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They record more incidents per 1,000 inmates than any Texas jail

Jeff Jenkins isn’t your typical travel journalist and TV host. Instead of hiding in the jungle in a pith helmet and cargo shorts, Texas-based Jenkins is more likely to find himself in a sumo ring in Japan, swimming with sharks in Mexico or dancing with penguins in Patagonia.

On Thursday's show: We discuss a recently changed loophole in Texas law, we consider what information we've come to a little later than most, and we learn about the world of cephalopods.

The Houston Chronicle found at least five cases where law enforcement was called to investigate possible obscenity in a library book.

The Kerrville State Hospital is a new, $30 million state-owned inpatient mental health facility. With heightened demand for mental health treatment, you’d expect the facility to be full. Instead, it’s completely empty.

The new unit of the Kerrville State Hospital doesn’t have enough staff to open.

Texas’ approach to regulating law enforcement is toothless.

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District fired a school police officer after learning she was not only present at Robb Elementary during the shooting in May, but under investigation for her actions on the day of the massacre. Also: Following protests by parents, Uvalde suspends all activities for its school police unit, with workers reassigned, placed on leave or resigning. And: A Texas author is calling for a healthier vision for boys and masculinity moreover. Those stories and muc...

Read the Express-News letters to the editor for June 21.

Cuellar has ties to a Houston-based businessman who was convicted of lying to Congress...