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Childress Police Department</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The Childress Police Department recently began displaying "In God We Trust" on its patrol vehicles.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/06/paxons-office-tackles-god-we-trust-challenge/">Lawmakers Jump into Tussle Over God's Trust</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 6 Oct 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-10-06 06:00"> Oct. 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/06/paxons-office-tackles-god-we-trust-challenge/comments/"><span class="value">81</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><span>A furor involving a small-town Texas police department and national secular organization has reached the state attorney general's office, and may well wind up in court after that. </span><span>At issue: Does slapping "In God We Trust" stickers on police patrol cars violate the U.S. constitution?</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/06/paxons-office-tackles-god-we-trust-challenge/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> <aside class="related"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h2>Related</h2> </header> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/29/paxton-continues-call-christians-politics/">Ken Paxton Repeats Call for Christians in Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/20/paxton-addresses-grapevine-church/">Paxton Goes to Church, Extols Christian Voices in Politics</a></li> </ul> </aside> </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/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/01/TexasSupremeCourt_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/01/TexasSupremeCourt_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/">Paxton Asks High Court to Reject Abortion Case</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:32:25 -0500" title="2015-10-05 18:32"> Oct. 5, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/comments/"><span class="value">20</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Texas Attorney General </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a><span> on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request from a coalition of abortion providers to take up their legal challenge to the state’s strict abortion restrictions.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/AbbottPresser046_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/AbbottPresser046_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/">Abbott Doles Out $133M for Law Enforcement, Victim Assistance</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Oct 2015 16:37:19 -0500" title="2015-10-02 16:37"> Oct. 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a>'s criminal justice division is doling out<strong> </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://gov.texas.gov/files/press-office/2015CJVictimsServicesGrants_Regions_10022015.pdf">$133 million in grants</a> to local law enforcement agencies and victims' assistance programs across seven Texas<strong> </strong>regions, he announced Friday.<strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Justice_jpg_231x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Justice_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/">Judge Presses State on Birth Certificate Denials</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:14:56 -0500" title="2015-10-02 15:14"> Oct. 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The first arguments were held Friday in a federal lawsuit challenging Texas policies that effectively deny birth certificates to some U.S.-citizen children of undocumented immigrants. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman questioned the state's reasoning.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/"> <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/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/">Paxton Asks High Court to Reject Abortion Case</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/alexa-ura/">Alexa Ura</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:32:25 -0500" title="2015-10-05 18:32"> Oct. 5, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/comments/"><span class="value">20</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/01/TexasSupremeCourt_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/01/TexasSupremeCourt_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Texas Attorney General </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/">Ken Paxton</a><span> on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request from a coalition of abortion providers to take up their legal challenge to the state’s strict abortion restrictions.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/paxton-scotus-should-reject-review-abortion-rules/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/">Abbott Doles Out $133M for Law Enforcement, Victim Assistance</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Oct 2015 16:37:19 -0500" title="2015-10-02 16:37"> Oct. 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/AbbottPresser046_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/05/AbbottPresser046_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Greg Abbott talks to reporters at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 5, 2014, the day after he was elected governor.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a>'s criminal justice division is doling out<strong> </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://gov.texas.gov/files/press-office/2015CJVictimsServicesGrants_Regions_10022015.pdf">$133 million in grants</a> to local law enforcement agencies and victims' assistance programs across seven Texas<strong> </strong>regions, he announced Friday.<strong> </strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/abbott-dedicates-133m-law-enforcement-7-regions/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/">Judge Presses State on Birth Certificate Denials</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:14:56 -0500" title="2015-10-02 15:14"> Oct. 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Justice_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Justice_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The first arguments were held Friday in a federal lawsuit challenging Texas policies that effectively deny birth certificates to some U.S.-citizen children of undocumented immigrants. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman questioned the state's reasoning.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/judge-questions-scope-alleged-fraud-birth-certific/"> <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/20151007060912/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/20151007060912/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/20151007060912im_/http://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/20151007060912/http://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/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/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/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/lawmaker-mulling-hearing-juvenile-justice/">Lawmaker Mulls Hearing on Juvenile Justice</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Oct 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-10-02 06:00"> Oct. 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/lawmaker-mulling-hearing-juvenile-justice/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/lawmaker-mulling-hearing-juvenile-justice/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/11/JuveJustice-Arrest-2_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/11/JuveJustice-Arrest-2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Victor V.</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>State Sen. John Whitmire might call a hearing and seek leadership changes at the Texas Juvenile Justice Department after multiple </span><span>reports of youths fighting, climbing onto rooftops and running away from staff in large numbers at youth correctional facilities.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/02/lawmaker-mulling-hearing-juvenile-justice/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/mccaul-vela-praise-extradition-alleged-criminals/">McCaul, Vela Praise Extradition of Alleged Criminals</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 1 Oct 2015 17:31:14 -0500" title="2015-10-01 17:31"> Oct. 1, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/mccaul-vela-praise-extradition-alleged-criminals/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/mccaul-vela-praise-extradition-alleged-criminals/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/22/Guzman_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="A picture of Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaqu铆n "El Chapo" Guzm谩n Loera is released by Mexican law enforcement officials in February 2014 after Guzm谩n was captured."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/02/22/Guzman_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="A picture of Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaqu铆n "El Chapo" Guzm谩n Loera is released by Mexican law enforcement officials in February 2014 after Guzm谩n was captured." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A picture of Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaqu铆n "El Chapo" Guzm谩n Loera is released by Mexican law enforcement officials in February 2014 after Guzm谩n was captured.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A pair of Texas congressmen who lambasted the Mexican government after the embarrassing July escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán lauded Mexico on Thursday for extraditing 13 alleged criminals to the United States.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/mccaul-vela-praise-extradition-alleged-criminals/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/dps-chief-says-agency-will-investigate-any-alleged/">DPS Chief Calls Harassment Claims "Garbage"</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:43:11 -0500" title="2015-10-01 16:43"> Oct. 1, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/dps-chief-says-agency-will-investigate-any-alleged/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/dps-chief-says-agency-will-investigate-any-alleged/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/30/_aBDA8230McCraw2_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw speaks to State Rep. Garnet Coleman, chair of the House Committee on County Affairs during a hearing on July 30, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/07/30/_aBDA8230McCraw2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw speaks to State Rep. Garnet Coleman, chair of the House Committee on County Affairs during a hearing on July 30, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw speaks to State Rep. Garnet Coleman, chair of the House Committee on County Affairs during a hearing on July 30, 2015</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday said it was absurd that some border residents claim state troopers are harassing residents during the ongoing border surge in the Rio Grande Valley.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/dps-chief-says-agency-will-investigate-any-alleged/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/30/prosecutor-hire-deal-postponed/">Travis County Prosecutor-For-Hire Deal Postponed</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jay-root/">Jay Root</a> and Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:54:16 -0500" title="2015-09-30 16:54"> Sept. 30, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/30/prosecutor-hire-deal-postponed/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/30/prosecutor-hire-deal-postponed/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/14/TT-p2p-revisit_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/14/TT-p2p-revisit_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Shelby Knowles</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A controversial agreement between the Travis County District Attorney's Office and Texas Mutual Insurance in which the company pays prosecutors to pursue its fraud cases will be suspended — at least for now, officials said Wednesday.  </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/30/prosecutor-hire-deal-postponed/"> <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/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/">Tarrant County Defends Right to Charge Poor Petitioners</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jordan-rudner/">Jordan Rudner</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:10:11 -0500" title="2015-09-23 12:10"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/23/UP9A0023_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace Jefferson speaks with a group of people after oral arguments before the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson argued on behalf of six plaintiffs who were charged with court fees during divorce proceedings even though all six had filed "pauper petitions.""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/23/UP9A0023_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace Jefferson speaks with a group of people after oral arguments before the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson argued on behalf of six plaintiffs who were charged with court fees during divorce proceedings even though all six had filed "pauper petitions."" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Wallace Jefferson speaks with a group of people after oral arguments before the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson argued on behalf of six plaintiffs who were charged with court fees during divorce proceedings even though all six had filed "pauper petitions."</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">The Texas Supreme Court scrutinized the legality of court costs imposed on indigent plaintiffs — in this case, fees the Tarrant County clerk’s office charged six poor<strong> </strong>plaintiffs pursuing divorces — during oral arguments on Wednesday.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/tarrant-county-defends-court-fees-against-poor/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/">Panetti Lawyers Want His Competence Evaluated</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 06:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/26/PannettiChamber_copy_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Death row inmate Scott Panetti."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/11/26/PannettiChamber_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Death row inmate Scott Panetti." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by TDCJ</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Death row inmate Scott Panetti.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">Lawyers for death row inmate Scott Panetti will get a chance Wednesday to argue that their client's ongoing mental illness — and the state's failure to evaluate his mental state — should forestall his execution for two 1992 killings.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/panetti-legal-team-argue-evaluation-counsel/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/">Indigent Court Fee Case Goes Before Supreme Court</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 06:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/SupremeCourtCMS_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Texas Supreme Court justices listen to the State of the Judiciary speech on February 23, 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/SupremeCourtCMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas Supreme Court justices listen to the State of the Judiciary speech on February 23, 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Supreme Court justices listen to the State of the Judiciary speech on February 23, 2011.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>When and how local clerks can make poor plaintiffs pay court fees to get divorced will be argued before the Texas Supreme Court Wednesday, with both sides hoping the justices provide clarity on the contentious issue.  </span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/indigent-court-fees-case-goes-supreme-court/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/judge-temporarily-halts-cuts-childrens-therapy/">Judge Temporarily Halts Cuts to Children's Therapy</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/edgar-walters/">Edgar Walters</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:39:43 -0500" title="2015-09-22 18:39"> Sept. 22, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/judge-temporarily-halts-cuts-childrens-therapy/comments/"><span class="value">26</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/judge-temporarily-halts-cuts-childrens-therapy/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/28/Medicaid-Capitol-3_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/28/Medicaid-Capitol-3_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p dir="ltr">Deep cuts to a therapy program for poor and disabled children will not take effect Oct. 1, a state district judge ruled Tuesday afternoon — the second such delay in recent weeks. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/judge-temporarily-halts-cuts-childrens-therapy/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/lawmakers-zero-jail-standards-mental-health/">Lawmakers Zero in on Jail Standards, Mental Health</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/johnathan-silver/">Johnathan Silver</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:23:20 -0500" title="2015-09-22 18:23"> Sept. 22, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" 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class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jay-root/">Jay Root</a> and Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:50:00 -0500" title="2015-09-22 17:50"> Sept. 22, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/travis-county-cant-stop-privately-funded-prosecuti/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/travis-county-cant-stop-privately-funded-prosecuti/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/08/Brief_P2P_lead_art_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a 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<section class="summary"> <p><span>A group of youth offenders once considered the worst of the worst for crimes including murder, capital murder, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated robbery returned to Giddings State School recently </span><span>not as inmates but as thankful adults.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/27/former-juvenile-offenders-paying-it-forward/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/25/tdcj-making-lethal-drugs-agency-wont-say/">Texas Prisons Deny Making Execution Drugs</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a> and <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jordan-rudner/">Jordan Rudner</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:11:00 -0500" title="2015-09-25 16:11"> Sept. 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/25/tdcj-making-lethal-drugs-agency-wont-say/comments/"><span class="value">9</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/25/tdcj-making-lethal-drugs-agency-wont-say/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/06/04/TCJD-Execution_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151007060912/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/06/04/TCJD-Execution_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>The Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Friday shot down allegations that it is manufacturing its own hard-to-find execution drugs after federal defense attorneys in an Oklahoma death row case accused the Texas prison system of doing exactly that.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/25/tdcj-making-lethal-drugs-agency-wont-say/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/25/ex-lawmaker-stick-gets-six-days-jail-drunken-drivi/">Former Lawmaker Sentenced to Six Days in Jail for Drunken Driving</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jordan-rudner/">Jordan Rudner</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:22:12 -0500" title="2015-09-25 10:22"> Sept. 25, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" 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DWI arrest." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Jack Stick, former chief counsel of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, sits inside a Travis County courtroom during his 2015 trial for a 2012 DWI arrest.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A Travis County judge <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1159061339">on Friday</span> sentenced former state representative Jack Stick to six days in jail and a 90-day driver's license suspension for driving while intoxicated, according to prosecutors.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/25/ex-lawmaker-stick-gets-six-days-jail-drunken-drivi/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151007060912/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/24/study-says-concealed-carry-permits-dont-affect-cri/">Study: Concealed Handgun Permits Don't 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