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  Immigrant Advocates Across North Texas Celebrate Supreme Court's DACA Decision

  June 19 at 4 a.m.

  The U.S. Supreme Court has been busy settling landmark cases this week. Monday, it ruled that gay and transgender people are protected from workplace discrimination under the Civil Rights Act. Thursday, it upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields certain undocumented immigrants from deportation. Considering the court’s...

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  North Texans Happy About Supreme Court LGBT Decision, See More Work Ahead

  June 16 at 4 a.m.

  In 2017, Mansfield ISD suspended art teacher Stacy Bailey for being gay. The two-time teacher of the year winner lost her job after she showed her elementary-aged students a picture of her fiancee. In February, a federal judge ruled Bailey’s suspension unconstitutional. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court echoed that...

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  COVID-19 Infection Rate In Texas Prisons Far Outpaces State's Overall Numbers

  May 21 at 4 a.m.

  Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmates are testing positive for the novel coronavirus at significantly higher rates than Texans who aren't incarcerated, according to new data from the agency that oversees Texas' prisons. Late Tuesday, the department reported that, of the first 1,635 inmates tested as part of the state's...

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  Dallas Taking Municipal Courts on the Road This Month

  February 13 at 4 a.m.

  Never let it be said that Dallas isn't doing its best to make things easier on you, dear residents. Later this month, thanks to the city's largess, you'll be able to experience all the fun of a municipal court proceeding, right in your own backyard. That's right, everyone in Dallas...

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  Court Reporter Shortage Looms on Horizon for Texas

  February 3 at 4 a.m.

  Are you sick of staring at cubicle walls all day? Tired of getting stiffed on the tip after serving a table of 10? Completely finished with the thought of going to a tedious day job that never seems to change, unless it’s becoming either more tedious or simply less rewarding?...

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  Days from Death, Rodney Reed Gets Stay of Execution

  Friday, November 15, 2019 at 6:01 p.m.

  Rodney Reed will not be executed next week. Late Friday afternoon, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas' highest criminal court, granted Reed, convicted of capital murder in 1998, a stay of execution so that the trial court in his case can evaluate new evidence. [pdf-1] As Reed's execution date...