More than a dozen Texas counties are fighting a push by some Republican state lawmakers to get rid of a program that allows voters to cast their ballots at any county polling location on Election Day.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2025/02/03/512772/some-texas-lawmakers-want-to-ban-countywide-voting-on-election-day-as-local-officials-push-back/

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Waller County officials are ramping up their search for an inmate who escaped while he was receiving treatment at a Bellville hospital last week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2025/01/28/512119/search-ramps-up-for-escaped-waller-county-inmate-u-s-marshals-task-force-joins-efforts/

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Austin-Travis County EMS said it responded to a deluge of overdose-related calls Monday, beginning around 9 a.m. and continuing throughout the day.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/04/30/485040/austin-ems-reports-a-surge-of-overdose-calls-likely-tied-to-a-new-batch-of-drugs/

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