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Texas' Second Special Session of the Year is Over. Here are Five Things you Need to Know. | Dallas Weekly

Lawmakers will return to Austin at least one more time this year to redraw the state's political maps. Only Gov. Greg Abbott knows when that will be and if there will be additional special sessions beyond that.

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The Slaughter House Cases (1873)

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Kentucky State University [Frankfort] (1886- )

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