Jill Ament | Texas Standard
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Trends have been increasing over time for both domestic violence homicides and the proportion carried out with guns, with 184 domestic violence homicides of women in Texas in 2021.
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“It’s a very, very dangerous situation, but Ukrainians got used to this … existence that requires sacrifice. And Ukrainians are not going to give up.”
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Quinnipiac has not been polling in Texas for very many years but does have more experience in other parts of the country.
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The Texas Tribal Buffalo Project aims to use the herd to renew the spiritual connection between the buffalo and the Lipan Apache.
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Wednesday's hearing at the high court will be about a Mississippi law. But a ruling on Texas’ Senate Bill 8 is still to come.
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Beto O'Rourke has begun his campaign against Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott. In this third run for office since leaving the House, O'Rourke's chances at winning the seat for Texas governor are slim.
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The bill requiring Texas public school athletes to participate only on sports teams that align with their sex assigned at birth appears poised to become law.
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“If you can’t beat Ted Cruz, one of the more wildly unpopular figures in Texas politics, how do you mount a challenge against the governor?”
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The money is administered by the state’s General Land Office, whose formula for making allocations leaves the state’s largest county out of the money.
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About 20,000 would-be asylum-seekers can now wait out the asylum process in the U.S., which Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues puts undue financial burden on Texas. KERA's Mallory Falk talks with Texas Standard.
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The governor's executive order bars entities that receive state tax dollars from requiring anyone to verify they've been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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A Houston Chronicle columnist says the energy industry is the “reigning champion” when it comes to influencing legislation in Texas.