How hot is it in Texas prisons? After many questions about deadly heat, a new discovery: the facts as presented may have been fake. Investigative reporter Lauren McGaughy of The Texas Newsroom with the discovery of falsified records in an ongoing scandal about heat-related deaths behind bars.

A Houston inmate jailed for 18 years who never got his day in court: How did that happen, and could there be more?

What do you get when you cross a mouse with a woolly mammoth? It’s no joke: A Texas company says it’s just the beginning.

Also, who owns Texas? The results of an investigation of land ownership.
And this week in Texas music history.

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