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Senate Democrats blocked U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) amendment to the Schumer-Manchin Tax-and-Spend Bill to strike the $80 billion dollar slush fund to prevent the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents.

Arkansas lawmakers are meeting this week for a special session on tax cuts and school safety grants that's been spurred by the state's $1.6 billion surplus.

An 87-year-old man who killed himself when police arrived at his home last week was part of a felony investigation for sexual abuse of a child.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a Montana-led multi-state amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule making on bump stocks.

The Texarkana, Texas, city council met Monday evening to discuss nominations and re-appointments to several boards and committees including the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Civil Service Commission, the Historic Landmark Preservation Committee, and the “Keep Texarkana Beautiful” commission.

At a press conference held yesterday afternoon at the Bi-State Justice Building, Bowie County Sheriff Sam Neal discussed the outcome of the weekend manhunt for a man who shot two people before fleeing and shooting a deputy in the face while trying to escape justice.