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Wildfires ravage cattle country, threatening Texas’ agriculture economy

Texas wildfires have consumed acres of agricultural land, killing thousands of livestock, destroying crops and exacerbating challenges lingering from last year’s drought.

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New Panhandle wildfire emerges, forcing evacuation of tiny town of Sanford

Get the latest updates as firefighters continue battling massive fires that have burned more than 1 million acres.

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Texas prosecutor disciplined for allowing murder charge against woman who self-managed an abortion

The State Bar of Texas has fined and suspended Starr County’s district attorney for pursuing a murder indictment against 26-year-old woman after she self-managed an abortion.

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Record winter heat, dry air helped drive Panhandle fire risk

Texas has a wildfire season in winter, but climate change is extending it, scientists say.

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Abbott vowed to campaign against anti-voucher GOP House members. Why did these six candidates get spared?

With the March 5 election just a few days away, six anti-voucher House GOP incumbents managed to sidestep Abbott’s revenge warpath.

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Texas wildfires: how to help and how to stay safe

As firefighters work to put out the largest wildfire in Texas history, here’s a guide to fire weather watches, safety tips and how to find organizations collecting donations to directly help local residents, including farmers and ranchers.

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Texans in the Panhandle recall towering smoke and darkened skies as wildfires crept near their towns

The fires have left at least two people dead and four injured firefighters. Cattle have been lost and homes and businesses decimated in their wake.

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Rick Perry stumps for Speaker Dade Phelan in final days of primary election

Donald Trump endorsed Phelan’s opponent, putting Perry at odds with the former president he served under as energy secretary.

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Judge blocks Texas migrant arrest law

Senate Bill 4 was Texas’ latest attempt to deter people from crossing the border amid a surge in migration

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“Nobody really knows what you’re supposed to do”: Leaking, exploding abandoned wells wreak havoc in West Texas

The Texas Railroad Commission is tasked with plugging wells. But the state regulators say their scope is limited.

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Texas executes Ivan Cantu for Dallas murders despite doubts of his guilt

Faith leaders and jurors from the original trial launched a public campaign to reconsider recanted testimony in Cantu’s case. Texas courts declined.

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An East Texas town has put strict limits on mobile homes — again

The Huntington City Council has flip flopped twice on a mobile home ordinance since 2020.

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Former DA investigator faces federal heroin trafficking and money laundering charges

A federal jury convicted Alex Kassem of Houston after hearing evidence that the former county employee transported heroin across Texas and Louisiana in a marked police car.

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Years before Texas conservatives painted them as criminals, Colony Ridge residents sought help from state agencies

Texas has little to show for conservative leaders’ uproar — or previously unreported complaints about the community developer.

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Trump, Biden to visit Texas in competing border trips Thursday

President Joe Biden will meet with law enforcement in Brownsville on Thursday while former President Donald Trump travels to Eagle Pass.

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SCOTUS' social media moderation case

SCOTUS hears challenge to Texas law restricting large social media companies from banning political posts or users

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Does the First Amendment apply to social media moderation? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide.

In 2021, Texas passed a law restricting large social media companies from banning political posts or users. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a legal challenge to the state law.

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As doors close and funding fades, students worry UT-Austin is taking Texas’ new DEI ban too far

The new state law prohibits public universities from having diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Students say schools are overcorrecting.

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Travis County to launch $23 million project to keep mentally ill from jail

Next month, mentally ill individuals accused of committing minor crimes will be “diverted” to a new 25-bed facility instead of jail cells in Travis County.

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Railroad Commission approves oilfield waste ponds next to Baptist camp in Permian Basin

Martin Water is building an oil and gas waste recycling facility next to the Circle 6 Baptist Camp in the Permian Basin despite concerns about water and air pollution.

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Black teen punished for length of hair

After short trial, Texas judge ruled that officials are not violating new state law prohibiting hair discrimination

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Rep. Victoria Neave Criado launched a surprise bid against fellow Democrat Sen. Nathan Johnson. Here’s why she did it.

In a district composed mostly of communities of color, Neave Criado hopes to topple Johnson with her stances on immigration, domestic violence and women’s issues.

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Does UT Tyler Health Science Center’s deal with private equity shield doctors from malpractice suits?

A lawsuit claims UT Tyler Health Science Center is trying to pull the veil of governmental immunity over doctors who do all of their work for a for-profit, private equity-backed health care system.

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UT System names finalist for president of Stephen F. Austin State University

If approved, Neal Weaver will be the first permanent president to lead the East Texas university since it joined the UT System in 2023.

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Texas passes on $450 million summer lunch program for low-income families

The USDA estimates the families of 3.8 million children could have received $120 per child to cover summer lunches if the state participated in the new $2.5 billion program launching this summer. Texas is one of 15 states opting out.

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