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Last March, Alamo Heights sweet shop Laika Cheesecake & Espresso raised more than $70,000 in support of the Ukrainian armed forces.

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Comun provides Latino immigrants access to traditional financial services without requiring a social security number.

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Sen. Lois Kolkhorst filed a bill that would ban citizens, governments and entities from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from purchasing land in the state, part of what she and other Republicans have said will help stem foreign influence in Texas.

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Texas has the second-largest population of immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in the country. An appeals court is expected to rule soon on whether the program is legal.

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Might as well call this week's roundup of the Current's most-read stories the 'Texas Atrocities Tour.'

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Abbott blamed the tragedy on Biden's 'open border policy,' but if the borders were open why would anyone smuggle migrants in a tractor-trailer?

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