The Evening Brief: Oct. 12, 2012
Your evening reading: Texas Longhorn Bevo's Oklahoma roots; a $374 million Medicare billing scheme in North Texas; and the Texas Rangers as tweet police? Full Story
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Video: Faircloth Focuses on Job Growth in New Ad
In a new ad, Republican Wayne Faircloth, who is challenging state Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, in House District 23, says his career as a small-business owner has prepared him to work on balancing the state budget and create jobs. Full Story
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With UT System Support, Firm Aims to Help Students in Job Search
This week, MyEdu, an Austin-based company that received a $10 million investment from the University of Texas System, announced that it would offer new services to help students find employment. Full Story
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Symbol of Texas Owes its Survival in Part to Oklahoma
As Bevo arrives in Dallas ahead of Saturday's Red River Rivalry game, it's worth remembering that longhorn cattle might have gone extinct nearly a century ago but for the quick actions of some federal employees, who assembled a herd on an Oklahoma wildlife refuge. Full Story
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TribLive: A Conversation with Three House Hopefuls
Full video of my TribLive conversation with three Texas House hopefuls: Republicans Stephanie Klick and Chris Paddie and Democrat Justin Rodriguez. Full Story
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The Brief: Oct. 12, 2012
In El Paso, Gov. Rick Perry continued what has become a pre-session push for a top item on his policy agenda: higher education reform. Full Story
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With Tea Party Support, East Texas Republican Takes On House Speaker
State Rep. Bryan Hughes is a fiscal and social conservative who has become a Tea Party favorite in his effort to replace House Speaker Joe Straus. But the East Texan has one trait that is very un-Republican: He's a trial lawyer. Full Story
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Readying a Rail Bridge Over the Rio Grande
It has been more than 100 years since Texas and Mexico saw a new railroad line that spans both countries. That streak is set to end this year with the expected completion of the Brownsville West Rail Bypass International Bridge. Full Story
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DeLay's Victories Endure, Even if He Loses in Court
Tom DeLay is still in court a decade after engineering a Republican victory that resulted in convictions for conspiracy and money laundering. He might still win, but either way, his party came out ahead. Full Story
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