The Legislative Reference Library produces a Daily Newspaper Clipping Service for
members of the Legislative community. Each morning, Library staff members select and compile articles of interest to the legislature from over 30 national and regional newspapers.
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Collin County needs to upgrade U.S. Highway 380 to a bypass, whether neighbors like it or not
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Dallas Morning News
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Simmons, R.
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04/19/22
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Mexico’s López Obrador says Abbott’s costly border checks that snarled traffic were ‘despicable’
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Dallas Morning News
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Corchado, A.
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04/19/22
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3 doc(s)
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State’s new education standards put Texas history ‘front and center.’ Here are the changes
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Faheid, D.
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04/19/22
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1 TX bill
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Fort Worth’s superintendent search comes amid ‘mass exodus’ of school chiefs
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Allen, S.
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04/19/22
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1 doc(s)
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Texas homeowners are shocked as appraised home values soar. But experts say don’t panic just yet.
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Houston Chronicle
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Harris, C.
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04/19/22
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3 doc(s)
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US Supreme Court rejects appeal claiming juror was racially biased in Texas death row case
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Austin American Statesman
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Lindell, C.
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04/19/22
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3 doc(s)
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In McAllen, Gov. Greg Abbott’s border inspections meant late deliveries, rotten produce and lost business
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Austin American Statesman
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Beeferman, J.
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04/19/22
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2 doc(s)
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“Cities in notoriously ‘tough on crime’ states like Texas and Florida saw a more significant increase in violent crime than cities in NYS.”
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Austin American Statesman
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Ramos, J.
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04/19/22
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1 TX bill
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Legal bill from Jenkins suit vs. Abbott over masks could be paid from general fund, not charity
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Dallas Morning News
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Scudder, C.
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04/19/22
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3 doc(s)
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Unregulated Texas Gas Pipeline Triggers a Huge Methane Leak
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Houston Chronicle
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Malik, N.
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04/19/22
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Texas Republicans target Houston ISD over 'vaccine passport' for COVID sick leave
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Houston Chronicle
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Harris, C.
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04/19/22
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1 TX bill 1 doc(s)
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Abbott created a crisis at the border so that Abbott could solve it
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San Antonio Express News
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Ayala, E.
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04/19/22
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3 doc(s)
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Stop passing the buck. Get fake tags off of the streets now
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Dallas Morning News
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Editorial
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04/18/22
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1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
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As gun deaths surge, it’s time to say ‘enough’ to Second Amendment absolutism
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Houston Chronicle
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Editorial
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04/18/22
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3 doc(s)
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As Abbott plays politics at the border, Texans pay the price
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Austin American Statesman
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Editorial
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04/17/22
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4 doc(s)
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When inmates die in the Tarrant County Jail, taxpayers need answers — and so do families
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Editorial
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04/17/22
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1 doc(s)
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Is Melissa Lucio innocent? If Texas executes her, we’ll never know.
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Houston Chronicle
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Editorial
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04/17/22
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4 doc(s)
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Thumbs: Bad bunny. Austin Easter bunny spikes eggs with ... condoms
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Houston Chronicle
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Editorial
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04/16/22
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2 doc(s)
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In Texas school libraries, school boards should be careful what they wish for
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Dallas Morning News
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Editorial
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04/15/22
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1 doc(s)
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Texas wiping out local school property taxes? Sounds great. But watch that fine print
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Editorial
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04/15/22
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2 doc(s)
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It’s time for Texas households to get off the grid
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Dallas Morning News
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Brooks, S.
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04/17/22
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If Lucio is executed, no cleansing such a moral stain
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San Antonio Express News
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Clack, C.
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04/17/22
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4 doc(s)
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Today, and all days, faith guiding Lucio
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San Antonio Express News
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Preyor-Johnson, N.
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04/17/22
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4 doc(s)
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Biases unjustly put this mother on death row
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San Antonio Express News
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Murphey, D.
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04/17/22
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2 doc(s)
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I’m a former Texas prosecutor. Executing Melissa Lucio is unjust
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Dallas Morning News
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Simone, C.
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04/15/22
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2 doc(s)
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Moving Mueller to new school board district raises Voting Rights Act violation concerns
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Austin American Statesman
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Donham, M.
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04/18/22
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3 doc(s)
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Texas students learn about the state’s history in fourth and seventh grade. That may change soon
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Dallas Morning News
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Donaldson, E.
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04/18/22
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2 TX bill(s)
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How 3 North Texans who tried to sell pot legally ended up behind bars
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Dallas Morning News
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Krause, K.
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04/18/22
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An exotic beetle is killing a Texas tree species. Here’s what’s being done to stop it.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Faheid, D.
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04/18/22
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1 doc(s)
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Scared, exhausted Texas CPS workers get more shifts watching foster kids in unlicensed facilities
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Houston Chronicle
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McKinley, E.
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04/18/22
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2 doc(s)
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Could the highly political redistricting process be more independent? San Antonio may find out
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San Antonio Express News
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Stringer, M.
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04/18/22
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3 doc(s)
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Travis County median home value jumps to $632,000 — a $200,000 increase over 2021
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Austin American Statesman
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Novak, S.
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04/17/22
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2 TX bill(s) 1 doc(s)
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Despair thrives in Mexico migrant camps, but some see hope in the end of the Title 42 pandemic order
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Dallas Morning News
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Solis, D.
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04/17/22
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‘No one notified me’: When people die in Tarrant County jail, answers don’t come easily
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Manna, N.
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04/17/22
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Contractors are making millions with little oversight due to Gov. Abbott's border 'emergency'
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Houston Chronicle
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Root, J.
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04/17/22
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8 doc(s)
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Spike in San Antonio property values stuns homeowners; 'It's like being at a loss for words’
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San Antonio Express News
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Webner, R.
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04/17/22
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2 doc(s)
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Abbott backs off inspections but vows to close border bridges if migration spikes
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Dallas Morning News
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Corchado, A.
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04/16/22
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2 doc(s)
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Texas Gov. Abbott may benefit politically from border inspections despite costs, criticism of effort
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Dallas Morning News
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Garrett, R.
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04/16/22
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3 doc(s)
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Texas halts truck inspections that caused border gridlock
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Weber, P.
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04/16/22
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3 doc(s)
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It’s not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US
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Houston Chronicle
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Ungar, L.
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04/16/22
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What you need to know about Harris County's new bail bond rule and how it might impact violent crime
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Houston Chronicle
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Ketterer, S.
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04/16/22
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Gov. Greg Abbott eases truck inspections at all Texas-Mexico crossings
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Houston Chronicle
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Wallace, J.
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04/16/22
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With record home prices, Dallas-Fort Worth property owners can count on a bigger tax bite
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Dallas Morning News
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Brown, S.
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04/15/22
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1 doc(s)
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Abbott reaches deals with two more Mexican states to ease border trade snarls
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Dallas Morning News
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Corchado, A.
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04/15/22
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2 doc(s)
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Rising home values and Tarrant County appraisals: What you don’t know CAN hurt you
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Hardin, J.
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04/15/22
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1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
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Gov. Abbott touts another agreement with Mexican officials in border trucking crackdown
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San Antonio Express News
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Wallace, J.
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04/15/22
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2 doc(s)
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Air Force vows to protect service families from states — like Texas — that target LGBTQ people
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San Antonio Express News
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Christenson, S.
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04/15/22
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2 doc(s)
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Greg Abbott doing too much means federal lawmakers doing too little on immigration, border security
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Dallas Morning News
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Jeffers Jr., G.
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04/18/22
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1 TX bill 2 doc(s)
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What to know about Texas’ fight over college tuition for undocumented and out-of-state students
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Dallas Morning News
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Olivares, V.
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04/18/22
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1 TX bill 3 doc(s)
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Texas companies embrace hydrogen to retain energy crown
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Houston Chronicle
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Tomlinson, C.
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04/18/22
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2 doc(s)
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Amid false 2020 claims, GOP states eye voting system upgrade
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Austin American Statesman
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Cassidy, C.
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04/17/22
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1 TX bill
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Crypto could raise Texas electricity prices if not planned well
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Houston Chronicle
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Tomlinson, C.
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04/17/22
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1 TX bill
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Peter Hotez: What hybrid COVID variants like XE mean for Houston and what's ahead this summer
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San Antonio Express News
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Dansby, A.
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04/17/22
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1 doc(s)
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A Texas district attorney wants to stop John Henry Ramirez's execution. Here's why.
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Austin American Statesman
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Hunt, K.
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04/16/22
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1 doc(s)
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Texas’ law of parties could have legal implications for Dallas Cowboys’ Kelvin Joseph
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Dallas Morning News
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Torralva, K.
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04/16/22
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1 doc(s)
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O’Rourke blasts Abbott’s bridge policy as a ‘manufactured stunt’
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Dallas Morning News
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Corchado, A.
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04/16/22
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3 doc(s)
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Texas DMV Cracks Down on Dealers Selling Temporary Paper Tags
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Dallas Morning News
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Friedman, S.
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04/16/22
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2 doc(s)
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The latest problem for a Dallas-to-Houston bullet train? $600K in late taxes
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Dallas Morning News
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Williams, M.
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04/16/22
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2 doc(s)
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McKinney Mayor George Fuller: Book banning controversy makes him ‘ashamed’ of Republican Party
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Dallas Morning News
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Caplan, A.
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04/16/22
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3 doc(s)
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Texas adds 30,000 jobs in March, less than half the gains in February, as jobless rate falls again
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Dallas Morning News
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Schnurman, M.
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04/16/22
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3 doc(s)
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Texas broke another employment record in March
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Houston Chronicle
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Downen, R.
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04/16/22
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1 doc(s)
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Federal judge rejects latest attempt by Texas’ oldest death row inmate to stop execution
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Houston Chronicle
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Hensley, N.
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04/16/22
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More than half of Texas senators join growing call to stop Melissa Lucio's execution
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Houston Chronicle
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Hennes, R.
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04/16/22
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4 doc(s)
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Texas Guard replaces commander of troubled Operation Lone Star
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Austin American Statesman
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Winkie, D.
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04/15/22
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3 doc(s)
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Dallas judge says UT Southwestern leaders can be deposed on changes to transgender health care
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Dallas Morning News
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McGaughy, L.
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04/15/22
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4 doc(s)
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Dallas County to eliminate 39 voting sites in May election to ease problems at the polls
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Dallas Morning News
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Bailey Jr., E.
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04/15/22
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‘It’s crushing us’: Here’s what lawmakers plan to do about property taxes in Texas
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Dearman, E.
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04/15/22
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4 TX bill(s) 3 doc(s)
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How Texas governor candidates Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke plan to lower property taxes
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Dearman, E.
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04/15/22
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1 TX bill
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UNT can’t charge out-of-state students higher tuition than undocumented students: judge
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Ramirez, D.
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04/15/22
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1 doc(s)
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Property tax crisis needs immediate attention
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San Antonio Express News
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Garcia, G.
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04/15/22
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1 TX bill
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Days After Setting an Execution Date, a Texas Prosecutor Reverses Course
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New York Times
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Graham, R.
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04/16/22
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Texas Gov. Reaches Deal With Mexican Officials Over More International Bridges
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Wall Street Journal
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Findell, E.
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04/16/22
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Industries Report Continued Fallout From Texas-Mexico Bridge Slowdowns
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Wall Street Journal
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Findell, E.
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04/16/22
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Angry Drivers, Lots of Guns: An Explosion in Road Rage Shootings
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New York Times
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Goodman, J.
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04/15/22
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In Several States, Teachers Get Their Biggest Raise in Decades
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New York Times
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Heyward, G.
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04/15/22
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Amid Backlash, Texas Governor Repeals Border-Clogging Immigration Order
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New York Times
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Patel, V.
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04/15/22
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