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datetime="2015-04-07T18:12:14.095482">Tuesday, April 7, 2015</time> </div> </header> </div> <div class="wrapper content-wrapper"> <div id="site_content" class="content index"> <header class="alt_header"><h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/law-and-order/">LAW & ORDER</a></h1></header> <section class="topstory grid"> <article class=""> <div class="media large"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/report-texas-lawmaker-threatened-paxtons-dps-detai/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Miles1784CMS_jpg_474x1000_q100.jpg" alt="State Rep. Borris Miles, D-Houston, raises a point of order on HB400 that sends the bill back to the House Education Committee on April 26, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Miles1784CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Rep. Borris Miles, D-Houston, raises a point of order on HB400 that sends the bill back to the House Education Committee on April 26, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Rep. Borris Miles, D-Houston, raises a point of order on HB400 that sends the bill back to the House Education Committee on April 26, 2011.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/report-texas-lawmaker-threatened-paxtons-dps-detai/">Report: State Lawmaker Threatened Paxton's DPS Detail</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Apr 2015 16:52:27 -0500" title="2015-04-07 16:52"> April 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/report-texas-lawmaker-threatened-paxtons-dps-detai/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>State Rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/borris-miles/">Borris Miles</a> threatened to "beat up" a plainclothes Texas Department of Public Safety trooper while the lawman was guarding Texas Attorney General <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a> during a private meeting inside Austin's Vince Young Steakhouse, according to a report obtained by The Texas Tribune.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/report-texas-lawmaker-threatened-paxtons-dps-detai/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </div> </article> </section> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Gun-Holstered_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Gun-Holstered_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/">House Panel Weighs Property, Gun Rights</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-mccrimmon/">Ryan McCrimmon</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Apr 2015 14:29:17 -0500" title="2015-04-07 14:29"> April 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/comments/"><span class="value">9</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span><strong>UPDATED:</strong> Business groups are weighing in on gun legislation, trying to preserve a business owner's rights to ban guns from private property. A House committee took up the question up Tuesday.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/06/7C2A6102_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Dreamer Cristina Lizeth Urdiales was born in Monterrey, Mexico and brought to the US at the age of 5, listens during the Senate committee hearing on April 6th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/06/7C2A6102_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Dreamer Cristina Lizeth Urdiales was born in Monterrey, Mexico and brought to the US at the age of 5, listens during the Senate committee hearing on April 6th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Dreamer Cristina Lizeth Urdiales was born in Monterrey, Mexico and brought to the US at the age of 5, listens during the Senate committee hearing on April 6th, 2015</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/">GOP Takes First Step to End In-State Tuition for Undocumented</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 6 Apr 2015 19:06:52 -0500" title="2015-04-06 19:06"> April 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/comments/"><span class="value">49</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;">After a marathon hearing that stretched well into Tuesday morning, a Senate subcommittee approved Sen. Donna Campbell's bill to repeal Texas law that allows some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at colleges and universities. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/7C2A4011_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Charles Perry R-Lubbock answers questions regarding his bill SB #185 which relates to to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration during Senate Subcommittee on border security on March 16th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/7C2A4011_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Charles Perry R-Lubbock answers questions regarding his bill SB #185 which relates to to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration during Senate Subcommittee on border security on March 16th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Charles Perry R-Lubbock answers questions regarding his bill SB #185 which relates to to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration during Senate Subcommittee on border security on March 16th, 2015</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/">Senate Panel Advances Sanctuary Cities Bill</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 6 Apr 2015 13:44:49 -0500" title="2015-04-06 13:44"> April 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>A bill banning so-called sanctuary cities in Texas – the common term for local entities that do not enforce immigration laws — advanced out of a Senate subcommittee on Monday.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="show-for-medium-down"> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/">House Panel Weighs Property, Gun Rights</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-mccrimmon/">Ryan McCrimmon</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Apr 2015 14:29:17 -0500" title="2015-04-07 14:29"> April 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/comments/"><span class="value">9</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Gun-Holstered_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Gun-Holstered_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><strong>UPDATED:</strong> Business groups are weighing in on gun legislation, trying to preserve a business owner's rights to ban guns from private property. A House committee took up the question up Tuesday.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-panel-weigh-private-property-gun-rights/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/">GOP Takes First Step to End In-State Tuition for Undocumented</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 6 Apr 2015 19:06:52 -0500" title="2015-04-06 19:06"> April 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/comments/"><span class="value">49</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/06/7C2A6102_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Dreamer Cristina Lizeth Urdiales was born in Monterrey, Mexico and brought to the US at the age of 5, listens during the Senate committee hearing on April 6th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/06/7C2A6102_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Dreamer Cristina Lizeth Urdiales was born in Monterrey, Mexico and brought to the US at the age of 5, listens during the Senate committee hearing on April 6th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Dreamer Cristina Lizeth Urdiales was born in Monterrey, Mexico and brought to the US at the age of 5, listens during the Senate committee hearing on April 6th, 2015</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;">After a marathon hearing that stretched well into Tuesday morning, a Senate subcommittee approved Sen. Donna Campbell's bill to repeal Texas law that allows some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at colleges and universities. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/-state-tuition-repeal-bill-goes-subcommittee/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/">Senate Panel Advances Sanctuary Cities Bill</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 6 Apr 2015 13:44:49 -0500" title="2015-04-06 13:44"> April 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/7C2A4011_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Sen. Charles Perry R-Lubbock answers questions regarding his bill SB #185 which relates to to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration during Senate Subcommittee on border security on March 16th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/16/7C2A4011_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Sen. Charles Perry R-Lubbock answers questions regarding his bill SB #185 which relates to to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration during Senate Subcommittee on border security on March 16th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Sen. Charles Perry R-Lubbock answers questions regarding his bill SB #185 which relates to to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration during Senate Subcommittee on border security on March 16th, 2015</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A bill banning so-called sanctuary cities in Texas – the common term for local entities that do not enforce immigration laws — advanced out of a Senate subcommittee on Monday.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/06/senate-subcommittee-advances-sanctuary-cities-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 gap hide-for-medium-down left_rail"> <section class="folder"> <div class="tab data"> <hgroup> <h1>Featured Data</h1> <h2> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/perry-executions/">Visualization: Executions on Rick Perry's Watch</a> </h2> <ul class="meta separator short"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-murphy/">Ryan Murphy</a> and Noah Seger </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Sep 2011 05:00:00 -0500" title="2011-09-02 05:00"> Sept. 2, 2011 </time></li></ul> </hgroup> <div class="content"> <div class="media sidebar" <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/perry-executions/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/103109-terrhaute-gurney-_jpg_300x1000_q100.jpg" alt="This gurney is used to perform executions at Terre Haute by lethal injection."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/103109-terrhaute-gurney-_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="This gurney is used to perform executions at Terre Haute by lethal injection." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">This gurney is used to perform executions at Terre Haute by lethal injection.</div> </div> <ul class="actions simple"> <li> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/"><span>+</span> More Data</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <aside class="ad_container sidebar_block"> <div class="sponsor_image_holder"> <div class="ad adunit tablet standard" data-dimensions="300x250" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_Home_BTF_LeftRail1_TTRectangle_300x250"> </div> </div> </aside> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/">"Bathroom Bills" Pit Transgender Texans Against the GOP</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 4 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-04 06:00"> April 4, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/comments/"><span class="value">182</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/02/IMG_9622_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Caomh谩n 脫 Raghallaigh, a transgender advocate, visits with Sarah Byers, left, in the Capitol office of Sen. Kirk Watson, right."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/04/02/IMG_9622_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Caomh谩n 脫 Raghallaigh, a transgender advocate, visits with Sarah Byers, left, in the Capitol office of Sen. Kirk Watson, right." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Caomh谩n 脫 Raghallaigh, a transgender advocate, visits with Sarah Byers, left, in the Capitol office of Sen. Kirk Watson, right.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A set of </span><span class="il">bills</span><span> from conservative lawmakers would make it illegal for people to use the </span><span class="il">bathroom</span><span> other than the one designated for their gender assigned at birth. Members of the transgender community say the legislation specifically targets them and even places a bounty on their heads.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/perry-prosecutors-fight-keep-invoices-secret/">Perry Prosecutors Fight to Keep Invoices Secret</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:48:21 -0500" title="2015-04-03 16:48"> April 3, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/perry-prosecutors-fight-keep-invoices-secret/comments/"><span class="value">40</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/perry-prosecutors-fight-keep-invoices-secret/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/06/_S3R6519McCrum_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Prosecutor Michael McCrum gathers his thoughts as testimony continues in Travis County District Court on the Gov. Rick Perry case on Nov. 6, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/06/_S3R6519McCrum_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Prosecutor Michael McCrum gathers his thoughts as testimony continues in Travis County District Court on the Gov. Rick Perry case on Nov. 6, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Prosecutor Michael McCrum gathers his thoughts as testimony continues in Travis County District Court on the Gov. Rick Perry case on Nov. 6, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A public records request has added another twist to the Rick Perry legal saga, with special prosecutors now suing Attorney General Ken Paxton to keep confidential detailed invoices that would show who they interviewed while building their case.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/perry-prosecutors-fight-keep-invoices-secret/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/business-owners-lawmakers-set-sights-child-support/">Ducking Child Support by Becoming a "Contractor"</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 2 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-02 06:00"> April 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/business-owners-lawmakers-set-sights-child-support/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/business-owners-lawmakers-set-sights-child-support/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MoneyTexas_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/MoneyTexas_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>Often seen as a workers' rights issue, worker misclassification can have a direct impact on the state's child support collections. Some workers want to be classified as contractors to dodge wage garnishment. </span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/business-owners-lawmakers-set-sights-child-support/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/">Campus Carry Bill Headed to House</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ryan-mccrimmon/">Ryan McCrimmon</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 31 Mar 2015 13:07:26 -0500" title="2015-03-31 13:07"> March 31, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/comments/"><span class="value">33</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGunRestingOnWhite_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/HandGunRestingOnWhite_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The Texas Senate has already passed a bill allowing handguns on college campuses. Now the House is poised to consider its own measure.  </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 hide-for-medium-down mid_rail"> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/26/court-temporarily-blocks-benefits-same-sex-couples/">Paxton: Court Blocks Rule Change Giving Benefits to Same-Sex Couples</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:59:49 -0500" title="2015-03-26 17:59"> March 26, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/26/court-temporarily-blocks-benefits-same-sex-couples/comments/"><span class="value">34</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/26/court-temporarily-blocks-benefits-same-sex-couples/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/19/LadyJustice-GayMarriage-2a_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/19/LadyJustice-GayMarriage-2a_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A federal court has temporarily blocked a federal rule change that would give medical leave benefits to certain same-sex couples, according to an announcement Thursday from Texas Attorney General <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a>.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/26/court-temporarily-blocks-benefits-same-sex-couples/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/us-supreme-court-hears-latest-texas-v-epa-challeng/">U.S. Supreme Court Hears Latest Texas v. EPA Challenge</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:46:45 -0500" title="2015-03-25 14:46"> March 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/us-supreme-court-hears-latest-texas-v-epa-challeng/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/us-supreme-court-hears-latest-texas-v-epa-challeng/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/12/04/SmokeStack_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/12/04/SmokeStack_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Thomas Bougher</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">Texas again went <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/14-46_k5gm.pdf">head-to-head</a> with the EPA before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, this time challenging federal limits on the emission of pollutants like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www2.epa.gov/international-cooperation/mercury-emissions-global-context">mercury</a>, acid gases and other toxic metals from power plants.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/us-supreme-court-hears-latest-texas-v-epa-challeng/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/hhsc-ditches-plan-privatize-terrell-state-hospital/">Terrell State Hospital Privatization Deal Scuttled After Audit</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:39:40 -0500" title="2015-03-25 14:39"> March 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/hhsc-ditches-plan-privatize-terrell-state-hospital/comments/"><span class="value">9</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/hhsc-ditches-plan-privatize-terrell-state-hospital/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/25/Terrel_State_Hospital_TTcrop_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Terrell State Hospital is one of 10 state psychiatric hospitals."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/25/Terrel_State_Hospital_TTcrop_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Terrell State Hospital is one of 10 state psychiatric hospitals." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Texas Department of State Health Services</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Terrell State Hospital is one of 10 state psychiatric hospitals.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A plan to privatize Terrell State Hospital is dead following a scathing audit that raps the state health commission for bypassing its own contracting procedures.</p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/hhsc-ditches-plan-privatize-terrell-state-hospital/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/straight-ticket-election-judges-ban-meets-oppositi/">Proposed Change to Election of Judges Gets Cool Reception</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:12:07 -0500" title="2015-03-24 19:12"> March 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/straight-ticket-election-judges-ban-meets-oppositi/comments/"><span class="value">9</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/straight-ticket-election-judges-ban-meets-oppositi/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/24/SupremeCourtVoting-4a_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/24/SupremeCourtVoting-4a_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>graphic by: Todd Wiseman / Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Legislation that would remove Texas judges from the straight-ticket voting process garnered a mostly cool reception Tuesday at a hearing, as both Democrats and Republicans said that tinkering with the ballot turns off voters.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/straight-ticket-election-judges-ban-meets-oppositi/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/border-prosecutors-seek-make-agency-official-polic/">Border DAs Back Amped-Up Prosecution Unit</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:30:46 -0500" title="2015-03-24 17:30"> March 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/border-prosecutors-seek-make-agency-official-polic/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/border-prosecutors-seek-make-agency-official-polic/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/04/BorderSurge_EG28-sized_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="A Texas Parks and Wildlife warden patrols the Rio Grande in July, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/08/04/BorderSurge_EG28-sized_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="A Texas Parks and Wildlife warden patrols the Rio Grande in July, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Eric Gay / AP Pool Photo</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A Texas Parks and Wildlife warden patrols the Rio Grande in July, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The final piece of a high-profile border security package got moving Tuesday when a House committee heard House Bill 12 by state Rep. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/oscar-longoria/">Oscar Longoria</a><span>, which would elevate the state's Border Prosecution Unit into an official statutory being. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/border-prosecutors-seek-make-agency-official-polic/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/patrick-and-straus-top-20-priority-bills/">A Look at the Priority Bills for Straus and Patrick</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a>, <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a> and <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-23 06:00"> March 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/patrick-and-straus-top-20-priority-bills/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/patrick-and-straus-top-20-priority-bills/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/StrausPatrick_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="House Speaker Joe Straus (left) and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/20/StrausPatrick_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="House Speaker Joe Straus (left) and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">House Speaker Joe Straus (left) and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Here's a breakdown of House Bills 1-20 and Senate Bills 1-20, providing a window into where House Speaker <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/joe-straus/">Joe Straus</a> and Lt. Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dan-patrick/">Dan Patrick</a> are placing their priorities for the 84th legislative session.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/patrick-and-straus-top-20-priority-bills/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 show-for-medium-down"> <ul class="mobile_headlines"> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/04/bathroom-bills-pit-transgender-community-against-g/">"Bathroom Bills" Pit Transgender Texans Against the GOP</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/03/perry-prosecutors-fight-keep-invoices-secret/">Perry Prosecutors Fight to Keep Invoices Secret</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/02/business-owners-lawmakers-set-sights-child-support/">Ducking Child Support by Becoming a "Contractor"</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/bill-allow-guns-campus-sent-house-floor/">Campus Carry Bill Headed to House</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/31/house-budget-debate-tackle-hot-button-issues/">House Budget Debate to Tackle Hot-Button Issues</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/30/border-democrat-says-dps-unable-provide-border-sur/">Lawmaker Questions What DPS is Achieving on Border</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/30/powdered-alcohol-ban-sent-full-house/">Powdered Alcohol Ban Sent to Full House</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/27/1-year-lawyer-ban-heads-court-showdown/">Lawyer's One-Year Banishment Leads to Showdown</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/27/efforts-repeal-state-tuition-get-moving/">Senate Panel Sets Sights on In-State Tuition Law</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/27/fbi-interviewing-hhsc-employees-about-21ct/">FBI at Health Commission Asking About 21CT Deal</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/26/court-temporarily-blocks-benefits-same-sex-couples/">Paxton: Court Blocks Rule Change Giving Benefits to Same-Sex Couples</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/us-supreme-court-hears-latest-texas-v-epa-challeng/">U.S. Supreme Court Hears Latest Texas v. EPA Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/25/hhsc-ditches-plan-privatize-terrell-state-hospital/">Terrell State Hospital Privatization Deal Scuttled After Audit</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/straight-ticket-election-judges-ban-meets-oppositi/">Proposed Change to Election of Judges Gets Cool Reception</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/24/border-prosecutors-seek-make-agency-official-polic/">Border DAs Back Amped-Up Prosecution Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/23/patrick-and-straus-top-20-priority-bills/">A Look at the Priority Bills for Straus and Patrick</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class=" cell w-4 hide-for-medium-down"> <aside id="" class="featurebox "> <header class="featurebox-header"> <h1><span>Trib</span>pedia</h1> </header> <div class="featurebox-content "> <ul> <li><a 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Capitol on Feb. 22, 2013.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>Efforts to ditch a law that allows some undocumented students to pay in-state college tuition appear to be on a fast track in the Senate, but key House leaders aren't on board with the idea.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/27/efforts-repeal-state-tuition-get-moving/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/27/fbi-interviewing-hhsc-employees-about-21ct/">FBI at Health Commission Asking About 21CT Deal</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-03-27 06:00"> March 27, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/27/fbi-interviewing-hhsc-employees-about-21ct/comments/"><span class="value">12</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20150407231307/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/27/fbi-interviewing-hhsc-employees-about-21ct/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Janek-Listens_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Dr. Kyle Janek"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150407231307/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Janek-Listens_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Executive Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Dr. Kyle Janek" class="lightbox 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