The Polling Center: Texans' View of Gay Marriage Shifts
While the country has been jogging toward its new position on gay marriage, polling numbers show Texans appear to have been moseying along in the same direction. Full Story
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Hot Seat: A Conversation with Fraser and King
At last Friday's Hot Seat conversation at Abilene Christian University, state Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, and state Rep. Susan King, R-Abilene, talked about public education, health care, water, the state budget and other issues in play in the 83rd session. Full Story
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Judicial Donations Raise Questions of Partiality
Texas Supreme Court justices are elected by voters, and the campaign contributions they receive from law firms with an interest in their decisions have caused some to worry that justice is for sale. Full Story
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Battle Lines Forming as Texas House Tackles Education Testing Bill
As House lawmakers prepare for their first major education policy debate, they have pre-filed 165 amendments. Supporters of reform say the current system is too restrictive, but opponents worry proposed changes could reverse advancements. Full Story
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Transparency Bills Draw Strange Bedfellows
This session’s effort to make state government more transparent and ethical — spearheaded by some of the Legislature’s most conservative members and its most liberal ones — has attracted the strangest of bedfellows. Full Story
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Lawmaker Hopes to Boost Hispanic Civic Engagement
In an attempt to increase civic participation among the state's growing Hispanic population, state Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, has filed a bill to make legislative information from the state House available on the internet in Spanish. Full Story
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The Brief: March 26, 2013
One of the biggest Supreme Court cases in years has cast a cloud of uncertainty over the fate of gay marriage bans still in place throughout most of the country, including Texas. Full Story
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Board Tables Proposal to Put TWIA Into Receivership
The board of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association voted on Monday to table a proposal by Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman that would essentially declare the agency bankrupt. Full Story
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The Evening Brief: March 25, 2013
Your evening reading: women's coalition wins federal family planning money; House adopts rule restricting budget amendments; Senate OKs Medicaid overhaul Full Story
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Legislator: Regent Behavior "Inconsistent" With Statute
The Texas Education Code lays out the state's expectations for regents of public university systems, and state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, is now questioning whether the University of Texas System board is living up to them. Full Story
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Women's Coalition Gets Federal Money State Vied For
The federal government has awarded family planning dollars that used to go into state coffers to a coalition of Texas women's health providers instead. Full Story
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Agenda Texas: Water Bill Hits the House Floor
On today's Agenda Texas from KUT News: Bills are flying out of committee and onto the House and Senate floor. This week the House will take up legislation that would fund the state's water plan with $2 billion from the Rainy Day Fund. Full Story
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Bills Nixing Local Tree Protections Head to Committee
A pair of bills recently introduced to the Texas Legislature could make it easier for landowners to cut down trees on their property, overriding certain local laws that extend protection to tree populations. Full Story
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Senate Approves Overhaul of Long-Term Medicaid Care
The Texas Senate unanimously approved an overhaul of long-term and acute care Medicaid services on Monday in an effort to expand care to more Texans with disablities while saving millions of state dollars. Full Story
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Arrest Warrant Issued for Reynolds Over Alleged Barratry Scheme
Nearly a month after the Harris County DA dropped barratry charges against Rep. Ron Reynolds, the Montgomery County DA has issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with an alleged quarter-million-dollar kickback scheme. Full Story
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Bill Could Reduce Number of Abortion Facilities
A bill advancing through the state Legislature could drastically decrease the number of legal abortion facilities in the state. Full Story
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Communities, State Lawmakers Take Aim at Obesity Rates
With obesity rates still soaring in parts of the state, lawmakers and local communities are looking at ways to combat the health crisis, especially among the state's fast-growing Hispanic population. Full Story
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Drought Response Sparks the Battle of St. Augustine
The state's drought and the resulting need for conservation is starting to affect voters who are not usually aware of water shortages — people in the suburbs, with lush, thirsty lawns. Full Story
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The Brief: March 25, 2013
A new revelation in a high-profile power struggle has sent a jolt through the discord unfolding within the state's largest university system. Full Story
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Sharp Charts Smooth Course for A&M's Changes
Halfway through his first legislative session as chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, and after a year and a half on the job, the benefits of John Sharp’s political savvy are on full display. Full Story
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