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The Justice Department announced charges in what officials describe as the largest health care fraud bust in DOJ history.
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A Lubbock man was named alongside more than 300 others in what officials are calling the largest health care fraud takedown in Justice Department history. Our Brad Burt reports he was alleged to have submitted an estimated $19 million in false claims. With the past few days of rain saturating the ground, 4th on Broadway’s evening events will be moved from Mackenzie Park to the South Plains Fairground. Also due to the holiday, city offices will be closed and LHUCA's First Friday Art Trail will instead be on Thursday.
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A new execution date has been requested for Robert Roberson, who last year narrowly avoided death after Texas lawmakers intervened. Roberson was convicted for the shaken baby death of his daughter, but his case drew international attention when evidence showed she died from pneumonia. Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies has the latest. The City of Lubbock has announced several road maintenance projects starting at the beginning of this week: on 82nd Street, west of the intersection of 82nd Street and Indiana, and Mac Davis Lane.
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The oversight agency missed key inspections and left prisoner complaints unresolved.
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The Texas Education Agency released its preliminary results from this spring’s STAAR tests last week. Our Bishop Van Buren has more on the results for local school districts. The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a Houston-area father’s extensive criminal history is grounds to terminate his parental rights. KERA's Toluwani Osibamowo reports this could set a precedent for similar cases going forward.
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The measures, all authored by Houston Sen. Joan Huffman, include a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar people in the country without legal status from being released on bond if accused of a range of serious felonies.
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More than 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed in Texas because of the problems with Qiagen DNA tests.
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The appeal includes new testimony from experts who say Roberson’s daughter died of natural causes, and cites the court’s exoneration of a man in another shaken baby syndrome case out of Dallas County.
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Many of Lubbock's city leaders traveled to the Texas Capitol for "Lubbock Day," to meet with members of the legislature and discuss West Texas issues that they feel should be addressed in Austin. The Texas Newsroom's Nina Banks reports the Texas Senate also passed three bills yesterday aimed at tightening the bail system in Texas.
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Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at tightening rules on who gets bail and how it's set.