Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry shot down Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border Monday.
Khorri Atkinson
Khorri Atkinson was a reporting fellow and a Chips Quinn Scholar at The Texas Tribune in 2016. He received a master’s degree at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and previously worked at MSNBC.com as a digital intern, where he wrote about national politics and the 2016 presidential election. He is a former board member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Black Gun Owners in Texas Decry Racial Bias
When police mistakenly identified a peaceful protester who was legally, openly carrying a weapon as a suspect in the Dallas attacks, it sparked outrage among black gun owners who say they’re discriminated against for exercising their Second Amendment right.
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Criminal Justice
Paxton Drops Challenge as Exxon Mobil Probe Shifts
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his Alabama counterpart have dropped their legal bid to squelch a U.S. Virgin Islands investigation of Exxon Mobil after the U.S. territory agreed to with draw a subpoena for company documents.
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Criminal Justice
Feds to Fund College Courses for Thousands of Texas Inmates
More than 2,500 Texas inmates will participate in a national experiment starting next month so that the federal government can study whether reinstating Pell Grants for prisoners might boost their chances of finding employment.
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Politics
Trump on Texit: Texas Won’t Secede “Because Texas Loves Me”
Donald Trump on Sunday said Texas will not secede from the United States if he is president because “Texas loves me.”
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Report: Texas Children Rank Low on Markers of Well-Being
Also, Fort Worth U.S. Rep. Kay Granger pulls the plug on a candidacy to lead the powerful House Appropriations panel, and Texas Democrats mull how to use Donald Trump’s rhetoric to their advantage.
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Demographics
After Supreme Court Deadlock, Undocumented Texans Plan to Fight for Change
Undocumented Texans and immigration reform advocates on Thursday denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s immigration executive order.
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Politics
Cornyn Gun Measure Fails in U.S. Senate
A week after the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history, the U.S. Senate voted down four gun control measures, including one put forward by Sen. John Cornyn seeking to ban the sale of weapons to people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list.
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Politics
Trump Ratchets Up Anti-Terrorism Rhetoric
Donald Trump on Friday used a rally in The Woodlands to ratchet up his rhetoric against terrorism, calling the gunman in the recent Orlando terrorist attack a “son of a bitch” and imploring Americans to arm themselves and be more willing to report suspicious activity.
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Bernie Sanders’ Texas Supporters Vow To Press His Agenda
At a unity press conference this week, a Sanders representative says his base will not take their “foot off the gas” on pushing the Vermont senator’s key proposals.