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class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/matthew-choi/">Matthew Choi</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:27:09 -0600" title="2024-11-27 10:27 CST"> Nov. 27, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The Texan has been imprisoned in China for 12 years on charges of drug trafficking. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/27/texas-china-prisoner-mark-swidan-freed/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/11/27/texas-china-prisoner-mark-swidan-freed/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> 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href="/about/staff/kayla-guo/">Kayla Guo</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:21:03 -0600" title="2024-11-20 15:21 CST"> Nov. 20, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Martin, a senior official, takes the helm of the agency on Dec. 1, replacing retiring director Steve McCraw. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/20/texas-department-public-safety-director/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/11/20/texas-department-public-safety-director/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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Martin." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Department of Public Safety website </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/11/18/greg-abbott-chinese-government-dissidents-operation-fox-hunt/">Gov. Greg Abbott issues executive order targeting Chinese government operatives in Texas</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/james-barragan/">James Barragán</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:42:00 -0600" title="2024-11-18 17:42 CST"> Updated: Nov. 18, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The order is in response to “Operation Fox Hunt,” a Chinese government initiative intended to root out corruption but in practice has been used to intimidate Chinese citizens living abroad. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/18/greg-abbott-chinese-government-dissidents-operation-fox-hunt/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use 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hearings, saying it violated the First Amendment. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/16/caldwell-county-public-bail-hearing-lawsuit/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/11/16/caldwell-county-public-bail-hearing-lawsuit/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/Hgi7M3mvjwhSPrN_69elSWDpv3M=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/522066a5b5f13aa0cb580ad8881f7ad0/US%20Federal%20Courtroom%20IS%20TT%2001.jpg" alt="Article thumbnail" class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source 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 <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/kayla-guo/">Kayla Guo</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:46:29 -0600" title="2024-11-14 18:46 CST"> Nov. 14, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court documents. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/14/texas-melissa-lucio-capital-murder-conviction-recommendation/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a 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Victoria Neave Criado, D-Dallas, speaks at a rally organized at Dallas City Hall to free Melissa Lucio on April 7, 2022." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/11/13/texas-social-workers-ban-lawsuit/">A push to change a 2019 Texas law that bars certain felons from becoming social workers</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/stephen-simpson/">Stephen Simpson</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0600" title="2024-11-13 05:00 CST"> Nov. 13, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Texas prohibits people with assault convictions, among other felonies, from becoming social workers. 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https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/EpY2zUTJJU9MMQ4kbzZ4N9JGDRc=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b2e4691708df0579e925d0b71b4d437f/1112%20Social%20Worker%20IP%2001.jpg 375w"> <img data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/uLRPUYsK-mS6KVmidITuP6JWzTY=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/b2e4691708df0579e925d0b71b4d437f/1112%20Social%20Worker%20IP%2001.jpg" alt="Tammy Thompson, left, and Katherin Youniacutt, right, pose for a portrait the night before filing a lawsuit against the state of Texas to try and reverse the 2019 law that prevents convicted felons from becoming licensed social workers." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/11/12/texas-robert-roberson-separation-of-powers-subpoena/">Texas Supreme Court removes temporary block to Robert Roberson’s execution</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/pooja-salhotra/">Pooja Salhotra</a> and <a href="/about/staff/terri-langford/">Terri Langford</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:15:00 -0600" title="2024-11-15 10:15 CST"> Updated: Nov. 15, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The state’s highest civil court ruled that legislators can’t use subpoenas to block death row inmates’ executions, but suggested there’s still time for Roberson to testify before a Texas House panel. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/12/texas-robert-roberson-separation-of-powers-subpoena/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/11/12/texas-robert-roberson-separation-of-powers-subpoena/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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Wharton was an investigator in the case of the death of Nikki Roberson and has expressed his doubts of Roberson's guilt and agrees with stopping his execution. With his scheduled execution drawing closer, a hearing debating the certainty of Robreson's guilt and there is a bipartisan push to stay his execution. 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Wharton was an investigator in the case of the death of Nikki Roberson and has expressed his doubts of Roberson's guilt and agrees with stopping his execution. With his scheduled execution drawing closer, a hearing debating the certainty of Robreson's guilt and there is a bipartisan push to stay his execution. Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune" class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/11/06/texas-7-death-row-randy-halprin-new-trial/">Texas’ highest criminal court orders new trial for death row inmate over judge's alleged antisemitic bias</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By Juan A. 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class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:35:00 -0600" title="2024-11-06 08:35 CST"> Updated: Nov. 6, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Three new faces will join the bench, but the political balance of power will remain the same on the Court of Criminal Appeals. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/11/06/court-of-criminal-appeals-2024-election-results/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/11/06/court-of-criminal-appeals-2024-election-results/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img 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class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/10/29/robert-roberson-shaken-baby-texas-death-row-evidence/">There are warring depictions of Robert Roberson’s murder case. Here’s what to know.</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/kayla-guo/">Kayla Guo</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:23:43 -0500" title="2024-10-29 17:23 CDT"> Oct. 29, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Even before the Texas man’s death sentence became a political lightning rod, law enforcement and medical experts had differing opinions on the evidence that convicted him. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/10/29/robert-roberson-shaken-baby-texas-death-row-evidence/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/10/29/robert-roberson-shaken-baby-texas-death-row-evidence/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/yhlZI87oH2sCP-ImBIYRImHCnPs=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg" alt="Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. Texas death row prisoners are housed in Livingston but executed at the state prison in Huntsville, about 43 miles away." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/ReOGmGVVC-gNLQFpSsD7LWhuQoE=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 3000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/DrAHxjsvoJmouQM3_IxVsGmm2wk=/2500x1675/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 2500w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/tjbbE30i2_N3V-VAPQFmOM6LA9Y=/1550x1038/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 1550w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/v_UT5JaC6dLyhakZKHfUuuYam-0=/1200x804/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 1200w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/hGgrcQwVvJh5UCmnQRefWmcBV_o=/1000x670/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 1000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/o8h9p4-GZlCCEPx-GPEHZA4wtVo=/850x570/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 850w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/z0rP3DBdJG1vB8zzSyfVaMcrzIA=/640x429/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 640w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/XyzKlSIW4IBXnNXLg7aRXDKDNDE=/375x251/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 375w" type="image/webp"> <source data-srcset="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/2Hu1Z1BrgvwrrmddnaQYC4mn3wg=/3000x2010/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 3000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/ww4nsWLRqP6xcYPBXAhLLye9fJg=/2500x1675/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 2500w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/069oPaDKEBr45zodtzXvzzmoNvs=/1550x1038/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 1550w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/CFFou_Se7DjKiz1kWpppiQ5Mbx8=/1200x804/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 1200w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/mVzAY_qorUR78730edhtkL6-L3I=/1000x670/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 1000w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/yhlZI87oH2sCP-ImBIYRImHCnPs=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 850w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/xd3A4KdnPI-D-7_Yq0OyTzK9FoU=/640x429/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 640w, https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/7rbzCv3r7LBIw4ISuq7PMoi3d2Q=/375x251/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg 375w"> <img data-src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/yhlZI87oH2sCP-ImBIYRImHCnPs=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/023db18c72c4babd07b797c9793be2bc/Robert%20Roberson%20IPL%20TT%2021.jpg" alt="Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. Texas death row prisoners are housed in Livingston but executed at the state prison in Huntsville, about 43 miles away." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/10/29/ken-paxton-jeff-leach-robert-roberson/">Ken Paxton calls on Rep. Jeff Leach to resign over texts to judge in Robert Roberson case</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By <a href="/about/staff/kayla-guo/">Kayla Guo</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:38:17 -0500" title="2024-10-29 16:38 CDT"> Oct. 29, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">The AG also said he’d make a criminal referral against the lawmaker, who apologized for texting a Court of Criminal Appeals judge about a new trial for the death row inmate. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/10/29/ken-paxton-jeff-leach-robert-roberson/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/10/29/ken-paxton-jeff-leach-robert-roberson/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/c1ayFTaA0npimbDWBek0YITeN8M=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2d1055b8b44de964f743d05122a7c564/0523%20GOP%20Convention%20EH%2053.jpg" alt="Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Texas GOP Convention Thursday, May 23, 2024 in San Antonio." class="c-image__img l-width-full l-display-block did-load"> </noscript> <picture> <source data-srcset="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/jqjip9Skk387iGAke4tOVvv2Puo=/3000x2010/smart/filters:format(webp):quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2d1055b8b44de964f743d05122a7c564/0523%20GOP%20Convention%20EH%2053.jpg 3000w, 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Antonio." class="js-lazy-image js-lazy-image--target c-image__img" data-sizes="auto"> </picture> </div> </div> </a> <figcaption class="c-caption t-links-underlined l-display-block t-size-xxxs c-caption--compact is-hidden-until-bp-l"> <cite> <span class="is-sr-only">Credit:</span><span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#camera"></use></svg></span> Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune </cite> </figcaption> </figure> </article> </li> <li class="c-block-feed__item c-block-feed__item--no-border-from-bp-m"> <article class="c-story-block"> <div class="c-story-block__text">  <h2 class="c-story-block__headline t-serif t-lh-s t-lsp-s t-links-underlined-hover has-xxxs-btm-marg t-wrap-balance js-balance"><a href="/2024/10/29/texas-harris-county-teacher-certification-cheating-ring/">Hundreds illegally got Texas teacher licenses through cheating ring, Harris County prosecutors say</a></h2>  <p class="byline t-byline t-links t-uppercase t-lsp-m t-size-xxs has-text-gray-dark has-b-btm-marg"><span class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item smallcaps--light t-size-xxs"> By Asher Lehrer-Small, Angelica Perez and Jacob Carpenter, <a href="https://www.houstonlanding.org/">Houston Landing</a></span><time class="t-byline__item l-display-ib byline--item" datetime="Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:36:45 -0500" title="2024-10-29 11:36 CDT"> Oct. 29, 2024 </time></p>  <p class="t-serif t-links t-size-s is-hidden-until-bp-s">Five people were charged in connection with the scheme. Investigators say aspiring teachers would pay for help cheating in the certification test. <a class="t-uppercase t-size-xxs t-lsp-m t-sans l-display-ib" href="/2024/10/29/texas-harris-county-teacher-certification-cheating-ring/">Full Story <span class="c-icon c-icon--baseline"><svg aria-hidden="true"><use xlink:href="#long-arrow-right"></use></svg></span> </a> </p> </div> <figure class="c-story-block__image-wrap"> <a href="/2024/10/29/texas-harris-county-teacher-certification-cheating-ring/" tabindex="-1"> <div class="c-image"> <div class="c-image__placeholder has-bg-white-off"> <noscript> <img src="https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/yWP6NVOn8jqVB7k4CIWGINpLdQ4=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/6702939dacdaa4df668515e05ccd234d/Kim%20Ogg%20Presser%20AM%20TT%2001.jpg" alt="Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg speaks at a press conference at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center in Houston on Thursday, April 25, 2024." 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