Texas Tribune Brief

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January 31, 2019 Many see recapture as a villain. But axing it won’t fix school finance.
Even outspoken critics of Robin Hood, the controversial program that redistributes money among school districts, acknowledge that they need it to avoid future school finance lawsuits.
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January 30, 2019 Texas quietly informs counties of mistakes on voter lists
After flagging tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews, the Texas secretary of state’s office is now telling counties that some of those voters don’t belong on the lists it sent out.
Officials in five large counties — Harris, Travis, Fort Bend, Collin and Williamson — told The Texas Tribune they had received calls Tuesday from the secretary of state’s office indicating that some of the voters whose citizenship status the state said counties should consider checking should not actually be on those lists.
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January 29, 2019 Some Texas voters are already being asked to prove their citizenship
The Texas Tribune reached out to 13 of the 15 counties with the most registered voters on Monday; only Galveston County indicated it would immediately send out letters asking voters for proof of citizenship.
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January 28, 2019 State officials flag tens of thousands of voters for citizenship checks
The list compiled by the Texas secretary of state contains 95,000 names. It’s unclear exactly how many of those individuals are not actually U.S. citizens and whether that number will be available in the future.
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January 25, 2019 Abbott, Paxton gear up for border town hall in San Antonio
Tonight Fox News stages a town hall on border security in San Antonio. Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are set to sit on a panel of experts, border patrol agents and local lawmakers.
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January 24, 2019 Sheila Jackson Lee steps down from two powerful posts
A former staffer in the congresswoman's office claims Jackson Lee fired her after the staff member reported a rape by a supervisor at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Jackson Lee was the foundation's board chair before stepping down Wednesday.
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January 23, 2019 The state's fight to keep its execution drug supplier secret
After five years, the fight over identifying a pharmacy that provided execution drugs in 2014 is in front of the Texas Supreme Court.
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January 22, 2019 Most migrant children held in shelters nationwide are in Texas
The closure of a temporary shelter in Tornillo led to a decline in the number of migrant children housed in Texas — and nationwide.
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January 18, 2019 State scores wins in two separate court fights
Federal appeals court lifts order blocking Texas from kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid. Texas moved to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid years ago after a highly-edited video from an anti-abortion group suggested abortion providers sold fetal tissue.
And, a Travis County court says Austin must allow guns in its city hall, siding with Ken Paxton. The court ordered Austin to pay a fine to the state for each day it prevented investigators from the attorney general's office from carrying their firearms.
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January 17, 2019 Beto O'Rourke hits the road amid 2020 speculation
The former Democratic congressman from El Paso, facing calls to run for president, says he's "been stuck lately" and hopes a road trip will help clear his mind.
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