Texas voters addressed the state’s fast growth and lingering drought Tuesday by approving a $2 billion water fund and eight other constitutional amendments in a low-turnout election.
November 2013
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Texas Supreme Court Weighs Same-Sex Divorce Case
The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over whether same-sex couples legally married in other states can be granted divorces in Texas.
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Liveblog: Statewide Ballot Propositions Pass
Nine amendments to the Texas Constitution passed easily on Tuesday. Find county-by-county results on our interactive election map.
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Interactive Map: Results of the Constitutional Amendment Election
Texans approved nine amendments to the state Constitution on Tuesday. Use our map to see how they voted. The results and the map will be constantly updated with election returns.
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Economy
Combs Defends Conservation Program
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs on Tuesday defended a controversial program her office oversees to conserve the state’s threatened dunes sagebrush lizard.
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Health care
The Evening Brief: Nov. 5, 2013
Your evening reading: toll road swap floated for Austin; Texas Supreme Court hears same-sex divorce cases; new poll shows Abbott with commanding lead
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Health care
Study: More Than 2 Million Texans Qualify for Insurance Tax Credit
More than 2 million Texans are eligible for tax credits to purchase health coverage in the federal insurance marketplace, the most of any state, according to a new report from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Health care
OIG Loses Another Medicaid Fraud Court Battle
The health commission’s Office of Inspector General, which says Texas has misspent hundreds of millions of dollars on Medicaid orthodontic and dental fraud, has now lost its first three court battles against accused providers.
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Immigration
Inside Intelligence: About Your Privacy…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about immigration, the federal health care law and about who’s most likely to violate your privacy.
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Higher Education
Edward Theriot: The TT Interview
The director of the Texas Memorial Museum on why the institution’s upcoming 75th anniversary will be bittersweet and why massive budget cuts currently planned for the museum are more than a local problem.