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A new study shows health disparities cost Texas billions of dollars; Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary; Iowa cuts historical rural school groups.

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The Senate dismisses the Mayorkas impeachment. Maryland Lawmakers fail to increase voting access. Texas Democrats call for better Black maternal health. And polling confirms strong support for access to reproductive care, including abortion.

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Rural Wyoming needs more vocational teachers to sustain its workforce pipeline, Ohio environmental advocates fear harm from a proposal to open 40-thousand forest acres to fracking and rural communities build bike trail systems to promote nature, boost the economy.

Peter Malof


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Defensores de la privacidad urgen a legisladores: Cierren el vacío de los Smart-Phones

AUSTIN, Texas – Las protecciones a la privacidad van atrás de las últimas tecnologías de comunicación, a decir de los …

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Privacy Advocates Urge Lawmakers: Close Smart-Phone Loophole

AUSTIN, Texas – Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates are urging state legislators to require law-enforcement officials to seek judicial …

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Education Advocates Say School Plan Laced With “Poison Pill”

AUSTIN, Texas – Public-education advocates are crying foul over a tax-credit provision in a Texas school-reform package proposed this week by …

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Texas Cancer-Fighting Agency at Crossroads

AUSTIN, Texas - The House committee that controls state spending meets today to consider the future of the troubled Cancer Prevention and Research …

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Holiday Shoppers Vulnerable to Zero-Interest Offers

AUSTIN, Texas - 'Tis the season for splurging. And why not, when stores make it so easy - even if you're short on cash. Half of the nation's major …

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Report: Death Penalty Applied Haphazardly in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - While the use of capital punishment is declining, Texas still relies on it more than any other state - and implements it haphazardly…

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Texas AFT Supports “Bar Exam” for Teaching Profession

AUSTIN, Texas - A new proposal by a leading teachers' union would create standardized certification procedures for the profession, including a …

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Inmigrantes de TX marchan el Día Internac. de los Derechos Humanos

EL PASO, Texas – La semana pasada se revelaron cifras de censos que confirman que la cantidad de inmigrantes sin autorización en los …

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Texas Immigrants to Rally on Int'l. Human Rights Day

EL PASO, Texas - Immigrant advocates in Texas are marking International Human Rights Day today by decrying what they call "systematic violations" of …

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Should Undocumented Texas Residents Get Drivers’ Licenses?

DALLAS - Could a national post-election mood change help reverse a Texas crackdown on undocumented residents receiving drivers' licenses? State Rep…

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