Hillary Clinton Leans In On Texas To Grab Presidential Mojo
In Houston, Hillary Clinton celebrates a win in Nevada and sets her sights on Texas, a firewall in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Full Story
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![Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at Texas Southern University in Houston, shortly after winning the Nevada caucus on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.]()
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Twelve Texas Death Row Inmates Were Undocumented
Of the 251 men and women on Texas death row, 12 committed their crimes while in the country illegally, according to an analysis of data obtained by The Texas Tribune. Full Story
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Cruz Finishes Third Behind Trump, Rubio in South Carolina
Ted Cruz on Saturday night placed third in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, narrowly trailing Marco Rubio for a disappointing finish in a state that seemed tailor-made for the U.S. senator from Texas. Full Story
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![Ted Cruz takes the stage at an Election Night party in Columbia, S.C., following his third-place finish in the Feb. 20 GOP South Carolina primary.]()
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Jeb Bush Suspends Presidential Campaign
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a native Texan, suspended his presidential campaign after a disappointing finish behind the top three contenders in the GOP South Carolina primary. Full Story
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![Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush visits with friends in the Texas Senate chamber after seeing his son George P. Bush, 38, sworn into office as the Texas Land Commissioner. The elder Bush has signaled that he's planning on running for U.S. President in 2016.]()
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S.C. Presents Critical Early Test of Cruz's Southern Strategy
With Donald Trump leading in the polls, the question shifts to the strength of Ted Cruz elsewhere in the South should he lose South Carolina. Full Story
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![Ted Cruz speaks with Sean Hannity during a rally at the Sotille Theatre in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Feb 19, 2016, in preparation for the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday.]()
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Geoscientist's Latest Experiment: Running for Statewide Office
In the Republican primary for Texas Railroad Commission, Lance Christian — a political novice — is embarking on something of an experiment: Can the agency staffer win statewide office based on scientific expertise alone? Full Story
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In Major Water Case, Win for Ranchers is Loss For Cities
The Texas Supreme Court has handed a victory to farmers, ranchers and other longstanding water rights holders by declining to take up a Brazos River case with widespread implications for future water battles. Full Story
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New in TribTalk: Sen. Royce West on A&M Incident
The discourse that began after a race-related incident this week on the Texas A&M campus is not new to the state or the country. It is a road that has been traveled before and lingers to be frequented again, writes Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas. Full Story
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Analysis: Welcome to the Winner-Take-Some Primaries of Texas
Republicans and the Democrats will probably award delegates to the top presidential candidates in proportion to the votes they receive. Winning just one vote in five might sound bad in the headlines, but it could add to the all-important delegate tallies. Full Story
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Roundup: Campus Carry, Pope Francis, South Carolina Showdown
In the Roundup: The University of Texas at Austin issues its much-anticipated campus carry guidelines, Pope Francis speaks to Texans from just across the border and the 2016 presidential saga continues – this week, in South Carolina. Full Story
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Less Than 5 Percent of Texas Prison Inmates are Undocumented
About 4.6 percent of Texas prison inmates are undocumented immigrants with standing requests that they be turned over to federal authorities when their sentences are served. Full Story
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New in Texas Weekly: Cruz Snags First Poll Position
Ted Cruz is first in a national poll for the first time, Hillary Clinton expands her Texas campaign footprint and the Hotlist gets an update in its next-to-last edition — all that and more in the latest issue of our subscriber-only newsletter for political insiders ($). Full Story
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Cruz Betting Big on South Carolina's Upstate
In all, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has attended or held 16 events in Greenville, S.C. The only other campaign destination in that ballpark is Des Moines, where he attended at least 21 events during his 10-month courtship of Iowa. Full Story
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The Brief: Ted Cruz Sets Up for Final S.C. Push
The crucial first-in-the-South GOP presidential primary in South Carolina takes place Saturday, and Ted Cruz is working toward a finish that can set him up for the Southern primaries to come on March 1. Full Story
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In South Carolina, Signs of Weakness in Cruz Evangelical Support
Despite taking all the right positions and drawing the right endorsements, Ted Cruz has struggled to shore up the support of South Carolina's evangelical voters as strongly as many of his supporters had expected he would. Full Story
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18 Texas Correctional Officers Disciplined in Inmate Death
Texas prison officials have recommended the firing of a supervisor at the Clements Unit and disciplinary actions against 17 others for allowing a severely beaten inmate to remain undiscovered in his cell for an unknown amount of time. Full Story
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![Alton Rodgers (l) was found unresponsive inside his Clements Unit cell on Jan. 18 and died the following day. Cellmate Joe Greggs is accused of beating Rodgers to death. TDCJ has recommended a major be fired and 17 other correctional officers be disciplined for not checking on their cell.]()
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Slideshow: Pope Francis Visits Ciudad Juárez
Pope Francis ended his trip through Mexico with a whirlwind one-day visit to Ciudad Juárez on Wednesday. Full Story
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Cruz Sinks into South Carolina Swamp
He claims he won't get involved in the food fight. He won't get down in mud. And he most certainly won't throw rocks at other candidates. But no matter how Ted Cruz spins it, the U.S. senator from Texas is in the brawl. Full Story
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State Employee Steps Down After Controversial Women's Health Study
A high-ranking official at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is resigning after he co-authored an unflattering study that found the state’s exclusion of Planned Parenthood from a family planning program restricted women’s access to health care. Full Story
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Judge Orders County, State to Show Sandra Bland Footage to Family's Attorneys
A federal judge Thursday ordered Waller County and the state of Texas to show the legal team representing Sandra Bland's family the original videos from her time in jail. Full Story
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