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Surrounded by emails and notes from conversations with TxTag, Brad Rhul holds up a CTRMA bill for $158.43 -- something he says he never should have received because he has an active TxTag account. (KXAN Photo/Matt Grant)

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Horns beat Iowa State 81-60

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H-E-B employees say this song plays too often

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- Episode 1700-- Pictured: Musical guest Lou Bega and backup dancers performs on October 13, 1999 (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

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Allred touts bipartisan work in race for Senate

FILE - Rep Colin Allred, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Allred says he'll run for the U.S. Senate in 2024, becoming an early challenger to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Allred touts bipartisan work in race for Senate

FILE - Rep Colin Allred, D-Texas, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Allred says he'll run for the U.S. Senate in 2024, becoming an early challenger to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Judge rejects Paxton’s request to dismiss fraud charges

FILE - Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 8, put on hold a judge's ruling that approved an abortion for a pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis, throwing into limbo an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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1,600 couples marry on Valentine’s Day in Tijuana

Migrants worry about Trump reelection

Unaccompanied children’s sponsors improperly vetted

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1,000 truckers needed in Baja to keep driving economy

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Texas couple in January 6 riot found guilty

Coordinator in family drug trafficking ring sentenced

Suspect in custody after north Austin stabbing

3 attempted child abductions reported in Milam County

Llano County man facing several child porn charges

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