On the latest Agenda Texas from KUT News and the Tribune: We talk with opponents of new abortion proposals and take a tour of a San Antonio abortion facility to see what regulations clinics already face.
April 2013
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Criminal Justice
Report Says Gun Running Into Mexico on the Rise
Discussions on gun control are replete with arguments about background checks, ammunition limits and issues related to mental-health awareness. Gun running to Mexico, however, remains a key concern, a new study shows.
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Search Warrant Highlights Debate Over Commission’s Enforcement
An environmental task force’s recent push to obtain a warrant to search a Railroad Commission district office underscores the debate raging over the oil and gas agency’s environmental enforcement.
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Higher Education
Duane Nellis: The TT Interview
The incoming president of Texas Tech University on his vision for the institution and why he isn’t worried about coming to work in a state that is experiencing some debate around the issues of higher education governance.
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Higher Education
SXSWedu Audio: Navigating Financial Aid
With concerns about student debt and the price of college on the rise, the state’s leading financial aid experts joined the Tribune at SXSWedu to discuss what students, institutions and lawmakers can do to keep college affordable.
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State Government
The Brief: April 3, 2013
Amid fierce debate this week, a Senate Republican has started work on his own “Texas solution” to Medicaid reform.
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Criminal Justice
Prosecutors, Defense Lawyers Agree to More DNA Testing in Skinner Case
Prosecutors in the Texas attorney general’s office and lawyers for death row inmate Hank Skinner have signed an agreement this week to allow more DNA testing in the 1993 triple murder for which he was sentenced to death.
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Politics
The Evening Brief: April 2, 2013
Your evening reading: Cruz’s plans for South Carolina speech stir speculation; Williams says state will move to A-F grading system for schools; House lawmakers question CPRIT Foundation’s decision to rebrand
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Energy
Senate Committee Discusses Fracking Groundwater Rules
Should groundwater districts be allowed to require permits for drilling companies wanting to withdraw water for hydraulic fracturing? Oil companies oppose the idea, and on Tuesday, the Senate Natural Resources Committee debated the issue.
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Health care
House Panel Questions CPRIT Nonprofit’s Move to Rebrand
House lawmakers on Tuesday questioned the decision by the foundation affiliated with the beleaguered Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to cut ties with the agency and reconstitute itself as the Texas Cancer Coalition.