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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice transferred prisoners from the Briscoe Unit near San Antonio last week to make room for 1,000 migrants. -
PRATT, Kansas — This summer marks the third year that Kansans have grown hemp for industrial uses. Yet growing the less sexy cousin of the plant...
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During the pandemic, many school boards, city and state governments pivoted to using social media to broadcast their meetings. Now some are running into problems with Big Tech for spreading medical misinformation. -
At any given time, thousands of Texas prisoners have been approved for parole but not yet released. At least 42 of those people died in the 12 months after the coronavirus first swept the state.
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The 2022-2023 budget includes $34.2 billion for health and human services, second only to public education in appropriations.
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Abbott signed seven bills at the ceremony in San Antonio, starting with what he called “the biggest and best of them all" — permitless carry.
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“There's been no effective veto override power for decades largely because of the structure of the system,” said James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project. "And I think the awareness of governors that all they have to do is wait."
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Even as demand for rural housing grows, a shortage of lumber, labor and lending means developers are often priced out of building new affordable homes in small towns.
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Water supplies are so tight in the West that most states keep close watch over every creek, river, ditch and reservoir. A complex web of laws and rules is meant to ensure that all the water that falls within a state’s boundaries is put to use or sent downstream to meet the needs of others.
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Luz María De Loera, who defines health as stability and positive feelings such as happiness and self-fulfillment, has been working hard in recent years...
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Currently new moms are covered for only 60 days. Starting Sept. 1, they will have coverage for up to six months after they give birth.
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Sixteen Texas House and Senate Democrats met with Harris, and agreed on the need for a federal law that would supersede many state voting restrictions passed by Republicans.
