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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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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February 3, 2015
The State of Texas: February 4, 2015
Rick Perry requests the names of the witnesses called in the grand jury who heard his case, and San Antonio gets a Tex-Mex-style breastaurant™.
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January 30, 2015
The State of Texas: January 30, 2015
Ugly protests against Texas Muslim Capitol Day, and youth crime rates are falling across the state.
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January 29, 2015
The State of Texas: January 29, 2015
Rick Perry will file again to have the charges against him dropped, and open carry won’t carry the day.
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January 23, 2015
The State of Texas: January 23, 2015
Amarillo by snowy morning, and brisket prices have increased 60 percent.
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January 22, 2015
The State of Texas: January 22, 2015
The first execution of 2015, and Odessa sees the most violent crime rate of major Texas cities.
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January 21, 2015
The State of Texas: January 21, 2015
Video of the DayYes, college is a time for experimentation in the bedroom, but once in a while a student will really nail it. Case in point is Rice University senior David Nichol who turned his dorm room into a giant plastic ball pit. Creating a kids’s playground for himself has been
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January 20, 2015
The State of Texas: January 20, 2015
Greg Abbott takes the Oath of Office today, and the Dallas Safari Club comes under fire again.
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January 16, 2015
The State of Texas: January 16, 2015
Rick Perry bids adieu, and Texas sweeps Oscar nominations.
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January 15, 2015
The State of Texas: January 15, 2015
A horrific bus accident near Odessa leaves ten dead, and liquor laws come under scrutiny.
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January 14, 2015
The State of Texas: January 14, 2015
Notes from the opening day of the session, and Ted Cruz looks “very seriously” at a presidential run.
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January 13, 2015
The State of Texas: January 13, 2015
The Eighty-fourth Legislature kicks off, and Ted Cruz gets a new responsibility.
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January 12, 2015
The State of Texas: January 12, 2015
What will happen in the Fifth Court gay marriage decision, the Cowboys’s catch heard ‘round the Internet, and Texas’s Golden Globe takeover.
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January 9, 2015
The State of Texas: January 9, 2015
The Lege’s agenda takes shape, and barbecue bets are made.
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January 8, 2015
The State of Texas: January 8, 2015
The state faced a tough line of questioning from the Fifth Circuit, and more details emerge about the Fort Bliss shooter.
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January 7, 2015
The State of Texas: January 7, 2015
A shooting at Fort Bliss, and Dallas quakes rock the city.
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January 6, 2015
The State of Texas: January 6, 2015
Admiral McRaven’s first moves as president of the University of Texas, and the man behind Ted Cruz’s wildly popular Twitter account.
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January 5, 2015
The State of Texas: January 5, 2015
Louie Gohmert plans to run for Speaker of the House, and another twist in the tale of Bernie Tiede.
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December 22, 2014
The State of Texas: December 23, 2014
Texas’s supply of pentobarbital runs low, and Border Patrol in Texas seized more than 875,000 pounds of marijuana in 2014.
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December 22, 2014
The State of Texas: December 21, 2014
Dubya MondayGeorge W. Bush could spend the entirety of the holiday season painting all his gifts or wrapping up copies of his biography about his dad. But Dubya is a multitasker with a heart of gold. Like Santa himself, blurry photos appeared Saturday of Bush dressed for the