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Naturalized Texan. Comes by her tough love of government honestly. She majored in it at the University of Texas. First courtroom stories were in the Atticus Finch-like Lowndes County courthouse in Valdosta, Georgia, where two months into that first job for the Jacksonville-based Florida Times Union, she found herself covering a quadruple murder. Eventually moved to Jacksonville, covering social services and began unpacking the conflicted rules of government social work and public housing redevelopment for readers. Joined the Associated Press in Dallas and worked there and in Houston covering some of the state's biggest trials and complicated legal issues including the Branch Davidian standoff with ATF agents and the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas as well as witnessing several state executions. Worked for the Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle, where she covered everything from airport security, civil courts and the 9/11 attacks to the strains of the Texas Child Protective Services system, the state's removal of more than 400 children from their polygamist parents in West Texas, the Allan Stanford Ponzi scheme trial and the world of Medicare fraud in Houston's private ambulance networks. Langford was named Texas Reporter of the Year in 2011 for her work on the connection between private ambulances in Houston and the non-regulated mental health clinics there. 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He will be replaced by Chris Traylor, right."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/05/JanekTraylor_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Kyle Janek, left, head of the state Health and Human Services Commission, will step down July 1. He will be replaced by Chris Traylor, right." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Kyle Janek, left, head of the state Health and Human Services Commission, will step down July 1. He will be replaced by Chris Traylor, right.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 5 Jun 2015 11:12:31 -0500" title="2015-06-05 11:12"> June 5, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/05/source-janek-leave-hhsc-former-deputy-takes-over/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Kyle Janek, the head of the state’s embattled Health and Human Services Commission, will step down July 1 and be replaced by his deputy, Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> announced Friday. </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/05/source-janek-leave-hhsc-former-deputy-takes-over/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/03/death-row-inmate-31-years-be-executed/">On Death Row for 31 Years, Inmate Executed</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/03/death-row-inmate-31-years-be-executed/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/03/Lester_Bower_Death_RowTT_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Lester Bower, on death row in Texas for 31 years, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday night for the murder of four, including two law enforcement officers."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/03/Lester_Bower_Death_RowTT_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Lester Bower, on death row in Texas for 31 years, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday night for the murder of four, including two law enforcement officers." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Lester Bower, on death row in Texas for 31 years, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday night for the murder of four, including two law enforcement officers.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 3 Jun 2015 08:48:30 -0500" title="2015-06-03 08:48"> June 3, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/03/death-row-inmate-31-years-be-executed/comments/"><span class="value">7</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A death row inmate who has proclaimed his innocence for three decades was executed Wednesday night in Huntsville. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/oagnews/release.php?id=5098">Lester Bower</a><span>, 67, became the oldest death row inmate executed in Texas after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/03/death-row-inmate-31-years-be-executed/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/raise-age-dies-truancy-reform-passes/">Texas Teens Win One, Lose One</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/raise-age-dies-truancy-reform-passes/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/26/juvenile_detention_JW035_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Detainees line up to leave the outdoor recreation area at theTravis County Juvenile Detention Center in Austin on June 24, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/26/juvenile_detention_JW035_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Detainees line up to leave the outdoor recreation area at theTravis County Juvenile Detention Center in Austin on June 24, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Detainees line up to leave the outdoor recreation area at theTravis County Juvenile Detention Center in Austin on June 24, 2013.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/matthew-watkins/">Matthew Watkins</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 31 May 2015 16:34:22 -0500" title="2015-05-31 16:34"> May 31, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/raise-age-dies-truancy-reform-passes/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Lawmakers have decided to stop treating truant students like criminals, sending them to adult court where they face possible jail time for skipping school. But 17-year-old criminal offenders will still enter the adult court system.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/31/raise-age-dies-truancy-reform-passes/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/29/truancy-reform-heads-down-wire/">Truancy Reform Heads Down to the Wire</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/29/truancy-reform-heads-down-wire/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/07/KLRU_TRUANCY_PART_2_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/07/KLRU_TRUANCY_PART_2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: KLRU-TV</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 29 May 2015 14:32:21 -0500" title="2015-05-29 14:32"> May 29, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/29/truancy-reform-heads-down-wire/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>With one Texas county facing a federal investigation into how it punishes chronic school-skippers — and Texas one of only two states that prosecute truants in adult courts — lawmakers are weighing two House measures that would decriminalize truancy. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/29/truancy-reform-heads-down-wire/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/27/rs-say-bill-slaughter-house-not-partisan-driven/">Lawmakers: Bill Slaughter Not a Partisan Deal</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/27/rs-say-bill-slaughter-house-not-partisan-driven/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/15/IMG_9805_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, on the back mic during the reading of local and consent bils, May 15, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/15/IMG_9805_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, on the back mic during the reading of local and consent bils, May 15, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, on the back mic during the reading of local and consent bils, May 15, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 27 May 2015 12:30:47 -0500" title="2015-05-27 12:30"> May 27, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/27/rs-say-bill-slaughter-house-not-partisan-driven/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>After a night of dramatic maneuvers in the Texas House, lawmakers were back at it on Wednesday morning, with a handful of irked conservatives using parliamentary tactics to kill previously uncontested Senate bills.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/27/rs-say-bill-slaughter-house-not-partisan-driven/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/26/raise-age-18-makes-it-through-amendment/">House OKs Raising Age of Juvenile Offenders to 18</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/26/raise-age-18-makes-it-through-amendment/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/11/JuvenileJustice-School_1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/11/JuvenileJustice-School_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 26 May 2015 19:17:17 -0500" title="2015-05-26 19:17"> May 26, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A final effort to raise from 17 to 18 the age at which offenders automatically enter the adult legal system made it through the Texas House on Tuesday, tacked onto a bill reorganizing the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/26/raise-age-18-makes-it-through-amendment/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/26/breitbart-texas-breitbart-not-publish-lawmaker-vid/">Breitbart Texas Will Not Publish Lawmaker Videos</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/26/breitbart-texas-breitbart-not-publish-lawmaker-vid/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/26/JoeBasel5-26_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Joe Basel, the president and chief executive of the American Phoenix Foundation, is shown in the Texas House lobby on May 26, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/26/JoeBasel5-26_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Joe Basel, the president and chief executive of the American Phoenix Foundation, is shown in the Texas House lobby on May 26, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Chris Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Joe Basel, the president and chief executive of the American Phoenix Foundation, is shown in the Texas House lobby on May 26, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 26 May 2015 11:31:21 -0500" title="2015-05-26 11:31"> May 26, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/26/breitbart-texas-breitbart-not-publish-lawmaker-vid/comments/"><span class="value">27</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Undercover video of Texas lawmakers made by the American Phoenix Foundation will not be published by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://www.breitbart.com/texas/">Breitbart Texas </a>after the legislative session ends, according to the conservative news organization's managing director. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/26/breitbart-texas-breitbart-not-publish-lawmaker-vid/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/25/anti-press-provision-sends-bill-rein-lawyers-confe/">Accident Secrecy Provision Likely to Be Stripped, Author Says</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/25/anti-press-provision-sends-bill-rein-lawyers-confe/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TexasTrafficRain_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/TexasTrafficRain_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Dwyer</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 25 May 2015 19:19:28 -0500" title="2015-05-25 19:19"> May 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/25/anti-press-provision-sends-bill-rein-lawyers-confe/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A late-night amendment aimed at keeping secret the names of parties involved in traffic accidents parties is expected to be stripped out of a bill targeting overzealous tort lawyers, its sponsor conceded Monday.  </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/25/anti-press-provision-sends-bill-rein-lawyers-confe/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/21/two-conservative-philanthropists-donors-capital-wa/">American Phoenix Donor: I Thought We Were for Transparency</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/21/two-conservative-philanthropists-donors-capital-wa/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/21/SharpGutierrez1_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Adam Sharp confronts State Rep. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, May 21, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/21/SharpGutierrez1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Adam Sharp confronts State Rep. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, May 21, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Adam Sharp confronts State Rep. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, May 21, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 21 May 2015 11:37:55 -0500" title="2015-05-21 11:37"> May 21, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/21/two-conservative-philanthropists-donors-capital-wa/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Four large donors to the American Phoenix Foundation, which has been secretly recording Texas lawmakers, are well-known backers of conservative causes. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/21/two-conservative-philanthropists-donors-capital-wa/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/11/senate-bill-keep-execution-drug-secret-passes/">Senate Approves Bill to Keep Execution Drug Providers Secret</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/11/senate-bill-keep-execution-drug-secret-passes/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Lethal-Injection_Split_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 11 May 2015 18:53:42 -0500" title="2015-05-11 18:53"> May 11, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/11/senate-bill-keep-execution-drug-secret-passes/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A measure to keep the names of execution drug providers from the public won initial approval <span>in the Texas Senate</span> on Monday. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/11/senate-bill-keep-execution-drug-secret-passes/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/10/secret-lawmaker-video-turned-over-breitbart-texas/">Copy of Lawmaker Videos Given to Breitbart Texas</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/10/secret-lawmaker-video-turned-over-breitbart-texas/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/IMG_9705_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/02/10/IMG_9705_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 10 May 2015 20:17:02 -0500" title="2015-05-10 20:17"> May 10, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/10/secret-lawmaker-video-turned-over-breitbart-texas/comments/"><span class="value">27</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A copy of more than 800 hours of video secretly shot of Texas lawmakers by a group with conservative ties has been turned over to Breitbart Texas, the news organization’s managing director confirmed Sunday.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/10/secret-lawmaker-video-turned-over-breitbart-texas/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/08/wendy-davis-fined-5000-ethics-violation/">Wendy Davis Fined $5,000 for Ethics Violation</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/08/wendy-davis-fined-5000-ethics-violation/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/22/DavisRally043_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Sen. Wendy Davis speaking to the press after a Travis County Democratic campaign rally on Oct. 22, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/22/DavisRally043_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Sen. Wendy Davis speaking to the press after a Travis County Democratic campaign rally on Oct. 22, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Sen. Wendy Davis speaking to the press after a Travis County Democratic campaign rally on Oct. 22, 2014.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 8 May 2015 18:37:40 -0500" title="2015-05-08 18:37"> May 8, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/08/wendy-davis-fined-5000-ethics-violation/comments/"><span class="value">57</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The Texas Ethics Commission has fined former state Sen. Wendy Davis $5,000 after finding "credible evidence" she failed to disclose her relationship with two lobbyists on financial disclosure forms filed during her 2012 re-election campaign. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/08/wendy-davis-fined-5000-ethics-violation/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/01/panel-investigate-after-lawmaker-ejected-hearing/">Panel to Investigate After Lawmaker Ejected From Hearing</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/01/panel-investigate-after-lawmaker-ejected-hearing/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/27/Stickland_CU_TT_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, during the gun bill debate on April 17, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/27/Stickland_CU_TT_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, during the gun bill debate on April 17, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, during the gun bill debate on April 17, 2015.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a> and <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 1 May 2015 10:27:42 -0500" title="2015-05-01 10:27"> May 1, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/01/panel-investigate-after-lawmaker-ejected-hearing/comments/"><span class="value">27</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The chairman of the House Committee on General Investigating and Ethics said he plans to investigate allegations that witnesses were signed up improperly to speak at a meeting from which state Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jonathan-stickland/">Jonathan Stickland</a> was escorted out.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/01/panel-investigate-after-lawmaker-ejected-hearing/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/30/most-texas-guards-risk-program-are-truants/">Amid Truancy Debate, Whitmire Questions Program's Referrals</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/30/most-texas-guards-risk-program-are-truants/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Empty-Desk_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Empty-Desk_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:07:01 -0500" title="2015-04-30 15:07"> April 30, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/30/most-texas-guards-risk-program-are-truants/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>State Sen. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/john-whitmire/">John Whitmire</a> is asking questions about a program for at-risk youths run by the Texas Military Department where more than half of the applicants are truant students referred by justice of the peace courts or from the schools themselves. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/30/most-texas-guards-risk-program-are-truants/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/pruett-execution-stayed-dna-testing/">Judge Stays Execution for Further DNA Testing</a></h1> </header> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/pruett-execution-stayed-dna-testing/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/18/TxTrib-Pruett-013_JPG_260x1000_q100.JPG" alt="Robert Pruett, 33, was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of correctional officer Daniel Nagle. Pruett says he was framed by corrupt guards and inmates while the prison employee union says chronic understaffing led to Nagle's murder."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150608215729/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/04/18/TxTrib-Pruett-013_JPG_800x1000_q100.JPG" title="Robert Pruett, 33, was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of correctional officer Daniel Nagle. Pruett says he was framed by corrupt guards and inmates while the prison employee union says chronic understaffing led to Nagle's murder." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Tamir Kalifa </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Robert Pruett, 33, was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of correctional officer Daniel Nagle. Pruett says he was framed by corrupt guards and inmates while the prison employee union says chronic understaffing led to Nagle's murder.</div> </div> <header> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:03:57 -0500" title="2015-04-28 17:03"> April 28, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/pruett-execution-stayed-dna-testing/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Two hours before his scheduled execution, Robert Lynn Pruett received a stay so more DNA tests can be conducted on evidence from the 1999 murder of a Texas prison guard.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150608215729/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/28/pruett-execution-stayed-dna-testing/"> <i 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