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The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for May 20, 2013

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, moves away from the podium after moving to briefly postpone discussion on SB1 the budget bill on June 9, 2011.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, moves away from the podium after moving to briefly postpone discussion on SB1 the budget bill on June 9, 2011.

Your evening reading: uncertainty lingers over budget deal as votes loom; dispute over innocence commission bill threatens to derail other legislation; UT regent nominees grilled at hearing

The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for May 16, 2013

Appropriations Chairman State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, l, listens as State Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, grills state auditors on CPRIT matters on Feb. 6, 2013
Appropriations Chairman State Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, l, listens as State Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, grills state auditors on CPRIT matters on Feb. 6, 2013

Your evening reading: budget negotiations back in limbo; Perry signs Michael Morton Act; senator says Kitzman unlikely to win confirmation

The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for May 15, 2013

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, during a Senate Finance committee hearing on Feb. 5, 2013
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, during a Senate Finance committee hearing on Feb. 5, 2013

Your evening reading: Abbott urges groups to contact him if they were targeted by IRS; Gohmert rips Holder at hearing; Dewhurst calls for investigation of abortion provider

The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for May 13, 2013

Rep. Jim Pitts R-Waxahachie, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, listens to Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer D-San Antonio on February 11th, 2013
Rep. Jim Pitts R-Waxahachie, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, listens to Rep. Trey Martinez-Fischer D-San Antonio on February 11th, 2013

Your evening reading: budget negotiators reach agreement, but big items still unresolved; CPRIT funding tentatively restored; Perry calls IRS audit scandal "un-American at best"

The Evening Brief: Texas Headlines for May 10, 2013

A vehicle near the remains of a fertilizer plant burning after an explosion in West, Texas, near Waco.
A vehicle near the remains of a fertilizer plant burning after an explosion in West, Texas, near Waco.

Your evening reading: criminal investigation launched into West blast; Cornyn, Texas Republicans blast Obama administration over IRS admission; House rejects Senate's version of testing overhaul