Thanks to conservation efforts and its remote location, the Devils River is seen as one of the state’s last pristine rivers. But change could be coming for the river, as some are eyeing its basin for new water supplies.
November 2013
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Transportation
South Texas County Gets Off TxDOT’s Gravel List
La Salle County officials have agreed to pay a portion of the repair costs and all the maintenance costs for 20 miles of roads that the Texas Department of Transportation had intended to convert to gravel.
Posted inState Government
TribCast: Campaigns, Education and a Forgotten Gun
Reeve, Morgan, Ben and Evan give an update on who is officially on and off the statewide Democratic ticket, review the latest from the State Board of Education, and mull the significance of a lawmaker’s forgotten weapon.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: Ranks of Texas’ Homeless Decline
Nearly 30,000 Texans were among more than 610,000 Americans who were homeless this year. But Texas was among the states with the largest decreases in the homeless population.
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Prosecutors Prepare to Open Their Files
As 2014 approaches, Texas district and county attorneys are preparing to implement a new law that aims to prevent wrongful convictions by requiring prosecutors to open their files to defense lawyers.
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Politics
The Brief: Nov. 27, 2013
The Obama administration said on Tuesday it is taking action to curtail the growing influence of “dark money” in U.S. politics.
Posted inState Government
Brandenburg and Lyle: The TT Interview
Two experts in campaign finance and its effects on how judges decide cases say the money has a measurable effect and that some changes in law can help.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: Texas’ Homeless Population Declines
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Politics
The Evening Brief: Nov. 26, 2013
Your evening reading: gun advocates find hope in Abbott’s open-carry proposal; O’Rourke stock purchase might have broken new restrictions; IRS issues new guidelines to squeeze dark-money groups
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: About the State of the Parties…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we asked about state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte’s effect on the Democratic ticket, when Republicans will win a majority of Hispanics and how the primaries foretell the future.