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  • On Friday, Tomas Roque pleaded guilty in federal court after he showed up in his uniform to help an FBI informant escort cocaine
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  • The ban on spending tax money on things like multi-million dollar jumbotrons was taken out of the bill before it got to Gov. Perry
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  • An HISD board member is facing tough questions from federal investigators, on top of a lawsuit he's already facing
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  • It's a proposal to building a billion-dollar gate that would close in the event of a storm surge, keeping damaging waves away
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  • We've lost 64 firefighters since the late 1890s in Houston, but four in one in day is unheard of
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  • They're ripped off and overgrown and need someone to fix them up or tear them down. But developers are being turned away
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  • He's always managed to stay one step ahead of serious trouble until now. And he's alleging the FBI was helping him along the way.
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  • We're investigating the constable's Mother's Day flower operation. Did his good intentions turn into a waste of money?
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  • Used to showing courage under fire, the chief of the Katy Fire Department is now in a different kind of hot seat
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  • First responders are sharing stories about the day in 2003 when 19 illegal immigrants were left for dead in a trailer near Victoria
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  • True the Vote was harshly critiqued during election season, but it seems the group's been on the government radar for even longer
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  • Hours after the Port of Houston voted to curtail entertainment spending, it spent thousands of your money on a swanky party
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  • The Texas governor is explaining why he can't support a bill to impose background checks on gun buyers, even if Texans want it
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  • A Texas bill would sweep a majority of Houston port commissioners out of office. It's the result of an 13 Undercover investigation
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  • An ABC13 investigation into a program that uses tax dollars to pay for stadium Jumbotrons took center stage at the Texas Capitol
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  • We went all the way to Austin to ask Susan Combs about the millions taxpayers spent on TVs at sports arenas. Still no answer
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  • A new report funded by the Texans and rodeo says they can demolish the iconic structure for much less than initially proposed
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  • The initial investigation started with the alcohol-testing BAT vans, but then turned to the ex-DA's conduct toward grand jurors
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  • It's an expensive gamble. Texans who file a suit and lose could end up owing more than they bargained for -- even after a win
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  • As our investigation into port spending was airing Tuesday, we found Port of Houston commissioners spending even more money
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  • His leg was broken during a store robbery last month, but Sonic won't provide him health care because he broke a company rule
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  • Just when we thought we couldn't be surprised by spending at the Port of Houston, we came across some eye-popping tabs
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  • Lawmakers took action after we exposed a policy that allowed the state to spend millions in arena upgrades for NBA All-Star events
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  • As Texas cut funding to schools and health care, it spent millions on sports arenas. How could this happen, and who's responsible?
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  • The All-Star weekend will bring in big cash but huge chunks of it is going back to organizers, and that's not sitting well with lawmakers
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  • The port inked a deal to get cruise lines to its empty terminal, but it's costing you more cash, and that's not sitting well
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  • After years of sitting empty, the $100M Bayport Cruise Terminal is finally getting 2 cruise lines. But who'll really profit from the deal?
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  • A Spanish company hired to build the train cars says a strike has set back their deadline, and METRO isn't happy about it
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  • He's a convicted mobster and now he's being sued in connection to botched car deals. So why is no one in a hurry to find him?
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  • This case has it all: luxury cars, big cash, a Houston rapper, an NFL player, the FBI -- and a notorious Russian mobster
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  • A marijuana charge erroneously listed on one woman's record was preventing her from getting a job, so she turned to us for help
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  • A controversial plan to expand options for Texas public school parents could face strong opposition, and the fight could be costly
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  • The fed goverment is already taking more cash out of your paycheck. Now, there's a push to control spending at the state level
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  • As Texas considers using tax dollars to send qualifying students to private schools, we see how a similar plan in Lousiana works
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  • A proposed bill seeks to create a voucher program that would help cover private school tuition for students zoned to failing schools
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  • The allegation comes after a city audit, and now officials want the office supply giant to pay more than $6M to clear up the charges
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  • They jumped in front of a tanker truck, hoping to stop Canadian oil. But it may not have been aimed at the right spot
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  • The constable says he doesn't plan to step aside and two county commissioners say they see no need for him to step aside
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  • The food fight over getting more fruits and veggies on your kids' lunch plates at school could be a futile battle
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  • It would be too much money to borrow at once, too many plans to create at once and too much constrction to manage at once
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  • A mom turned undercover drug informant says she is now demanding Friendswood police stop offering informant deals to traffic violators
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  • A mom stopped by Friendswood police for a bad lane change says she ended up turning into a confidential drug informant
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  • The test showed he wasn't intoxicated. But before the case was thrown out of court he says he got a $60 bill from the DPS
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  • In the10 years, METRO spent $71M to build the line. But the agency recently took that project off the table for at least a decade
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  • Rick Perry says he won't yet rule out a presidential run in 2016 and a potential Texas governor re-election race in 2014
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  • One digit could mean the difference between freedom and jail time for the tens of thousands of probationers in Harris County
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  • There have been complaints of a system riddled with errors sending the innocent to jail due to alleged drug testing issues
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  • We investigate what METRO's grand compromise means for riders, taxpayers and you
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  • Galveston is ground zero in a battle over who can help register residents to vote, and it could set a precedent for the entire state
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  • But we realized a decision not to change the amount of money METRO gives local cities actually changes a lot
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