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Residents and small businesses across the Corpus Christi region subsidized big industrial plants' water bills for years, city officials say. The companies are now fighting to keep the subsidy.
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A Colombian man was fatally shot by an ICE agent this morning in Biddeford, Maine. Sen. Angus King says he was told the man had "weaponized" his vehicle when the shooting occurred.
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Pakistan urges restraint as Iran and the U.S. clash and a memorandum of understanding unravels.
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The redistricting carried out by Tennessee lawmakers divides a community of Black voters along the same line as highway split them up 60 years ago and they say it weakens their power once again.
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Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty ImagesNPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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Faculty groups say the Texas Tech University System's new curriculum policies are unconstitutional and unlawfully restrict classroom instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation. But university leaders have called the changes "common sense." -
A recent lawsuit claims border agencies violated the federal Rivers and Harbors Act as part of the Trump administration's plan for a border wall through the Big Bend region. The Department of Homeland Security responded by waiving that law, so it doesn't have to follow it. -
Abbott on Tuesday announced the launch of the Texas Classroom Commission, made up of current and former teachers, to identify innovative solutions for student success and provide recommendations ahead of the next legislative session. -
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that "it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records." -
Mosquitoes are out in full force this summer, but dragonflies are doing their part to keep their numbers down. -
A new backcountry area at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area opened Tuesday, giving experienced hikers access to rugged new trails as the first phase of a roughly 3,000-acre expansion that has doubled the size of the popular Hill Country park.
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