Your evening reading: controversial mock immigration sting at UT canceled; new ads appear from lite guv candidates Dewhurst and Patterson; a drone flies over the Capitol
November 2013
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Energy
East Texas Republican Enters Race for Land Commissioner
East Texas businessman David Watts has filed paperwork to run as a Republican for Texas land commissioner, setting up a GOP primary match with George P. Bush.
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Energy
LCRA Approves Plan That Could Cut Water for Rice Farmers
After a contentious meeting on Tuesday, the Lower Colorado River Authority approved a drought management plan that will almost surely cut off irrigation water for coastal rice farmers for the third year in a row.
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Inside Intelligence
Inside Intelligence: About Those Public Universities…
For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in politics and government, we turned to higher education, about who’s the best and who will be, about the battle of the titans at UT-Austin and about college athletics.
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Politics
In New Ad, Patterson Says He Protects Right to Bear Arms
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson presents himself as the “first defender of the Second Amendment” in the latest web ad of his challenge to sitting Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
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Politics
Dewhurst Campaign Releases First TV Ad
In the first statewide television commercial of his re-election campaign, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst describes Texas as a place where everybody can live the American dream.
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Demographics
Mock Immigration Sting on UT Campus Canceled
UPDATED: The UT chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas has canceled a mock immigration sting scheduled for Wednesday.
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Beneath the Surface
Looking Underground for Water, Finding Challenges
As the drought continues and farmers struggle to keep their crops irrigated, many are probing beneath their land for water. But when water is such a precious commodity, procuring it is not ever simple.
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Economy
Perry Supporter’s Firm in Talks Over State Grant
The Automobile Club of Southern California is negotiating with the governor’s office over a Texas Enterprise Fund grant. The company’s CEO is a longtime contributor to Gov. Rick Perry.
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Politics
The Brief: Nov. 19, 2013
And just like that, it seems, talk about a Rick Perry reboot in 2016 has taken over the conversation in Austin.