Patrick Murphy was one of the escaped convicts sentenced to death for the murder of Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins during a robbery. The high court stopped his execution because Texas officials wouldn’t let a Buddhist priest into the death chamber with him.

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The agency's chief said 750 agents will be reassigned indefinitely from across the southwest border to aid the El Paso sector, where agents apprehended more than 1,000 immigrants Monday.

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House members have proposed more than 300 amendments to the chamber's spending plan. The proposals that pass could have major implications for hundreds of other issues regulated by the state.

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Disability advocates want the Texas Legislature to invest in pay raises for home care workers. Even in a year of surplus, it's a difficult battle.

Plus, debate over a Texas abortion bill prompted tears, frustration and a boycott from Democrats. The hearing on a bill regarding "the rights of a living child born after an abortion" was delayed Monday morning due to a lack of a quorum.

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For years, Diane Wilson has tried to get Formosa Plastics Corporation to stop discharging plastic pellets from its sprawling petrochemical complex on the central Texas coast. This week, she's getting her day in court.

Plus, get the latest from the 2020 campaign trail.

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Hear from naturalized citizens whose voter eligibility was questioned as part of the state’s flawed review of the voter rolls.

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The director of the El Paso-based Annunciation House said he needs more help from the city to ensure the migrants, most of whom are seeking asylum, don’t end up on the streets.

Plus, get the latest on Beto O'Rourke's campaign fundraising disclosures as he vies for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

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Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Bliss, Fort Hood and the naval reserve center in Galveston could all lose funding for construction projects if the president's plan to divert money from the military to a border wall succeeds.

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In a statement Monday afternoon, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said air quality monitoring "had not detected any immediate health concerns at ground level" amid a multi-tank fire at a petrochemical storage facility near Houston.

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By the second day of his Iowa debut, O'Rourke was fully submerged in the buzzsaw that is a presidential campaign.

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