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May 2011
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State Government
Railroad Commission Bill Passes After Amemndment Pulled
The newly named Texas Oil and Gas Commission won’t be able to meet in secret to discuss contentious issues after all.
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The Midday Brief: May 3, 2011
Your afternoon reading: senators battle over Alamo bill; panel targets Planned Parenthood; re-evaluating the legacy of George W. Bush
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Health care
Planned Parenthood Again in Lawmakers’ Crosshairs
GOP lawmakers’ battle against Planned Parenthood resumed today, as members of a Senate subcommittee passed out a bill that would renew the Texas Women’s Health Program but prohibit the country’s most prominent family planning organization from participating.
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Higher Education
Update: Zaffirini and Powell Escalate Higher Ed Debate
An increasingly bitter disagreement over the future of the University of Texas at Austin between University of Texas System regents’ chairman Gene Powell and state Sen. Judith Zaffirini is ratcheting up the ongoing debate surrounding higher education in Texas.
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The Brief: May 3, 2011
With one major tweak, abortion sonogram legislation inched closer to the governor’s desk Monday.
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Interactive: House Redistricting, Before and After
The Texas House approved new political maps last week as part of decennial redistricting. In many cases, the newly drawn state House districts changed boundaries so that Republicans could preserve their majority. Use this interactive map graphic the see the changes.
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Economy
In Hunt for Revenue, It’s Big Tobacco vs. Little
It’s big tobacco vs. little in the effort to smoke out new revenue for the Texas budget. Large tobacco companies, which fork over half a billion dollars to the state every year as part of a 1998 lawsuit settlement, want small cigarette manufacturers to pay their share.
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T-Squared
T-Squared: Our Spring Membership Drive!
It’s exactly 18 months since we launched, and by now you know that we’re in this for you — for Texas. If you believe in our brand of public service journalism, if you care about the big issues affecting every one of us, now is the time to become a member of The Texas Tribune.
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Higher Education
Jeff Sandefer Opens Up on Higher Ed Debate
Jeff Sandefer, the author of the “seven breakthrough solutions” that have rocked the Texas higher education community, has broken his silence on the matter.