In 2013, farmers and ranchers in the American Southwest experienced an up-and-down year when it came to water.
2013
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Criminal Justice
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Selected for Drone Program
The Federal Aviation Administration has selected Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a test site to further study the uses of unmanned aircraft systems.
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Year in Review 2013
Year in Review: Higher Education
In 2013, for the third straight year, the Texas higher education story that bogarted the limelight was the ongoing tension swirling around the University of Texas System. But there are reasons to believe that won’t be the case in 2014.
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Transportation
Highways a Talking Point as Hopefuls Hit the Road
Both Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide office in 2014 are pledging to increase resources for the cash-strapped Texas Department of Transportation.
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Politics
For Democrats, a Habit of Losing Big Elections
For Texas Democrats, 2014 marks another run at the statewide offices that have remained out of their reach for two decades. Their challenge: convincing voters that a Democrat can win a statewide race here.
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Politics
Harold Simmons, GOP Mega-Donor, Dead at 82
Harold Simmons, a Dallas businessman and billionaire, philanthropist and Republican mega-donor, died Saturday at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. He was 82.
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Politics
What’s in a Surname? Bush’s Run Adds to Debate on Hispanics, GOP
Many Republican officials have pointed to George P. Bush, the odds-on favorite in the 2014 land commissioner’s race, as an example that Hispanic candidates are able to win statewide GOP primaries. But several political observers do not see a trend starting.
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The Playlist: One Good Year — Looking Back at 2013
In February, we began setting the news to music each week, because as Kinky Friedman (featured within) might say, “Why the hell not?” As 2013 comes to a close, we start our special retrospective edition with Slaid Cleaves’ “One Good Year.”
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Year in Review 2013
TribYear: The Top Texas News From 2013
A sampling of our coverage in 2013, from our Bidness as Usual series to filibusters and fauxlibusters, water fights to death row, health care to politics, and a month full of ways the Texas Legislature changed our civic life.
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The Politics of Prevention
State Agency Finalizes Abortion Regulations
The Texas Department of State Health Services finalized strict new abortion regulations on Friday, claiming that none of the 19,000 public comments on the rules provided evidence that they are unconstitutional.