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State regulators don't want you to know about the 60-plus Bitcoin mines guzzling public water and electricity—even though consumers are already paying the price.

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CRYPTO’S CRYPTIC TEXAS TAKEOVER ↗

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The notorious 287(g) task force program has finally reached DPS, raising fears of widespread racial profiling.

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TEXAS TURNS ITS SPRAWLING STATE POLICE FORCE INTO IMMIGRATION AGENTS FOR TRUMP ↗

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Even without Proposition 3, "The jail system is already the largest warehouse of people with mental illness in the state of Texas."

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BAIL CRACKDOWN ON BALLOT IGNORES MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, ADVOCATES SAY ↗

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State labor investigators struggle to process more and more paycheck complaints, with millions of dollars in workers’ pay at stake.

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TEXAS CAN’T KEEP UP WITH SURGE IN WORKERS’ WAGE THEFT COMPLAINTS ↗

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Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.

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TRUMP’S ICE ARRESTED A WHISTLEBLOWER WHO EXPOSED SEXUAL ASSAULT IN DETENTION. NOW, HE’S LEFT THE COUNTRY. ↗

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Growing security deployments pose unique challenges for harm reduction groups.

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BORDER BARRIERS TO HARM REDUCTION ↗

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The Texas Majority PAC is the latest deep-pocketed initiative meant to turn Texas blue. But have its dollars just brought more discord?

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INSIDE THE RIFT BETWEEN TEXAS DEMS AND A SOROS-BACKED PAC ↗

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Her mother had been in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now, the state wanted its money back: “It was like wild animals pouncing on meat."

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BURDEN OF PROOF ↗

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