The Texas Tribune
“Who do I vote for?”: Cornyn voters weigh Paxton, Talarico or sitting out in November
The Tribune spoke with nine people who voted for the senior senator in the primary, offering a window into how that key voting bloc is thinking about the general election.
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11mCorpus Christi in legal fight with industries after rejecting demand for $80 million water refund
A judge will hear arguments this week after industrial users protested a rate hike by the city, which said residents and businesses were unfairly subsidizing industrial rates.
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6mHouston protesters call on feds to release more information, and witnesses, to Tuesday’s ICE killing
Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.
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7mFatal Houston ICE shooting follows agency’s increased focus on street arrests
The risk of violent encounters rises when immigration enforcement shifts from picking up suspected criminals in jail to arresting people on the streets, experts say.
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8mDays after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes
Almost none of the state’s major Republican officials have weighed in on the killing of a Houston man by federal agents, and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said she had not spoken with Gov. Greg Abbott.
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6mHouston mayor vows local investigation into ICE shooting but says feds aren’t sharing information
"They control the scene, the deceased, the van, the witnesses. So yes, they control the investigation," Mayor John Whitmire said.