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NPRTexas Gov. Greg Abbott has canceled the state's requirement for high-stakes standardized testing as public schools face the prospect of long-term closures… -
The Texas TribuneBy this time next week, the people of Texas Senate District 1 should have a new senator-elect. Runoff elections statewide are next Tuesday. In the KETR…
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Taxpayers will not have to bear the costs of a new beard policy for inmates after all.Last week, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it was… -
Beset by fundraising troubles, Rick Perry's presidential campaign sees a path forward by morphing into a skeletal operation and living off the land to… -
Hey, Texplainer: What happens if Attorney General Ken Paxton is convicted on felony charges? Is he required to leave office? Paxton has indicated he won't… -
Texas’ four-year-old voter ID law violates the Voting Rights Act but is not a “poll tax” barred under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court has… -
An anti-abortion group released an undercover video Tuesday showing a Planned Parenthood executive at a Houston clinic discussing how the group recoups… -
Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.Alleging that Sandra Bland's "rights and privileges as a citizen of the United States" were… -
Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.When Gov. Rick Perry walked out of a Travis County facility a year ago… -
It is a mere drop in the fiscal ocean, just $200,000 in a state budget totaling more than $200 billion.But the tiny amount of money lawmakers set aside… -
Calling climate change “one of the key challenges of our lifetimes and future generations,” President Obama on Monday unveiled the final version of his… -
Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s top law enforcement officer, turned himself into jail…
