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Speaker Craddick releases second chunk of House committee interim charges.

Youth jails end suspension of staff overtime pay

Five months after the Texas Youth Commission reform bill was crafted to protect youth inmates, TYC is massively understaffed, with a third of all posts empty

Northwest Austin suburb chal­lenges the Voting Rights Act

Texas Youth Commission ombudsman tells legislators: having the tools to fix TYC is not the same as it being fixed.

In a South Austin apartment complex, residents organize for change

Town Lake Animal Center threatens to swallow the evening, and Will Wynn hates morning congestion.

Illinois workers allegedly fired due to 'no match' problems with Social Security numbers

Cops given choice whether to arrest for minor pot possession

Texas police officers will be given a choice to issue a ticket instead of arrest individuals for certain Class A and B misdemeanors – including possession of up to 4oz of marijuana

July 19-25

Animal shelter conditions draw outrage and accusations

How did the session end in the eastern chamber of the Lege?

Speaker Craddick is finding that everyone can play the parliamentary rules game.

The last negotiations over reforming TYC have been completed: will they mean an accountable management?

No permanent tent prisons this sessions - just the temporary ones that are already there.

Voter-ID bills protect voters ... by keeping them away from polls

Activists hold "People's Hearing" at Capitol to call attention to house resolution demanding alternatives to incarceration of immigrant children .