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Texas Gov. Abbott sends National Guard to border after increase in fentanyl seizures

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Texas Gov. Abbott sends National Guard to border after increase in fentanyl seizures

Gov. Greg Abbott called the smuggling of fentanyl across the Texas-Mexico border a "crisis" and said that he has deployed 1,000 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and National Guard members to combat the problem.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Texas considers free school breakfast for all to remove stigma

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill to provide free or low-price meals to all students in schools where 80 percent or more qualify for the program.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Cheney indicted in Texas case

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has been indicted in Texas, accused of aiding in the neglect of federal immigration inmates by contracting for-profit prisons.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Texas Senate passes life without parole

The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would give juries the sentencing option of life without parole in capital murder cases.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Texas senators want sentencing changes

Two Texas senators Friday urged swift action on legislation to change the state's sentencing laws in light of the new ban on executing juvenile killers. Sens. Rodney Ellis and Eddie Lucio, both Democrats, asked Republican Gov. Rick Perry to designate eme

Top News // 1 decade ago

Texas to consider death penalty option

Some legislators want to give juries in Texas capital murder trials a new sentencing option in addition to death or life with eligibility for parole. The bill authored by Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, would permit juries to sentence a convicted killer

Top News // 1 decade ago

Texas to consider death penalty option

A bill was pre-filed in the Texas Legislature Monday that would give the state's juries the option of a life sentence without parole in capital cases.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Texas legislator seeks help for colonias

Texas has spent millions to improve life in the makeshift colonias along the Texas-Mexican border, but some still have no running water or sewer services. State Sen. Eddie Lucio, the author of many bills to help the estimated 500,000 residents, says there

Top News // 2 decades ago

Texas legislators end raucous session

Texas legislators Monday put the final touches on a raucous 140-day session that passed a $117.4 billion budget, home insurance reforms and a new ethics bill that some say is the strongest in a decade.

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Texas weighs new option in capital cases

A bill may soon come up for debate in the Texas Senate that would give juries the option of a sentence of life without parole in capital cases for the first tim

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Since each defendant and each crime is unique, jurors should be equipped with all available options in order to select which punishment appropriately fits the crime, without weakening our penal system
Texas weighs new option in capital cases Apr 04, 2003

There are people who feel there ought to be an option that somebody who doesn't get the death penalty but who continues to pose a danger to society should not be able to walk the streets again
Texas weighs new option in capital cases Apr 04, 2003

Eduardo Andres “Eddie” Lucio, Jr. (born 20 January 1946) is a Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 27th District since 1991.

Lucio is the father of Eddie Lucio, III who served in the Texas House of Representatives in the 80th Legislature.

On November 18, 2008, he was indicted on corruption charges for "profiting from his public office by accepting honoraria from prison management companies."

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