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The Texas politicians in the race for president — that’s a way of skipping around Marianne Williamson for a minute — are rebooting. Beto O’Rourke, who owes his prominence to an unconventional U.S. Senate race …
The Texas Tribune
August, 2019
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17 August
After losing his wife in a mass shooting, he invited El Pasoans to her funeral. Hundreds showed up.
After a gunman took the life of Margie Reckard in a mass shooting at a Walmart store two weeks ago, her husband Antonio Basco didn’t have any other family in this town. So he invited …
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16 August
Plastic bags are killing horses and cows across the state. What’s Texas to do?
Kristie West was driving down the highway in rural South Texas when she saw it. The drive from her ranch to the nearby town of Poth was usually uneventful. But on that day in 2017, …
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14 August
Gov. Greg Abbott launches domestic terrorism task force in wake of El Paso massacre
Less than two weeks after a gunman walked into an El Paso Walmart and killed 22 shoppers, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched a Domestic Terrorism Task Force to protect against statewide acts of extremism, his office …
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13 August
Texans get ready for beer to go and booze delivery
Starting Sept. 1, Texans will be able to leave brewery taprooms with a case of their favorite craft beer, and order wine and beer for delivery, thanks to two laws passed by the Legislature this …
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8 August
None of the eight patients being treated at the hospital Trump visited in El Paso wanted to meet with him
On a day when President Trump vowed to tone down his rhetoric and help the country heal following two mass slayings, he did the opposite — lacing his visits Wednesday to El Paso and Dayton, …
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6 August
Ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to El Paso where 22 are dead, the president tells Beto O’Rourke to be “quiet”
President Donald Trump lashed out at Beto O’Rourke late Tuesday night, saying the Democratic presidential candidate and former congressman from El Paso should “be quiet” about the deadly shooting in his hometown. The Twitter missive came hours before Trump …
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5 August
A racist manifesto and a shooter terrorize Hispanics in El Paso and beyond
On Sunday night, as the sun dipped behind the blue-hued Franklin Mountains, this grieving border city telegraphed a message. The community had been violently knocked down by an act of what federal law enforcement has …
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1 August
Doctors urge probe of child migrant deaths, warn “poor conditions” at border increase risk of spreading flu
A group of doctors from Harvard and Johns Hopkins has urged Congress to investigate the deaths of six migrant children who were held in government custody after crossing the southern border in the past year, …
July, 2019
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31 July
New super PAC raises nearly $10 million to register new Republican voters in Texas
A new super PAC focused on registering new Republican voters in Texas has raised nearly $10 million from some of the state’s biggest GOP donors, according to its first report to the Federal Election Commission. …
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30 July
Texas was warned its hemp law would complicate marijuana prosecutions. Lawmakers didn’t listen.
Months before Texas district attorneys started dropping or delaying low-level marijuana cases, state lawmakers were told that a well-liked bill to legalize hemp was going to complicate pot prosecutions. The warnings fell flat. In early April, members of the Texas …
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27 July
Donald Trump Jr. visits private border wall amid immigration crisis, Mueller aftermath
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – Donald Trump Jr. on Friday used every second of his brief visit to the border to defend his father and his administration, warn against the spread of socialism and alert a …
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22 July
Analysis: For Texas lawmakers, a ballad of rope and dope
One day, you’re trying to pass the Texas Hemp Farming Act to regulate the commercial production of hemp. The next day, local authorities are saying you’ve essentially decriminalized marijuana. It’s enough to make an elected …
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20 July
How can Texas fix its marijuana problem after legalizing hemp? Forensic experts have a plan.
The scientists think they’ve come up with a solution to Texas’ pot problem. Forensic and crime lab experts are optimistic state and local officials will support a new proposal that would allow for a faster, …
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18 July
Texas leaders: Hemp law did not decriminalize marijuana
Weeks after Texas prosecutors began dropping hundreds of marijuana cases and stopped actively pursuing criminal charges because of complications that arose from legalizing hemp, the state’s leaders have stepped into the fray. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, …
