The Texas Department of Public Safety licenses seven peyoteros and monitors them on a quarterly basis.

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Jason Reyes of the Texas Department of Public Safety said search and rescue efforts were still ongoing.

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Emergency crews were having trouble reaching drivers who were caught on the roads, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Gabriel Medrano said.

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This time the unfashionable Texas Department of Public Safety has been given a chance to show it can do the job properly.

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The Texas Department of Public Safety said the suspect, Esteban J.

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Chris Kyle, 38, was one of two men killed Saturday afternoon in Glen Rose, southwest of Fort Worth, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

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The Texas Department of Public Safety, meanwhile, closed portions of U.S. Highways 87 and 187 due to overnight white out conditions expected to continue through Monday afternoon.

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For the past two days, Valero had been in contact with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the lieutenant governor's office--both of which understood that there could be no return to normalcy until gas was available again.

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