Bill would require drug test for benefits

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AUSTIN (AP) — Wendy Davis was 18 and pregnant when she lost her job at Dresser Industries in Dallas. To pay the bills, she did what many laid-off workers do: She collected unemployment benefits for a few months. Thirty years later, state Sen. Wendy …
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Dems push assault weapons ban through Senate panel

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They've not expressed support for an assault weapons ban. They have discussed improving how states report data on people with serious mental health and drug abuse problems to the federal background check system. Both parties see that as a major flaw …
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Police have arrested a woman for reportedly trying to sell her children on …

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William Lewallen. William Lewallen was arrested after Tulsa police found his 18-month-old daughter locked in a metal dog cage, his naked 4-year old daughter outside on a cold afternoon and him asleep in a drug or alcohol induced stupor. … Sabrina …
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