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New Texas Governor Adds To Tension Between State, City Governments

Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott acknowledges the crowd Nov. 4 after his victory speech in Austin. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption

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New Texas Governor Adds To Tension Between State, City Governments

There's growing tension between the state government and big cities in Texas. Republicans in the statehouse are chafing at moves by municipal governments in large cities and are crying foul.

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Botched Lethal Injection Executions Reignite Death Penalty Debate

Arizona Department of Corrections inmate Joseph Wood was executed by lethal injection in July. It took 15 doses and nearly two hours for him to die. AP hide caption

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Botched Lethal Injection Executions Reignite Death Penalty Debate

Capital punishment and lethal injection were in the news quite a bit in 2014. Unable to secure certain drugs, states began using new ones, and that caused a number of executions to go awry.

Botched Lethal Injection Executions Reignite Death Penalty Debate

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Law

Attorneys For Oklahoma Death Row Inmates Seek To Halt Executions

Lawyers will be in federal court to argue that the state should not be allowed to resume executions in January, as planned. Last spring, a botched execution caused the state to revise its protocols.

Attorneys For Oklahoma Death Row Inmates Seek To Halt Executions

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Business

Texas Braces For A Drop In Production After Oil Prices Fall

Oil production has been booming in Texas, fueled by technological advances. But the fall in oil prices will slow things down. The coming year is likely to see a weeding out of the weakest producers.

Texas Braces For A Drop In Production After Oil Prices Fall

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Texas Puts Execution Of Mentally Ill Man On Hold

A federal appeals court stayed the execution of Scott Panetti in Texas on Wednesday. He was scheduled to die for murdering his mother and father-in-law. Panetti is mentally ill and his case is focused attention on capital punishment and mental illness.

Texas Puts Execution Of Mentally Ill Man On Hold

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Texas Death Row Case Draws Attention To Mentally Ill Convicts

On Wednesday, Texas is scheduled to execute Scott Panetti for killing his in-laws. Panetti is mentally ill, and there are last-minute efforts underway to halt his execution.

Texas Death Row Case Draws Attention To Mentally Ill Convicts

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Texas Execution Nears For Murderer Whose Competence Was Debated

Next week, Texas is slated to execute Scott Panetti for murder. He has a long history of mental illness but was allowed to defend himself at trial, where he insisted he was a movie character.

Texas Execution Nears For Murderer Whose Competence Was Debated

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Politics

GOP Politicans From Texas Agree: It's A Great State

There are few things more satisfying than being a Republican in the great state of Texas. At the Moody Theater in Austin, Republican victors declared, when it comes to Texas, nothing's better.

GOP Politicans From Texas Agree: It's A Great State

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In Texas, A Down-Ballot Race With Big Consequences

Texas lieutenant governor hopefuls state Sen. Dan Patrick and state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte shake hands following a September debate. While most eyes are on the governor's race, this contest could have even more political consequence. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

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In Texas, A Down-Ballot Race With Big Consequences

National attention has focused on the governor's race, but the election for the office below it could be even more important for the future of Texas politics.

Was CDC Too Quick To Blame Dallas Nurses In Care Of Ebola Patient?

Dallas nurse Nina Pham speaks at a press conference after she was confirmed free of Ebola and released from a National Institutes of Health facility on Friday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Was CDC Too Quick To Blame Dallas Nurses In Care Of Ebola Patient?

It was initially implied that nurses made many of the errors in the handling of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan. Further scrutiny shows they were not at fault.

Was CDC Too Quick To Blame Dallas Nurses In Care Of Ebola Patient?

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Dallas Hospital Deals With Aftermath Of Ebola Missteps

Authorities in Texas are working to limit travel by health workers who may have been exposed to Ebola. Meanwhile, the hospital at the center of the first cases in the U.S. is trying to move forward.

Dallas Hospital Deals With Aftermath Of Ebola Missteps

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Health

In Dallas, Second Health Care Worker Tests Positive For Ebola

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the second healthcare worker in Dallas to test positive for Ebola traveled on a commercial airliner the day before she began exhibiting symptoms.

In Dallas, Second Health Care Worker Tests Positive For Ebola

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Global Health

CDC To Act Faster When A U.S. Hospital Gets An Ebola Patient

The CDC is putting more resources into helping hospitals prepare and handle Ebola patients. This, after a nurse treating Ebola patient Thomas Duncan in Dallas became infected with the virus.

CDC To Act Faster When A U.S. Hospital Gets An Ebola Patient

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In U.S., Ebola Turns From A Public Health Issue To A Political One

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (left) listens to Tom Geisbert, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, explain the work researchers are conducting in a lab in the Galveston National Laboratory on Tuesday. Numerous Republicans, including Perry, have linked the first Ebola case diagnosed in the U.S. to border control and other political issues. Jennifer Reynolds/AP hide caption

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In U.S., Ebola Turns From A Public Health Issue To A Political One

Conservative critics of the Obama administration are linking Ebola to border security and a broader mistrust of the president. Some accuse liberals of letting the disease into the U.S. intentionally.

In U.S., Ebola Turns From A Public Health Issue To A Political One

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