The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll confirms that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has solidified his status as the biggest star in the Texas GOP firmament.
November 2013
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Transportation
Worsening Austin Traffic Prompts Talk of Toll Swap
As state and local leaders consider what to do about the most congested segment of road in Texas, Interstate 35 through central Austin, the possibility of swapping the interstate with a nearby toll road remains a possibility.
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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.
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Politics
Measuring Attorney General Candidates on Smart Meters
Unlike their counterparts in the lieutenant governor’s race, the Republicans vying to be the state’s next attorney general have largely refrained from drawing any knives in public. But they’re coming out around the issue of smart meters.
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Energy
Texas Oil Drillers Look for Alternatives to Flaring Gas
A few companies in Texas are developing pilot projects to capture and use the excess natural gas that is often vented into the air or burned during the oil drilling process.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Cruz Still Earning Top Marks From Conservatives
After his part in the federal government shutdown, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is still very popular with Texas Republicans and remains their top pick in the 2016 presidential pack, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Study: Texans Support Government Water Management, With Conditions
A new study has found that Texans are willing to support government efforts to manage water as long as those efforts are not perceived as hurting agriculture or the environment.
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Rains Haven’t Solved Central Texas Drought Problems
Despite the flooding that submerged homes and roads in the Austin area, the heavy rains fell downstream from the Highland Lakes, where they were needed most.
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Graphic: Economic Effects of Long-Term Drought
The Texas Water Development Board has produced an online graphic demonstrating how regions around the state would fare in terms of lost income, taxes and jobs by the year 2030 in the event of severe drought.
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Flooding Prompts Austin Mayor to Declare Local State of Disaster
Spurred by major flooding that damaged homes and took lives in Central Texas, Austin’s mayor has declared a local state of disaster, seinding a letter to Gov. Rick Perry outlining the need for state and federal aid.