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December 15, 2014
The State of Texas: December 15, 2014
A court rules that the state needs to disclose where it gets its execution drugs, and the Condoleezza-Rice-as-next-UT-president rumors are squashed.
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December 12, 2014
The State of Texas: December 12, 2014
TxDOT gets $1.7 billion in funding, and lotto players want to take a game to court.
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December 11, 2014
The State of Texas: December 11, 2014
Lawmakers want to make the “affluenza” defense impossible, and RadioShack continues its slow, painful demise.
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December 10, 2014
The State of Texas: December 10, 2014
Map of the DayNon-discrimination ordinances are a real hip topic these days, and it’s hard to keep up with which city council is doing what. Thankfully, Texas Tribune has a solution for that: a great interactive map showing exactly where such ordinances exists, are being discussed, or aren’t being
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December 9, 2014
The State of Texas: December 9, 2014
The Texas Supreme Court to weigh in on a flag-burning case, and more news of the sputtering oil industry.
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December 8, 2014
The State of Texas: December 8, 2014
TCU and Baylor get snubbed, and SCOTUS will hear the case of Texas’s Confederacy license plates.
Meanwhile, in Texas
December 5, 2014
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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December 5, 2014
The State of Texas: December 5, 2014
More surveillance cameras at the border, and the Ebola task force makes its recommendations.
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December 4, 2014
The State of Texas: December 4, 2014
The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halts the execution of Scott Panetti, and Ebola cost Dallas $155,000.
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December 3, 2014
The State of Texas: December 3, 2014
The outcry against Scott Panetti's scheduled execution, and reclaiming Texas's fast dwindling prairie lands.
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December 2, 2014
The State of Texas: December 2, 2014
Plummeting oil prices weaken parts of the state's economy, and the Lege agrees to pay the $86 million price tag the latest border surge.
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December 1, 2014
The State of Texas: December 1, 2014
Fran and Dan Keller fight for exoneration, and more cities in Texas are considering fracking bans.
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November 25, 2014
The State of Texas: November 26, 2014
San Augustine County is the "hardest county in Texas to live in," and Galveston remains vulnerable to hurricane damage.
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November 25, 2014
The State of Texas: November 25, 2014
The EPA proposes new pollution controls for Texas coal plants, and a mockingbird gets a private jet ride to Texas after being swept away to Minnesota.
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November 24, 2014
The State of Texas: November 24, 2014
Nearly ninety books receive approval from the SBOE, and two earthquakes rock North Texas in two days.
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November 21, 2014
The State of Texas: November 21, 2014
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Texas's same-sex marriage ban case in January.
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November 20, 2014
The State of Texas: November 20, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte announced her intention to run for mayor of San Antonio, and the social studies textbook approval process slogs on.
Meanwhile, in Texas
November 19, 2014
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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November 18, 2014
The State of Texas: November 19, 2014
Funding the continued border surge, and a new report from ERCOT says the EPA's recent clean energy plan to reduce carbon dioxide could mean a 20 percent increase in electricity bills.
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November 17, 2014
The State of Texas: November 18, 2014
Details from the fatal LaPorte accident, and the obsession with Texas tea is in full swing.
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November 17, 2014
The State of Texas: November 17, 2014
School districts seek to buy books not approved by the SBOE, and the Dallas Safari Club's rhino hunt could be off.
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November 14, 2014
The State of Texas: November 14, 2014
Daily RoundupBig Health — Although one would think our politicians hate the idea of super-sized governmental agencies, there is that whole bigger-in-Texas mentality we tout. As such, lawmakers are now looking at creating a “mega-agency” for five of the health and human services agencies “so massive that it would have
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November 13, 2014
The State of Texas: November 13, 2014
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital settles with Thomas Duncan's family, and the book ban drama in Highland Park continues.
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November 12, 2014
The State of Texas: November 12, 2014
Bush 43 thinks his brother, Jeb, should run for president, and Katy, Texas, approves a $58 million high school football stadium.
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November 11, 2014
The State of Texas: November 11, 2014
Legislators file bills, and the Weather Channel calls Galveston one of the worst places to live.
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November 10, 2014
The State of Texas: November 10, 2014
George W. Bush enters the media circuit, and Weird Al becomes RadioShack's spokesperson.
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November 6, 2014
The State of Texas: November 7, 2014
Details from Rick Perry's pre-trial hearing, and the railroad commission commits to handing out more fracking permits in Denton.
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November 6, 2014
The State of Texas: November 6, 2014
Denton's fracking ban faces an injunction, and universities seek millions for upgrades.
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November 5, 2014
The State of Texas: November 5, 2014
Only seventeen percent of Texans turned out to vote for the state's highest office, and Alex from Target is a marketing ploy.
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November 4, 2014
The State of Texas: November 4, 2014
Election Day is upon us, and Rick Perry's indictment saga takes another legal detour.
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November 3, 2014
The State of Texas: November 3, 2014
The obits for the Texas Dems are already rolling in, and the bullet train from Dallas to Houston sees organized opposition.
Politics & Policy
October 31, 2014
If Three’s a Crowd . . .
The Texas Dems don’t have it nearly as tough as these third-party candidates for governor.
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October 31, 2014
The State of Texas: October 31, 2014
Texas is completely Ebola free, and early voting numbers are down.
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October 30, 2014
The State of Texas: October 30, 2014
A rash of campaign sign thefts in Lubbock and other election news.
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October 29, 2014
The State of Texas: October 29, 2014
A pro-drilling website purports that the Russian government is behind a push to ban fracking in Texas.
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October 28, 2014
The State of Texas: October 28, 2014
Dallas is on track to see a record low number of murders this year.
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October 27, 2014
The State of Texas: October 27, 2014
Almost 21 percent of Wendy Davis's campaign donations have come from out of state.
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October 24, 2014
The State of Texas: October 24, 2014
More early voters have come out than four years ago, and deaths of migrants trying to cross the border is at a ten-year low.
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October 22, 2014
The State of Texas: October 23, 2014
Amber Vinson, the second nurse to contract Ebola in Dallas, is free of the virus.
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October 22, 2014
The State of Texas: October 22, 2014
Image of the dayIt would seem that to East Coast elites, all white Texas politicians look the same (it’s true, they do). Below is a story published yesterday from Talking Points Memo that received more than one twitter mention. Can you spot the problem?Texas By The NumbersGreen Party — Number
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October 21, 2014
The State of Texas: October 21, 2014
The man who confessed to killing seven women in Indiana's has roots in Texas, and Texas tycoon Sam Wyly filed for bankruptcy.
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October 20, 2014
The State of Texas: October 20, 2014
The state's voter ID law will be enforced, and the country continues its hand-wringing over Ebola.
Food & Drink
October 17, 2014
Greased Up at the State Fair of Texas
A night with the company that recycles the thousands and thousands of gallons of oil used during the fair.
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October 17, 2014
The State of Texas: October 17, 2014
The Ebola blame game, and the lawsuit against Jerry Jones is dismissed.
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October 16, 2014
The State of Texas: October 16, 2014
Ebola becomes a talking point among politicians, and abortion clinics face challenges to reopening.
Meanwhile, in Texas
October 15, 2014
Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
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October 15, 2014
The State of Texas: October 15, 2014
A second hospital worker in Dallas tests positive for Ebola, and abortion clinics open again after the Supreme Court intervenes.
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October 14, 2014
The State of Texas: October 14, 2014
Rick Perry has a court date, and what a drop in gas prices means for the Texas Miracle.
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October 13, 2014
The State of Texas: October 13, 2014
Ebola strikes again, and a football weekend Cowboys fans can celebrate.
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October 10, 2014
The State of Texas: October 10, 2014
Promo of the DayBecause “the only thing harder than getting a college kid out of bed before noon on a Saturday is getting a college kid out of bed before noon on a Saturday to watch a sub-.500 football team” Texas Tech is offering free waffles to students who attend