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County election staff across the Austin area are in a frenzy to process thousands of voter registration applications after the Texas Department of Public Safety failed to send them. The agency says the error was caused by a third-party vendor.
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High temperatures violate the Constitution's protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Texas will appeal. -
Ker'Sean Olajuwa Ramey is scheduled to die Wednesday, one week after the state executed his co-defendant for the same killings. -
Many braille textbooks are transcribed in prisons. For the last 25 years, the Billman Braille Center in Gatesville has prepared women for careers on the outside. -
Texas Parks and Wildlife has classified Lake Fort Phantom Hill as fully infested with zebra mussels. That's the strongest designation the state gives. -
A lawsuit than 100 families suing Marathon Petroleum seeking answers and accountability. Residents near Marathon Petroleum's El Paso refinery demand accountability and an alert system after 15 tons of pollutants drifted into nearby neighborhoods forcing some to leave their homes. More than 100 families are suing the company. Local, state, and federal elected officials are also demanding answers about the August 4th incident. -
The state's power grid managers are seeking information about these projects' energy and water usage.
