The U.S. Department of Transportation released preliminary details today on a program that would again open up U.S. roadways to Mexican truckers.
Apr 8, 2011 5:48 pm
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Economy
Word Cloud: House Budget Debate
Data don’t lie: Amendments dominated the House floor last Friday as Representatives debated the budget bill. A visualization of the House transcript reveals “amendment” was the most used word.
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Guides
Texplainer: What Happens To Texas If The Feds Shut Down?
Not much, unless you’re one of the state’s 130,000 civilian federal employees — or you’re scrambling to get your taxes done.
Posted inState Government
What A Hospital Tax Could Look Like In Texas
Use our app to see what hospitals would have to pay in taxes, and whether they’d come out ahead or behind in total revenue, if one version of a “quality assurance fee,” or hospital tax, were on the books.
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Higher Education
Interview: Speaker Joe Straus on the Budget and Session
House Speaker Joe Straus was interviewed eariler this week by Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, government prof and half of the Tribune’s polling team, about the session so far, the budget, gambling, rewriting state taxes, federal stimulus money and what he thinks about the tempest over research and teaching at the state’s top universities.
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State Government
The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for April 8, 2011
Your afternoon reading: Budget cut-induced furor; an ongoing controversy at UT; House approval for school board disclosures.
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Criminal Justice
The Week in Texas Politics Recap: Apr. 4 to Apr. 8
No time to follow every twist and turn of the Texas Legislature? We’ve made it easier for you with our weekly recaps of the action under the dome.
Posted inState Government
The Brief: Top Texas News for April 8, 2011
It’s no government shutdown, to be sure, but Texas has run into its own bout of fiscal drama: leaked budget documents.
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Energy
Slideshow: Fighting Fires in Texas
The Texas Forest Service, the lead agency charged with fighting fires, has had a busy season due to strong winds and drought.
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Energy
Video: Fighting Fires With the Forest Service
The Texas Forest Service is the lead state agency tasked with fighting wildfires. Among its recent challenges: a 3,000-acre blaze on an army base near Brownwood.
