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April 13, 2023

Texas county may shutter its library before it returns banned books to the stacks

Attorneys for a man convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter protester in Austin in 2020 are asking for a retrial – a request that comes after Gov. Greg Abbott asked the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to review the conviction. The debate over school vouchers, or a variation called education savings accounts, […]

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April 12, 2023

What more electric vehicles mean for the Texas electric grid

Momentum is growing among Republicans to use the U.S. military to take on drug cartels in Mexico in the fight against fentanyl. How serious is such talk? More ripple effects following a ruling by a federal judge in Amarillo that would effectively ban the abortion drug mifepristone. The Dallas Federal Reserve finds young adults feel […]

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April 11, 2023

What the worry over ChatGPT looks like on college campuses

The Texas House approved a ban on school vouchers but the Senate has plans to overcome that. One pill kills: a new statewide campaign to warn Texans about the dangers of fentanyl. An attempt by the EPA to cut substantial cancer risk in some Gulf Coast communities by as much as 96%. From college classrooms […]

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April 10, 2023

What’s next after Texas judge rules abortion medication illegal

A ruling in Amarillo that could be the most consequential abortion decision since last year’s case overturning Roe v Wade. The ruling late Friday effectively bans Mifepristone, an abortion drug. But minutes after that ruling, another in Washington state orders the FDA to do nothing to restrict the pill’s availability. What happens next? Two Democratic […]

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April 7, 2023

What a banking slowdown in Texas means for the economy

The relationship between U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow is under scrutiny after a ProPublica investigation reporting that Thomas accepted lavish vacations and more from the GOP donor. The Texas House has passed a sweeping budget that reveals a lot about support for some key issues including school vouchers, gun-related […]

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April 6, 2023

How the Farm Bill is about a lot more than farming

Another election day looming, another deadline to register to vote. We’ll look at what Texans need to know. A court decision that could change rules involving gun laws and domestic violence. They call it a farm bill, but it affects issues ranging from SNAP benefits to environmental regulations. A closer look at one of the […]

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April 5, 2023

‘Be My Eyes’ app uses AI to help people with disabilities

So-called smaller bills have a big impact on lives of everyday Texans. We’ll find where some of them stand in the Legislature. A new book investigates why the state of Texas separated six Black children from their birth parents. The kids died when their adoptive parents drove off a cliff. We’ll have interview with the […]

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April 4, 2023

Feral hogs are a big problem in Houston

It’s spring in Texas, and that means tornadoes. We’ll find out what’s expected this season. A federal judge has ordered banned books be put back on the shelves in Llano County. The CBP One App is a lifeline for migrants stuck on the border seeking an appointment to apply for asylum. But many simply cannot […]

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