Texas Republicans in top races, led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott, are running ahead of their Democratic challengers, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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Former state Sen. Wendy Davis' 2013 filibuster of anti-abortion legislation was an unforgettable event for lawmakers and political observers on both sides of the aisle. Five years later, listen in as key players in the debate reflect on their longest night. Full Story
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As an El Paso shelter prepared to take in undocumented immigrants separated from their children, President Donald Trump's tweets calling for deportations without due process drew rebukes. Full Story
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The Tribune is at the border with reporters, photographers and videographers as we follow this fast-moving story. Here are scenes from the hectic weekend. Full Story
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In a detention center near Houston, an asylum seeker from Honduras said he agreed to sign a voluntary removal order from the U.S. after federal officials promised to reunite him with his 6-year-old daughter. Full Story
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A lack of coordination between government agencies has led to weeks of confusion and swelling numbers of children at risk of being stranded in American foster care, thousands of miles from their parents. Full Story
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Texas Democrats held their biennial convention this weekend in Fort Worth, putting on a largely united front and focusing intensely on the family separation crisis at the border, among other highlights from the three-day gathering. Full Story
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Party delegates in Fort Worth also decided to back required paid sick leave for working Texans and oppose building a wall on the Texas-Mexico border. Many platform ideals contradict those of Republicans, who hold every statewide office and control both chambers of the Legislature. Full Story
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Joined by a senator from New Mexico, the two Texas congressmen got a short tour of the detention camp and said nearly 300 minors are there, including some whose parents have been deported to their home countries. Full Story
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As confusion swirls about the president's executive order to end family separations, undocumented immigrants with children continue to be apprehended in the Rio Grande Valley. But instead of being detained, some are being released from federal custody with ankle monitors. Full Story
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Under increasing public pressure, the president issued an executive order aimed at ending family separations at the border. But the federal agencies tasked with carrying out that order had different interpretations of what it really said. Full Story
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Many of the thousands of children separated from their parents at the southern border under a Trump administration “zero-tolerance” policy will end up in a Texas facility with a long history health and safety deficiencies. Full Story
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The family separations crisis quickly emerged as the top issue at the state Democratic biennial convention, fueling anger and enthusiasm as the minority party charges into a general election season determined to push back against Trump and his GOP allies in Texas. Full Story
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At the week-old immigration detention center for minors at the Tornillo port of entry near El Paso, a legal aid group is trying to reconnect parents and children because the government's system for doing so "is a bit of a nightmarish process." Full Story
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Three Central American immigrant detainees have sued the government to be reunited with their children. On Friday, they sent handwritten notes to the court pleading for information about them. Full Story
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The state's Republican senators reaffirmed their commitment to keeping kids with their parents after they cross the border — so long as future immigration policy better deters people from entering the country illegally. Full Story
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The Trump administration says there is still "zero tolerance" for anyone who crosses the border illegally. But the top federal prosecutor in one of Texas' busiest border districts has dropped charges against immigrants who arrived with their families. Full Story
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The decision comes years after the state found that Texas Medicaid and Healthcare Partnership, a subsidiary of Xerox, allowed workers with limited expertise to approve dental claims for the state's Medicaid program. Full Story
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The state's highest civil court has ruled that Laredo's ban on plastic bags violates state law. Full Story
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A Trump administration "zero tolerance" policy regarding illegal border crossings has left more than 2,000 children separated from their parents and sowed confusion in federal immigration courts. Read all of our coverage from Austin, Washington and along Texas' 1,200-mile border with Mexico. Full Story
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