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Texas has spent billions of dollars to drive down property taxes. Many homeowners saw a significant tax cut last year, per a Texas Tribune analysis.
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An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 15 people died in Texas over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative. The deaths happened in and around Dallas, and in Odessa, Austin and Galveston.
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After nearly four years, Chief Information Officer Bill Zielinski is leaving the city's IT department at the end of the month to pursue work in the private sector.
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The Tarrant County District Attorney asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the ruling that overturned Crystal Mason's illegal voting conviction.
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More than 2 million Texans, mostly children, have lost health insurance as the state has redetermined their eligibility for Medicaid coverage.
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A federal court blocked the law, Senate Bill 12, late last year. But the Texas Attorney General’s office appealed the ruling.
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Etavion Barnes, 18, was found shot outside the school around 3 p.m. Wednesday and rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Bowie was locked down for nearly two hours and 17-year-old Julian Howard was arrested, police said. Thursday classes are canceled.
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The contract comes with a 22% snap-up raise.
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The Dallas Wings, which have played at the University of Texas at Arlington's College Park Center since 2016, will move to the Dallas Memorial Auditorium in 2026.
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Charles Don Flores is on death row for a 1998 Farmers Branch murder. A professor says his and others' research on witness memory could prove Flores' innocence.
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Harris, Tarrant and Bexar counties say their crowded local jails are backed up with convicted state prisoners. The state says it's following the law.
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Anthony Johnson died just three days after another person died in the Tarrant County Jail, the latest in a string of deaths during Sheriff Bill Waybourn's tenure. Alisa Simmons called the rate of jail deaths "unacceptable."
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The family of Kenneth Knotts asked a federal judge to name the four officers in connection with their excessive force lawsuit.
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Some Dallas County homeowners vehemently disagree with how much the Dallas Central Appraisal District says their property is worth. It's not too late to challenge that proposed value.