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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ tough stance on marijuana as the drug becomes increasingly legal elsewhere in the U.S. has grounded a bipartisan push in the state to decriminalize minor offenses _ a change the Texas GOP platform has come around …

Coaches and officials in Ohio’s youth sports leagues could face criminal penalties for violating a new state law governing young athletes’ concussions and head injuries. But state lawmakers said Wednesday that a bill-writing error unintentionally imposes the punishments and they …