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Gov. Abbott freezes college tuition at public schools through 2026-27
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says that he will not allow college tuitions to go up in the upcoming biennium.
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Texas hospitals must ask patients for citizenship status beginning Friday
A new Texas order is requiring hospitals to ask patients for their citizenship status starting Nov. 1. NBC 5’s Larry Collins has the details.
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‘One Pill Kills' awareness campaign bringing fentanyl deaths down, governor says
Governor Abbott speaks on fentanyl poisoning death decrease in Texas
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Gov. Abbott comments on Robert Roberson reprieve at Dallas campaign stop
The governor spoke briefly but publicly in Dallas for the first time about the halted execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson.
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Texas governor breaks silence on ‘shaken baby' capital murder case
Governor Greg Abbott is breaking his silence about the controversial ‘shaken baby’ capital murder case. The governor spoke briefly but publicly in Dallas about the halted execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has the latest on where the case stands.
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Death row inmate's attorney testifies in ‘shaken baby' conviction
At the Texas State Capital, a bi-partisan hearing is underway late into the night to save the life of Robert Roberson, a death row inmate from Palestine. His attorney is currently testifying. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more.
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House Committee hearing over death row case begins Monday
Lawmakers saved Robert Roberson minutes before his execution by calling him to appear, but he is not testifying because of a fight between state leaders over whether it should be virtual or in person. Instead this hearing has been an effort from lawmakers and celebrity supporters to build public pressure to get him a new trial.
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Abbott says House Committee ‘stepped out of line' in death row case, hearing continues
The attorney representing the Texas governor’s office filed an amicus brief Monday saying the petition filed by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence last week regarding the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson should be tossed out.
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Texas Supreme Court issues stay of execution for Robert Roberson
Texas House members were successful in halting the execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson III when the Supreme Court of Texas granted a stay on Thursday night. NBC 5’s Larry Collins tells us more.
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Texas Supreme Court issues stay halting Robert Roberson's execution
The Supreme Court of Texas granted a stay late Thursday night effectively halting the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson III.
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State expected to appeal TRO granted for man facing execution; Supreme Court denies stay
There’s been a flurry of action surrounding the effort to save a Texas man set for execution. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to stop Robert Roberson’s execution. But an Austin judge then issued a ruling calling for prison officials to delay the sentence. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero takes a look at what’s happening as officials took Roberson to the death...
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Texas Supreme Court halts execution of Robert Roberson III
Despite saying credible evidence of his innocence has been raised, the Supreme Court of the United States has denied a stay for Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson III and said it’s up to Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a 30-day stay.
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Robert Roberson scheduled to be executed for ‘shaken baby' death on Thursday
Without intervention from Greg Abbott or the U.S. Supreme Court, a Texas man would be the first to be executed for a conviction based on a syndrome that has come under scientific scrutiny. NBC 5’s Larry Collins tells us the details.
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Efforts continue to stop the Thursday execution of Robert Roberson
Despite testimony that a man on death row is innocent Robert Roberson’s fate is all but sealed. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected the East Texas father bid for clemency plea Wednesday. Roberson was convicted of shaking his young daughter to death more than 20 years ago. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero is monitoring the final appeals in the...
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Texas parole board denies clemency for man in ‘shaken baby' death
The Texas Board of Paroles and Pardons has denied recommending clemency for Robert Roberson III one day before his scheduled execution, according to NBC News.
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Gov. Abbott, Texas football coaches bring fentanyl awareness to Friday football
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott teamed up with some of the state’s college football coaches for an ad campaign warning about the dangers of fentanyl, which is set to air at high school football games across the state Friday night.
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Texas Stock Exchange has $135 million pledged, CEO says
According to TXSE’s founder and CEO, Jim Lee, the next major step is getting approval from the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission, regulators in Washington, D.C.
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Pledges announced to create Texas stock exchange
Business leaders took one more step towards the creation of a Texas stock exchange headquartered in Dallas. They announced pledges of $135 million to start up the project. NBC 5’s Phil Prazan has details.
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New Texas Business Court judges will hear civil suits from corporate world
It’s being called the biggest shakeup to Texas courts in more than a century. Gov. Greg Abbott swore in the justices for the newly formed Texas Business Court. NBC 5’s Keenan Willard takes a look at the new trial court system.
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Texas Business Court judges sworn in at Fort Worth ceremony
Texas Governor Greg Abbott swore in the justices for the Texas Business Court, a new trial court system that will hear civil suits stemming from the corporate world. At the kickoff celebration, NBC 5 got answers from state leaders on the oversight the new system will have.