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Prosecutors in Texas rest case 3 days into former officer's murder trial. Experts shocked, activists angered

FORT WORTH, Texas – Tarrant County prosecutors rested their murder case Wednesday against former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her mother’s home. Ten witnesses testified for the prosecution over three days in the much-delayed trial.

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Fellow officer testifies about the night Aaron Dean shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson

FORT WORTH, Texas — Atatiana Jefferson’s face is burned into Fort Worth police Officer Carol Darch’s memory.

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No Black jurors chosen for murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — A jury has been chosen for the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, which is scheduled to begin Monday in Tarrant County.

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Walker gets $3M tax break on Texas home

Under Texas law, homeowners can claim a homestead exemption only on their primary residence

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Herschel Walker, running for U.S. Senate in Georgia, still gets tax break on $3 million Texas residence

Under Texas law, homeowners can claim a homestead exemption only on their primary residence. The GOP Senate candidate registered to vote in Georgia last year.

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For the first time, Texas voters send Muslims and openly gay Black men to Legislature

Voters elected Christian Manuel Hayes to House District 22 in Beaumont, Venton Jones to HD-100 in Dallas, Salman Bhojani to HD-92 in Tarrant County and Suleman Lalani to HD-76 in Fort Bend County.

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Austin mayor’s race heading to a runoff, Dallas county judge wins reelection

In three key local elections, the Austin mayoral race will be decided in a runoff, Republican Tim O’Hare won the Tarrant County judge race and Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins won reelection.

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All candidates for Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 6 in Texas complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 6 in Texas — Ebony Turner (D) and Randi Hartin (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to…

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Can Democrats in Tarrant County replicate the success they had in 2018 and 2020?

Democrats hope population growth and Republican infighting will help them win in the state’s third-most-populous county — and finally break through in statewide races.

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For Republicans, winning Hispanic voters will be a bigger fight than South Texas

Nearly half of Hispanic Texans live in the state’s five largest counties, a voting bloc Democrats cannot afford to lose as they struggle to compete in the state’s vast rural areas.

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Abortion rights supporters struggle to keep issue top of mind for Texas voters

Polling shows that a majority of voters in Texas oppose the state’s near-total ban on abortion, but they ranked the topic ninth on a list of most important issues facing the country.

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Young leaders fuel a new labor movement reaching across Texas

Tevita Uhatafe proudly wore a Texas union cap and shirt as he marched toward New York City’s Times Square in a rally on Labor Day. Lest people forget where he had traveled from, he periodically unfurled his Tarrant County labor flag to don as a cape.

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All candidates for Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 7 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 7 — Marq Clayton (D) and Eric Starnes (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…

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Tarrant County sends more kids to youth prisons than any other in Texas. Many blame this judge.

Critics say state District Judge Alex Kim is sending too many children to the state’s failing youth prison system. The longtime GOP politician points to a rise in teen gang violence.

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Conservative ‘takeover’ of North Texas schools start of new playbook to expand GOP power?

DALLAS — It was the first school board meeting of the new year in Grapevine-Colleyville and trustees were set to approve a sweeping set of policies that targeted transgender students’ pronouns, library books and the way teachers could talk about race, gender and sexuality.

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Democratic state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. endorses Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for reelection

The endorsement comes after Patrick’s Democratic opponent, Mike Collier, received endorsements from two Republicans, Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley and state Sen. Kel Seliger of Amarillo.

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Two Republican foes of Dan Patrick support Democrat Mike Collier for lieutenant governor

Both Republicans have been at odds with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and neither of them are running for reelection.

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Texas prosecutors lied repeatedly, committed perjury in death penalty case, DA says

FORT WORTH, Texas — Two former Tarrant County prosecutors lied and committed perjury in a death penalty case more than a decade ago, says District Attorney Sharen Wilson in a rare request for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to grant the man a new punishment trial.

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False allegations of voter fraud in 2020 led to increased threats against Texas election workers

A Texas elections administrator from Tarrant County told a U.S. House committee there was a social media call for his violent death, and election workers nationwide have reported more than 1,000 “hostile contacts” over the past year.

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Family stunned at funeral when casket contained wrong body sent from Fort Worth, lawsuit says

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jose Gonzalez’s death in March 2020 was sudden. But for his family, the most shocking part of their loved one’s death came on the day of his funeral in California, when they approached the open casket and, inside, saw the wrong body.

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This Man Says He Spent 17 Days in Jail After American Airlines Wrongly Fingered Him As a Shoplifting Suspect

Michael Lowe is suing the company in Texas, saying its negligence led to a life-changing ordeal.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

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Crystal Mason voting case gets review

Crystal Mason said she didn't know she was ineligible to vote when she cast a provisional ballot in 2016

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Judge delays trial of ex-officer charged in death of Atatiana Jefferson in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge ruled Wednesday that the murder trial for the former Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in 2019 will not be moved out of Tarrant County, but it will be delayed for another month.

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'No one notified me': When people die in Tarrant County jail, answers don't come easily

FORT WORTH, Texas — Shanelle Jenkins learned her husband died by reading the newspaper.

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