Paxton’s ‘VOTER FRAUD ALERT’ a Smokescreen for Voter Suppression

How a misleading advisory to county elections officials triggered fake news that Texas Republicans could use to bolster new barriers for voting.

Tue, Jan 29, 2019 |

Last month, after a double-digit increase in voter turnout during the midterms and the best election results Texas Democrats had seen in at least a quarter cent...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

The GOP Machine in Texas Seems to Finally Have Slipped a Gear

Over the last few years, something has been stirring in Texas. The midterm elections may signal a seismic shift in state politics.

Tue, Nov 20, 2018 |

After Beto’s near-victory, a thumpin’ in Harris County and surprisingly poor GOP performance in conservative strongholds Tarrant, Williamson and Collin coun...Read More

by Rose Cahalan

Strangest State: October 2018

Weird news from far-flung Texas.

Thu, Oct 4, 2018 |

SAN ANTONIO // Thieves smuggled a shark out of the San Antonio Aquarium by hiding it in a baby stroller. The San Antonio Express-News reports that Miss Helen, a...Read More

Cleopatra de Leon, Nicole Dimetman, Vic Holmes and Mark Phariss

Texas County Clerks Prepare for Same-Sex Marriages

Tarrant County won't issue licenses even if the stay is lifted; Bexar County will be open around the clock.

Tue, Dec 2, 2014 |

Same-sex couples in Fort Worth may have to go to Dallas to get licenses if a judge lifts his stay of a ruling striking down Texas' same-sex marriage bans. ...Read More

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