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Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
February 05, 2019 - 1:29 pm

Gov. Abbott says he's willing to "work" to revive UT-A&M rivalry game

AUSTIN (KJCE) -- Feeling the "camaraderie and the collaboration" he says is already present in the 86th Texas Legislature, Gov. Greg Abbott said he'd be willing to work to reinstate an annual rivalry game between the University of Texas and Texas A&M University. Abbott made the overture near...
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pool video/Texas House of Representatives
February 05, 2019 - 12:51 pm

INBOX: Gov. Abbott's State of the State Address

AUSTIN (KJCE) -- Below are the prepared remarks for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's State of the State address, as delivered in the House chamber Tuesday morning. Thank you Lt. Governor Patrick. I am honored to work with you and Speaker Bonnen as we embark on this new session. A session, by the way, that...
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Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune
February 05, 2019 - 12:13 pm

Abbott names school finance, property tax reform emergency items

AUSTIN -- Gov. Greg Abbott, in his biennial State of the State address on Tuesday, stayed on message about education and taxes, continuing state leaders’ so-far unified focus on bread-and-butter policy reforms in a forum where he has in the past served up red meat.
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Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times
February 05, 2019 - 8:14 am

Abbott to deliver State of the State address

AUSTIN (KJCE) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will deliver his biennial State of the State address Tuesday. In the address, Abbot will lay out his legislative priorities for the session - including a list of "emergency items" that he wishes for lawmakers to prioritize. Legislation can't be brought up on...
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Kent County Michigan Sheriff's Office via AP
February 03, 2019 - 5:44 pm

MMA fighter wanted in killings captured after escaping van near Conroe

CONROE, Texas (AP) — An MMA fighter suspected of killing two people, including an ex-girlfriend, was captured Sunday after escaping from a prisoner transport van in Texas, authorities said. Cedric Marks was taken into custody after a nine-hour manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies,...
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January 31, 2019 - 7:50 pm

Catholic leaders in Texas name 286 accused of abusing minors

DALLAS (AP) — Catholic leaders in Texas on Thursday identified 286 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children, a number that represents one of the largest collections of names to be released since an explosive grand jury report last year in Pennsylvania.
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This June 2018 photo shows protesters walking along Montana Avenue outside the El Paso Processing Center, in El Paso, Texas. Federal immigration officials are force feeding some of the immigrants who have been on hunger strike for nearly a month inside the Texas detention facility, The Associated Press has learned. (Rudy Gutierrez/The El Paso Times via AP)
January 31, 2019 - 12:16 pm

ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike

Immigrants around the country have staged hunger strikes over the past month to protest conditions inside detention facilities, prompting officials to force-feed six of them through plastic nasal tubes at a Texas location, The Associated Press has learned. The El Paso Processing Center has become...
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP
January 30, 2019 - 9:03 am

Texas inmate set to be executed for Houston officer's death

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed Wednesday for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago during a robbery.
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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo talks to reporters during a news conference at Memorial Hermann Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 in Houston. An attempt to serve a search warrant at a suspected drug house on Monday, quickly turned into a gunbattle that killed two suspects and injured five undercover narcotics officers, including four who were shot, Acevedo said. (Godofredo A. Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)
January 29, 2019 - 7:51 pm

Shooting that hurt 5 Houston officers started with warrant attempt

HOUSTON (AP) — A deadly shootout that injured five narcotics police officers serving a search warrant on a house in Houston underlines the dangers of such operations, primarily because the officers are entering unknown territory, experts said Tuesday. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the...
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FILE - In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas. Civil rights groups are asking Texas officials to walk back a letter that questioned the citizenship of thousands of voters and prompted President Donald Trump to renew unsubstantiated claims of rampant voter fraud. Paxton told supporters in a fundraising email Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, that many of those people could have become citizens and voted legally. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
January 29, 2019 - 2:44 pm

Texas finds flaws in list of 95K possible non-citizen voters

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Elections chiefs in some Texas counties say state officials now are telling them there are problems with a list of 95,000 registered voters whose citizenship was questioned. Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole said Tuesday that state officials told her they...
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