Abbott expected to promote vouchers and other highlights of his 2025 agenda in Sunday speech
After successful campaigns for House allies, the governor is in a position to set an ambitious course for the legislative session. Full Story
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“How do we protect our poultry flocks?” Texas dairy, poultry producers grapple with bird flu
Across the country, dairy producers have dumped milk and infected chickens have been killed, including millions of egg-laying hens, causing egg prices to skyrocket. Full Story
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Texas’ housing crisis
Texas lawmakers want to make it easier to convert office space into apartments and condos
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![A view of downtown Dallas from The Tower Club on the 48th floor of the Santander Tower in downtown Dallas, on Nov. 07, 2023. Texas metros have a glut of vacant offices space driven by the rise of remote work, overbuilding and other factors during the pandemic. One option companies are doing to combat the changes, is to convert office space into residential housing.]()
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Texas Legislature 2025
Texas lawmakers want to make it easier to convert office space into apartments and condos
![A view of downtown Dallas from The Tower Club on the 48th floor of the Santander Tower in downtown Dallas, on Nov. 07, 2023. Texas metros have a glut of vacant offices space driven by the rise of remote work, overbuilding and other factors during the pandemic. One option companies are doing to combat the changes, is to convert office space into residential housing.]()
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The Texas Tribune-ProPublica Investigative Unit
These soldiers risked their lives serving in Afghanistan. Now they plead with Trump to bring their sister to the U.S.
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Investigations
U.S. claims migrants held at Guantanamo are “worst of the worst.” Their families say otherwise.
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Texas Border Crackdown
As landowners resist, Texas’ border wall is fragmented and built in remote areas
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![Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. Texas death row prisoners are housed in Livingston but executed at the state prison in Huntsville, about 43 miles away.]()
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