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January 3, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 3, 2014
Austin tops another "regions to watch" list and researchers in El Paso are trying to 3-D print human flesh.
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January 2, 2014
The State of Texas: Jan. 2, 2014
Closing out the college football season and the Census Bureau confirms that Texas had the largest population growth of any state in 2013.
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December 20, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 20, 2013
Prank of the SeasonBringing good tidings of joy is fine and all, but scaring the yule log out of people is so much better. That’s exactly what the students of the Kilgore High School media department did when they filmed their victims being attacked by a, er, “living” Christmas tree.
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December 19, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 19, 2013
BP accuses a Texas lawyer of creating "phantom" clients to get settlement money and a person robs a Houston bank while a choir sings holiday songs in the lobby.
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December 18, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 18, 2013
Fightin’ WordsThe chow lines have been drawn in the battle of chili v. barbecue as the state’s official state food. In Texas Monthly‘s December Food Issue, Paul Burka restated his decades-long belief that “Chili is the most overrated, overhyped variation on beef stew ever concocted … .” Now,
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December 17, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 17, 2013
Iowa caucus voters pick Perry over Cruz in a recent poll and Texas Democratic candidates set themselves up for 2016.
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December 16, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 16, 2013
Mack Brown is out and the Rio Grande River is producing some similiarly sized problems.
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December 13, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 13, 2013
Johnny Football could be Johnny NFL and Dallas spent more than $300,000 battling the ice storm.
Meanwhile, in Texas
December 12, 2013
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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December 12, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 12, 2013
More than 14,000 Texans enrolled for insurance through the ACA and Travis County district attorney Rosemary Lehmberg won't be removed from her post.
The Culture
December 11, 2013
Can Random Numbers Tell Us Something about the World’s Psychological State?
In his off hours, one Texas doctor attempts to prove that thought is a measurable thing.
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December 11, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 11, 2013
Slideshow of the DayNot, perhaps, the most exciting slideshow, but after going back to the drawing board because they accidentally stole their new logo from a Dubai real estate company, the city of Amarillo has a selection of finalists proposed by the citizens themselves. Talk about civic, and
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December 10, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 10, 2013
John Cornyn has some competition and Johnny Manziel named as Heisman finalist.
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December 9, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 9, 2013
Baylor heads to the Fiesta Bowl and the El Paso ISD gets a pass.
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December 6, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 6, 2013
A tragedy in Benghazi hits close to home and UT president Bill Powers denies meeting Nick Saban.
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December 5, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 5, 2013
The War on Christmas continues and Mack Brown discusses not discussing his job status with his players.
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December 4, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 4, 2013
A principal in Hempstead bans students from speaking Spanish and two million children in Texas live in poverty.
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December 3, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 3, 2013
Immigrants account for a significant share of Texas's economic growth and Larry McMurtry's house is up for sale.
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December 2, 2013
The State of Texas: Dec. 2, 2013
UT's Big 12 hopes are still alive and RIP to revered state historian T.R. Fehrenbach.
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November 26, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 26, 2013
Midland's booming economy has created a strange environment where full-time workers can't afford housing.
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November 25, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 25, 2013
Leticia Van de Putte announces she will run for lieutenant governor and Baylor's pummeling ends the Bears's undefeated season.
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November 22, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 22, 2013
Today is the fifty-year anniversary of the assassination.
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November 21, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 21, 2013
Lance Armstrong settles a lawsuit with the insurance company that paid him performance bonuses and Prince Fielder joins the Rangers.
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November 20, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 20, 2013
Quote of the Day“What if Davy Crockett had said, ‘How could we compete with the Mexican Army at the Alamo?’ Should they have given up? Absolutely not.” — Lisa Fritsch, the GOP underdog candidate for governor.Yum of the DayJust in time for Thanksgiving, an El Paso woman
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November 19, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 19, 2013
UT's chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas stage a "Catch an Immigrant" day and the first metal gun was made by a 3-D printer.
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November 18, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 18, 2013
Three of the "San Antonio Four" may go free today and requests from Mexican nationals seeking political asylum in the U.S. have quadrupled since 2009.
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November 15, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 15, 2013
F1 is back in town.
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November 14, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 14, 2013
Fewer than 3,000 Texans selected a health insurance plan in the first month of enrollment.
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November 13, 2013
Letter to the Editor of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
An open letter to the paper, asking why its editors decided to publish a certain story.
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November 13, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 13, 2013
Number of wells in Texas nearly double from a decade ago, and the latest news outlet squabble over who reported it first.
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November 12, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 12, 2013
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments in Fisher v. UT case and new details emerge in the case of the woman who was killed after being thrown off of a Six Flags ride.
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November 11, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 11, 2013
It's official: Greg Abbott and Wendy Davis are candidates for governor.
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November 8, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 8, 2013
Nearly one-third of Republicans want Ted Cruz to run for president and the new Lance Armstrong documentary premieres today.
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November 7, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 7, 2013
President Barack Obama's tour through Texas and Blockbuster decides to close all its bricks-and-mortar locations.
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November 6, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 6, 2013
Every proposed amendment passed and the Astrodome is now likely to face demolition.
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November 5, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 5, 2013
Vote!
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November 4, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 4, 2013
Another voter ID snafu and the Astrodome garage sale.
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November 1, 2013
The State of Texas: Nov. 1, 2013
A federal appeals court reversed the reversal of the newly enacted abortion law and Central Texas floods.
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October 31, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 31, 2013
The United Nations is NOT taking over the Alamo and two of the nation's poorest cities are in Texas.
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October 30, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 30, 2013
Inspiration of the DayFrisco seventh-grader Tyler Sampson has one hand and plays football. Not the European kind involving feet, but real gridiron—offense and defense. “When I play,” said Sampson in a video, “they underestimate me.” You now have no excuse for complaining about the little inconveniences in your daily
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October 29, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 29, 2013
Skit of the DayAs previews for his latest soiree began making the rounds, Texas’s quirkiest son, Wes Anderson, is once again the focus of both adulation and gentle ribbing. In the latter category, Saturday Night Live‘s recent skit imagines just how Wes Anderson-y a Wes Anderson-directed horror film would look
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October 28, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 28, 2013
The opposition to funding new water projects and arrests at a weekend gun rally.
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October 25, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 25, 2013
Longreads FridayThe Dallas Observer has a long piece detailing the April event at Arlington’s “Garden of Eden,” in which the garden and house were raided(!) by police, and SWAT members(!), for not complying with minor city ordinances regarding lawn upkeep. The piece takes all the fun out of mocking
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October 24, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 24, 2013
Get to know Mrs. Ted Cruz, and the new voter ID law has an unforeseen consequence.
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October 23, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 23, 2013
The UT Regent Wallace Hall investigation begins and an entire football team is accused of bullying.
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October 22, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 22, 2013
Day two of both early voting and Planned Parenthood's court battle against the state.
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October 21, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 21, 2013
Remembering Bum Phillips, a Dallas Police Department incident that requires investigation, and the abortion debate is back.
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October 18, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 18, 2013
The retirement of Nolan Ryan, "why Texas is our future," and goodbye to another State Fair.
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October 17, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 17, 2013
Ted Cruz comes under fire, Mark Cuban found not guilty, and the battle for UT's soul continues.
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October 16, 2013
The State of Texas: Oct. 16, 2013
Texas gets its day in Supreme Court, the Lite Gov races heats up, and the Alamo will be a battleground once again.