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May 5, 2015
The State of Texas: May 5, 2015
Greg Abbott defends his Jade Helm decision, and Aaron Franklin takes home the culinary equivalent of an Oscar.
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May 4, 2015
The State of Texas: May 4, 2015
Gunmen attack an anti-Muslim event, and Texas is seeing the trickle of a drought-free existence.
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May 1, 2015
The State of Texas: May 1, 2015
The GLO’s Alamo trademark is strengthened, and legislatures prepare for a gay marriage ruling from the Supreme Court.
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April 30, 2015
The State of Texas: April 30, 2015
Fiesta is no longer a Texas store, and Blue Bell has some other health issues.
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April 29, 2015
The State of Texas: April 29, 2015
Abbott promises to protect citizens against an invading military, and medical marijuana is being taken seriously.
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April 28, 2015
The State of Texas: April 28, 2015
The abortion debate is back, the Legislature continues its tax fight, and an A&M-Galveston professor fails his entire class.
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April 27, 2015
The State of Texas: April 27, 2015
The SMU earthquake study is producing results, and the space race in Texas is on.
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April 24, 2015
The State of Texas: April 24, 2015
Police body cameras get Senate approval, and Franklin Barbecue turns out to be a huge hit in San Francisco.
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April 23, 2015
The State of Texas: April 23, 2015
A look at the effects of truancy laws, and the mysteries of the Walmart closings.
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April 22, 2015
The State of Texas: April 22, 2015
Yet another study links energy efforts to earthquakes, and the Texas State Aquarium explains what happened with its fish.
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April 20, 2015
The State of Texas: April 21, 2015
Blue Bell’s recall woes, and the oil industry sees job losses.
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April 20, 2015
The State of Texas: April 20, 2015
The fight over Medicaid expansion continues, and Texas music wins the weekend.
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April 17, 2015
The State of Texas: April 17, 2015
Few lessons learned after the West explosion and the latest on border bureaucracy
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April 15, 2015
The State of Texas: April 16, 2015
A portrait of the accused gun-running judge, and the Texas State Aquarium accidentally kills a whole school of fish.
Meanwhile, in Texas
April 15, 2015
Meanwhile, in Texas
Some crazy stuff went down last month. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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April 15, 2015
The State of Texas: April 15, 2015
A glitch puts a halt to major legislation, DPS is in the hotseat again, and the vampires of Houston have emerged.
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April 14, 2015
The State of Texas: April 14, 2015
Oyster wars in Galveston, the resilience of Blue Bell Ice Cream, and Ted Cruz’s mysterious international donors.
The Culture
April 13, 2015
Remember the Alamo Custodians!
The DRT and the Alamo: a look back.
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April 13, 2015
The State of Texas: April 13, 2015
Yet another 21CT scandal, the DPS “spying” on Mexico, and a highway covered in money.
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April 10, 2015
The State of Texas: April 10, 2015
Fort Hood victims finally receive their Purple Hearts, and Jon Hamm’s mad man hazing antics at UT.
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April 9, 2015
The State of Texas: April 9, 2015
The resolution of Hannah Overton’s infamous case, and the state of education in Texas.
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April 8, 2015
The State of Texas: April 8, 2014
Business leaders push back against proposals for religious freedom legislation, and Uber continues to be a driving force in transportation across Texas.
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April 7, 2015
The State of Texas: April 7, 2015
The Senate hears vocal opposition to legislation that would repeal the Texas DREAM Act, and Grand Prairie takes yard maintenance very seriously.
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April 6, 2015
The State of Texas: April 6, 2015
Texas Health Resources responds to Nina Pham’s lawsuit, and Blue Bell is pulled from retailer shelves.
Politics & Policy
April 6, 2015
Never Surrender or Retreat
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas aren’t giving up the Alamo without a fight. This should surprise exactly no one.
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April 3, 2015
The State of Texas: April 3, 2015
Another big splash in the battle over water, and Ted Cruz competes for Texas dollars in his fundraising efforts.
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April 2, 2015
The State of Texas: April 2, 2015
The House approves a state budget, and RadioShack sees new life—again.
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April 1, 2015
The State of Texas: April 1, 2015
The University of Houston is reportedly paying Matthew McConaughey $135,000 for a speaking fee, and oil’s decline causes further turmoil for Houston’s economy.
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March 31, 2015
The State of Texas: March 31, 2015
A new report outlines a bad prognosis for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the Bernie Tiede case is back in the news.
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March 30, 2015
The State of Texas: March 30, 2015
Shifting resources to the border has stretched the DPS thin, and state agency buildings need repairs that are estimated to cost upwards of a cool billion.
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March 26, 2015
The State of Texas: March 27, 2015
A Texas judge blocks federal same-sex spouse benefits, and Willie will soon start selling weed.
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March 26, 2015
The State of Texas: March 26, 2015
The state gets a new, but small, batch of execution drugs, and our wet winter might finally bring good news for the cattle industry.
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March 25, 2015
The State of Texas: March 25, 2015
The Texas Tribune and Houston Chroncile’s deep dive into the Texas City BP oil explosion, and more legislation on guns and fracking restrictions.
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March 24, 2015
The State of Texas: March 24, 2015
The DRT’s last stand, and the license plate controversy finally made its grand appearance at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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March 20, 2015
The State of Texas: March 20, 2015
The decline of rural hospitals, and Texas’s college basketball dreams are dashed.
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March 19, 2015
The State of Texas: March 19, 2015
SXSW gets its own misdirected Bansky-esque graffiti artist, and job growth slows in Texas.
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March 18, 2015
The State of Texas: March 18, 2015
TxDOT is refunding $1.7 million in erroneous charges and the city of Longview is suffering from a spike in murders.
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March 17, 2015
The State of Texas: March 17, 2015
Open carry is closer to becoming a reality, and Houston’s economic boom gets top billing in The Economist.
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March 16, 2015
The State of Texas: March 16, 2015
The TEA opens investigations into more than seventy inappropriate student-teacher relationships, and questions loom over who will manage the Alamo.
Meanwhile, in Texas
March 13, 2015
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down last month. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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March 12, 2015
The State of Texas: March 13, 2015
The General Land Office severs its contract with the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, who have maintained the Alamo for more than 100 years.
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March 12, 2015
The State of Texas: March 12, 2015
Rick Perry's international travel carried a hefty price tag for taxpayers.
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March 11, 2015
So How Did Prairie Dog Pete’s Prediction Hold Up?
Take his advice with a grain of salt, then use more salt to de-ice the roads.
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March 11, 2015
The State of Texas: March 11, 2015
Jerry Jones takes the stand in the federal trial over Super Bowl XLV seating.
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March 10, 2015
The State of Texas: March 10, 2015
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is about to run out of pentobarbital. Again.
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March 9, 2015
The State of Texas: March 9, 2015
RIPTerry Dorsey, the voice of country radio in the Dallas area, went to that big radio station in the sky on Saturday. Dorsey spent 26 years at KSCS-FM before retiring this past December. He was inducted into both the Country Disc Jockey Hall of Fame and the Texas Radio
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March 6, 2015
The State of Texas: March 6, 2015
Ted Cruz and Rick Perry make presidential plays, Texas’s population is estimated to double in 35 years, and Austin remains the fastest-growing city by a country (city?) mile.
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March 5, 2015
The State of Texas: March 5, 2015
Presby fires back at Ebola survivor Nina Pham, who filed a lawsuit against the hospital this week.
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March 4, 2015
The State of Texas: March 4, 2015
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and a group of conservative senators rolled out a controversial package of education bills yesterday.
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March 3, 2015
The State of Texas: March 3, 2015
The inmates at Willacy County Correctional Center may have wanted to be transferred to other parts of Mexico.