During a recent tug-of-war with Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp over the interim presidency at A&M’s flagship school, Gov. Rick Perry floated the idea of a new adviser to regents “on par with [the] chancellor.”
2013
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Beneath the Surface
Groundwater Pumping Takes an Unexpected Toll on the Texas Gulf Coast
Unlike the rest of the state, the Texas Gulf Coast has been working for decades to reduce dependency on groundwater because pumping has caused the land to sink.
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Health care
The Brief: Dec. 20, 2013
Health care navigators are back on the agenda with a hearing Friday morning in Austin on new proposed state rules by the state’s insurance department.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Democrats See Judge’s Party Switch as Sign of Momentum
Democrats say the the decision by Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Lawrence Meyers to leave the Republican Party gives them something to build on for the 2014 elections. But GOP officials see no evidence of a sea change.
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Politics
In Primary Season, a Key is to Get Names Known
Many of the candidates who are well known in political circles are strangers to voters. In most races — even for statewide offices — the leading candidate is “Undecided.”
Posted inState Government
Of Candidates and the Races They Left Open
It’s been more than a week since Steve Stockman dropped his re-election bid for Congress to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn. But he’s still the talk of the political world.
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Criminal Justice
Dewhurst Seeks Study on Intoxication Manslaughter Sentences
In his latest interim charge for lawmakers, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has directed the Senate Criminal Justice Committee to study sentencing in cases of intoxication manslaughter.
Posted inState Government
Newsreel: A&M Prez, UT-Austin Woes, Fundraising Deadline
This week in the Texas Weekly Newsreel: Texas A&M names a new interim president, UT-Austin keeps its current president and a fundraising deadline looms for 2014 candidates.
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The Texas Weekly Hot List
The primaries are on, and our biennial Hot List is back, ranking the races by risk to the incumbents and/or the level of drama for candidates and voters. We’ll add, subtract and change the rankings as the races develop.