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A photo of Crystal Mason, a Black woman with short, straight black hair, wearing a brown dress and a butterfly necklace. She speaks into a microphone at a press conference, surrounded by her attorneys and supporters.
Miranda Suarez
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Criminal Justice
'My nightmare is over': Highest Texas criminal court upholds Crystal Mason voter fraud acquittal
James Hartley
Mason was convicted in 2018 of illegally casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. Mason's vote was never counted and Texas appeals courts acquitted her after prosecutors couldn't prove she knew she was ineligible to vote.
The Save Dallas City Hall Coalition announced plans to initiate the petition process to put an item on the May 2027 ballot that would let voters decide the building's future.
Megan Cardona
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Government
Save Dallas City Hall group to launch petition, wants voters to decide building's fate
Megan Cardona
A Texas Tech University banner hangs from a light pole on the university’s campus in Lubbock, Texas.
Lucio Vasquez
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The Texas Newsroom
Texas News
Texas Tech leaders face questions over their role in Ken Paxton U.S. Senate race fundraiser
Lucio Vasquez | The Texas Newsroom
The Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse in Fort Worth. Fourteen defendants arrested in connection with a July 4 shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Alvarado made their first appearance in court for their federal charges Sept. 22 and Sept. 23, 2025.
Toluwani Osibamowo
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Texas News
Dallas man sentenced to over 17 years for threats to federal judges, hoax biological weapons
Emmanuel Rivas Valenzuela
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