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News For March, 2012

  • Bad News Expected Today for Texas Rice Farmers

    By Kate Galbraith

    Texas rice farmers near the Gulf Coast are anxiously awaiting word on whether they'll get water from the Lower Colorado River Authority for a rice crop this spring. The LCRA says the farmers' prospects are not good — which will relieve other Texans who also have a stake in the water. Full Story 

    Residents of Lake Travis have extended staircases and moved docks further out to accommodate lower lake levels. Some say the declining levels are bringing down property values.
    Credit: Todd Wiseman

  • Activists Plan Revival of 2011 Education Protests

    By Nathan Bernier, KUT News

    Last March, 13,000 protesters met in Austin to protest cuts to public education in what organizers called one of the biggest Capitol rallies in state history. This month, as Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports, the same group of activists, Save Texas Schools, plans to do it again. Full Story 

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    Credit: Save Texas Schools