Texas Tribune Weekend Insider: Drug Runner Rehab, Reversed Verdict
Texas Tribune Weekend Insider: Drug Runner Rehab, Reversed Verdict – Michelle Gaines, was 19 when she was hit by a truck hauling an oil rig. She was in the hospital for 14 months, and her father and lawyers say she now has the mental capacity of a 12 year old. She may never be able to live on her own. A jury awarded Michelle nearly million. An appeals court overturned the jury’s verdict. Reporter Brandi Grissom explains this tragic and unusual case. First Julian Aguilar takes us to Eagle Pass. Teenagers are being recruited by drug cartels to smuggle marijuana across the Texas-Mexico border. So many of these kids are getting busted that law enforcement doesn’t have enough room to house the delinquents. It’s led the county to take donations for a new facility, which is being built, in part, by county employees and teenagers who have already found trouble. Find these stories in the weekend editions of The New York Times and at texastribune.org.
Lynch: Make a difference in a young life
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A recent study by the Bush School of Government and Public Services at Texas A&M; projected that dropouts from the class of 2012 will cost Texas taxpayers $ 6 billion to $ 10 billion dollars over their lifetimes. At-risk children often end up in prison …
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Catching up on films
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Other big films included Sundance darling “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” the poignant and lyrical journey with a 6-year-old protagonist, and the reality-based character study “Bernie,” about a well-liked Texas funeral director charged with murdering an …
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Wednesday State News Briefs: Racine businessman rescues Christmas for family
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A long-time park official in Milwaukee is a finalist for the new parks director in Dallas Texas. Sue Black is competing for the job with … men when they picked up the package. It's the first khat-related case in the Green Bay area – but as the region …
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