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Former Republican state Rep. Ernest Bailes, who lost his seat after opposing Gov. Greg Abbott's school voucher push, is among the governor-elect's first appointments. Her other picks reflect priorities in public education, organized labor and local government.
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One of two surgical suites at Eastland Memorial Hospital. Eastland is about 100 miles west of Fort Worth.
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Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has filed for bankruptcy, claiming $3.5 million in debts, most of it connected to civil ligitation involving his high-speed crash in Texas and allegations of assault by a former girlfriend. -
Today is the opener of deer season in north Texas. Join Luke and his good friend Larry Wieshuhn for come deer camp talk this morning. -
Texas' governor-elect has pledged to replace the state's top public education official when she takes office in January. Here's why. -
Cesar Espinosa from the civil rights nonprofit FIEL Houston and immigration attorney Ruby Powers consider how the midterm election results might affect immigration policy and ICE enforcement in Houston and Texas as a whole. -
In her first press conference since defeating Don Huffines on Tuesday, incoming comptroller Sarah Eckhardt, an Austin-area state senator, expressed little interest in pursuing school investigations announced by her predecessor.
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Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high. -
Little is known about her except that she's reportedly about 13 and named Kim Ju Ae, but Korea's spy agency says she's likely her father's heir. -
His resignation offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo and a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president. -
Vehicle transaction prices are up to a new record high, according to the Kelley Blue Book — and some buyers are extending their car loans to finance them. -
Renewed fighting has pushed Ethiopia's healthcare system close to collapse: "The whole emergency (room) was flooded with war trauma patients," one surgeon says of a brutal week in September.
